Patrick Kedemos

Patrick Kedemos has 25 years of experience, including 16 years in increasingly senior roles within the international industrial, medical and environmental gases industry at Air Liquide and Wesfarmers.

Patrick started his career as the founder of Action Plus, a company providing marketing research to a number of industrial customers. He later joined Air Liquide, a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest industrial groups in Europe, within which he gained a wealth of experience, operating across various geographies and industries. These included roles as General Manager, Sales & Marketing Manager, Strategy Manager and Financial Controller. Patrick was then the Managing Director of AnaeCo, a publicly-listed technology company as well as the Honorary Consul for France in Western Australia. Patrick is currently the Managing Director of Avanguard Capital and has extensive international experience in assisting companies to raise capital and commercialise their products.

Patrick sits on a number of boards and advises a number of organisations. He teaches Financial Modelling to the Masters of Applied Finance at the University of Western Australia. Patrick is a French and Australian citizen and speaks seven languages. He holds a Master of Science from NEOMA in France and is also a graduate of the INSEAD MBA and sits on the board of the Australia-New Zealand alumni association. He is a proud father of two.