Mike Boyd
I've spent the last two decades building and operating digital businesses — primarily in the travel and insurance sectors — with teams across Australia and Asia. My focus is on enduring companies that are profitable, built to last, and run by people who care.
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The Vroom Group Co-owner & Group CEO
One of Australia's leading online travel businesses, operating car rental and motorhome booking platforms across Australia, the UK, the USA and Southeast Asia. VroomVroomVroom.com.au is the Southern Hemisphere's largest car rental OTA — serving millions of customers from 136 countries, with carrier partnerships across Hertz, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Enterprise and Thrifty.
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Prosura Co-founder & Managing Director
An InsurTech MGA and underwriting agency specialising in rental vehicle excess and travel insurance products. Co-founded in 2014 as Hiccup Insurance, Prosura is now the market leader in Australia and New Zealand, distributing through various B2C and B2B channels.
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Mudbrick Managing Director
A private investment company that builds, buys and operates digital businesses for the long term. Industry-agnostic but business-model specific — focused on profitable, enduring companies. Began as the Boyd family's private investment vehicle and has grown to include new ventures and strategic acquisitions.
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YPO Chapter Chair, Queensland · Incoming Regional Chair, ANZ
Active member since 2016. A global community of more than 37,000 chief executives across 130 countries. Currently serving as Chapter Chair for YPO Queensland and Incoming Regional Chair for Australia and New Zealand.
Growing up in Brisbane, I started my entrepreneurial career at 11 selling lost golf balls and went on to co-found seven businesses before 25.
I started advising VroomVroomVroom in 2011, became a shareholder in mid-2012, and ascended to the CEO role. In 2015 we completed a management buyout of the remaining Vroom business and today own it with one partner.
I studied Business and Applied Science at the University of Queensland and was awarded the 2015 UQ Distinguished Young Alumni Award. I've since completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School, London Business School and MIT.
I spent seven years living across Asia — Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore — before returning to Brisbane in 2021. Outside of work: a global citizen and frequent traveller who values learning over entertainment, and is deeply interested in how business families preserve their values, relationships and enterprises across generations.
I also speak on entrepreneurship, digital business and family enterprise — with over a decade of keynote and panel experience across Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
The Business of Family
I interview successful families and their advisors to understand how they steward wealth across generations — navigating succession, governance and the challenge of raising enterprising children. Very few families do the real work of keeping it together, and even fewer make it past the third generation.
Business enquiries, speaking or podcast topics — happy to hear from you.