Dr Michael Kemp commenced his career in finance during the mid-1980s bull market. He has worked as a trader for Bankers Trust, an interest rate liability manager for the Australian Wheat Board, and in the Corporate Finance department of stockbroking firm Potter Warburg. Most recently he worked for nine years as an investment analyst for Scott Pape, the Barefoot Investor. As a young financier he was awarded the Ian Roach Prize for achieving first place nationally among employees of the Australian Securities Exchange studying for the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. Dr Michael Kemp commenced his career in finance during the mid-1980s bull market. He has worked as a trader for Bankers Trust, an interest rate liability manager for the Australian Wheat Board, and in the Corporate Finance department of stockbroking firm Potter Warburg. Most recently he worked for nine years as an investment analyst for Scott Pape, the Barefoot Investor. As a young financier he was awarded the Ian Roach Prize for achieving first place nationally among employees of the Australian Securities Exchange studying for the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.