Doug Casey is a highly respected author, publisher and professional investor who graduated from Georgetown University in 1968. His book on profiting from periods of economic turmoil “Crisis Investing,” spent multiple weeks as #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was the best-selling financial book of 1980. He has been a featured guest on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including David Letterman, Merv Griffin, Charlie Rose, Phil Donahue, Maury Povich, NBC News and CNN; and has been the topic of numerous features in periodicals such as Time, Forbes, People, and the Washington Post.

Doug has visited over 160 countries, and lived in 10. He currently spends most of the year in Argentina and Uruguay. He sold Casey Research, and now writes at InternationalMan.com, as well as doing a youtube podcast called "Doug Casey's Take". With co-author John Hunt he's written three novels in the Charles Knight High Ground series ("Speculator", "Drug Lord", and "Assassin") with four more on the way.

Michael Spreadborough is the Executive Co-Chairman of Novo with a mining engineer background and over 20 years’ experience in mining lead, zinc, uranium, copper, gold and iron ore. He has held roles across the scope of the industry from business and project development to operations and exploration. In recent times he has held the position of CEO of Metals X Limited, Managing Director & CEO of Nusantara Resources and Non-Executive Director of CleanTeQ Holdings. Mr Spreadborough has also held positions as the General Manager – Mining for WMC, Vice President – Mining for BHP Billiton at the world-class Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia and the General Manager – Coastal Operations for Rio Tinto, responsible for port operations and Pannawonica mine site. Previous to those roles he also held the positions of Chief Operating Officer for Inova Resources Ltd (formerly Ivanhoe Australia) and Sandfire Resources. Mr Spreadborough holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering from the University of Queensland, an MBA from Deakin University, and a WA First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency. Additionally, he is a member of the AusIMM and also the Australian Institute of Company Directors.