Meet Our Team
Michael Doerr
CEO & Founder
OENO Group's founder and CEO, has been passionate about luxury assets from just 14 years age, starting his first business buying and selling high-performing sports horses. This gave Michael the best start in learning how to manage and make profits from high end assets.
Michael is the #1 Wine Investment Advisor in the world 2022 & 2023 according to the prestigious SPEAR's 500 - the indispensable guide of top client advisers for HNW individuals.
Justin Knock MW
Director of Wine
Oversees the buying, marketing and liquidation of wine for the group. Judged the Decanter World Wine Awards since 2005, and the Regional Chair for Australia (along with Huon Hooke) since 2020.
Former winemaking ambassador of Treasury Wine Estates, and Director of California Wine Institute. Justin graduated from the University of New South Wales with a degree in Industrial Chemistry and a Master's in Applied Food Science.
Maxwell Nee
Managing Partner
Maxwell has been featured in Forbes & Wealth Insider for growing a multi-award-winning online education company 300% in the first 5-months of the COVID-19 Lockdown in a saturated industry. Previously, he was a finance professional who managed $100M+ businesses for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
He has been featured in The Australian Business Review, Courier Mail, and on Australian radio educating investors.
Charles Nee
Investment Director & Manager
Charles Nee is a multi-award-winning finance, banking and investments professional with 20+ years of experience in the industry. He is the Director of Crestmount Capital, and was previously a Business Banking Manager for the National Australia Bank.
Mr. Nee is a certified financial advisor with expertise in helping families, businesses and UHNIs build wealth through personal, commercial, development funding and property investments. He has successfully completed Real Estate Trusts with a current market value of over $100m, and takes pride in investing alongside his clients.
Dr. Elizabeth Lewis
General Partner
Dr. Lewis is a published author, Physician Innovator, Venture Capital General Partner and can be found speaking at various Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Medical Conferences across the US.
With 20+ years of investing in multiple verticals, including Med Tech, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain, Real Estate, Sports Tech and Thoroughbred Racing, her personal and professional investment portfolio is quite extensive.
Brian Mellett
General Partner
Brian brings the unique combination of venture capital general partner, exited tech entrepreneur, international growth strategist, and thought leader. Brian is an alternative investment general partner in funds focused on Blockchain Digital Asset equities and Med Tech innovation. His Crypto VCF Blockchain Opportunity Fund was a 2022 recipient of the “Best Crypto Fund -USA” by Wealth and Finance Magazine.
With 25+ years of experience advising founders and their companies, Brian’s expertise focuses on serving high-growth clients in the industries of finance, technology, healthcare, education, real estate, sports, restaurant tech, and green/sustainability.
Almudena Alberca MW
Ambassador for Spain
20 years of winemaking experience in Spain.
Technical Director of Entrecanales Domecq e Hijos.
Mattia Tabacco
Head of Buying & Rare Wines
Burgundy and Italian Wine Expert. Advisor to OENO's wealthiest collectors.
Master of Wine candidate.
Gabrielle Gorelli MW
Ambassador for Italy
Tuscan Wine Expert. 1st Italian Master of Wine.
15 years of wine marketing and education experience
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