As a junior Vaughan competed for the firsts team at Shore and is a passionate tennis enthusiast, highly successful entrepreneur and philanthropist. As founder of ASX100 telecommunications company M2 Group (became Vocus Group, following a merger in 2016), Vaughan took M2 from start-up, to a business valued at greater than $2B, with more than 3,000 team members and nearly 1 million customer services across Australia & New Zealand and owner of household names including Dodo, iPrimus and Commander. In 2012 Vaughan founded, seeded and acted as Chairman of the Telco Together Foundation (“TTF”), the Australian telco industry’s only united charitable entity, endorsed by the federal government’s Department of Communications. In only a few years, TTF has raised several million dollars for various disadvantaged communities and implemented national programs for the benefit of the not-for-profit sector as a whole, including carrier-unified text message giving. Vaughan’s other personal & career accomplishments include;

• Bachelor of Commerce – University of New South Wales (UNSW)
• Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)
• Awarded ACOMMS Telecommunications Ambassador award (2012) for outstanding services to the Australian telecommunications industry
• Became the youngest Chairman of an ASX100 company (Vocus Group), 2017
• Two-time finalist in the EY Entrepeneur of the Year awards
• Led M2 Group to being named in BRW Fast 100 for five consecutive years
• Nominated by Pro Bono Australia for 2018 Impact 25 Awards, for exceptional personal contribution to the not-for-profit and social sector & the wider community
• Member of first grade GPS school tennis teams
• Member of coaching team for junior tennis programs at community tennis facilities (during university)

As a director of Voyager, Vaughan brings proven commercial acumen, financial investment capacity and a genuine desire to see the quality of and participation at community tennis centres greatly enhanced.