Tod has a Bachelor of Law (First Class Honors) and University Medal from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honors) and University Medal majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales and a Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia. 

Tod has worked in the Australian corporate advisory industry since 1986 and has specialised in the provision of corporate advice in the areas of corporate valuation, equity capital raising both for private and public equity and investor relation advice for ASX listed companies. Tod was as Associate Director of Bankers Trust Australia between 1986 and 1994. 

Between 1994 until 1998 Tod was a Director of the Corporate Finance Department of Prudential Bache Securities Limited. From 1998 until the present Tod is co-founder and Director of KTM Capital. KTM provides corporate advisory and equity capital markets services across mid-market resources, IT, financial and other services sector companies.

Tod is a Director of ASX listed NSX Limited and Love Group Global Ltd.

Tod is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.