Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Bioentrepreneur, academic and promoter of knowledge-intensive industry development in Australia

Current & previous Board roles include: Chairman of Queensland R&D Council, Smart State Council, Implicit Bioscience, The Magic Pudding Company, Queensland Biotechnology Advisory Council, Protagonist and the Australian Institute of Marine Science; Director of Celentis, AgResearch, Cleveland Biosensors, Xenome, Alchemia, Agen, Biota and Pharmol

Previous roles include: Chief Scientist for the State of Queensland; Co-Director of the Institute of Molecular Bioscience; CEO of IMBcom; Professor & Director, Centre for Drug Design & Development, University of Queensland; Dean of Science, Bond University; Dean of Pharmaceutical Science, Victorian College of Pharmacy; 10 years bench R&D

Awards include: Officer, Order of Australia; Centenary Medal; Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, the Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering and the Australian Institute of Company Directors