ANFF Oversight
The ANFF Ltd. Board of Directors ensures the network’s activities align with the needs of industry and academia. The Board Members bring from a variety of experience and interests to ensure we serve the full gambit of Australian R&D with current insight, and intelligent foresight.
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The ANFF Board
Andrew Brawley
Board Chair, Member of Audit and Risk Management Committee
Sydney
Former Vice-President Manufacturing, Silanna Semiconductors and CEO Sapphicon Semiconductors. Extensive experience in, and knowledge of, the semiconductor industry especially in Australia. Long standing experience in financial management.
Area of Expertise:
Semiconductor Industry, finance
Dr Colin White
Board Member
Melbourne
Over 30 years of experience in technology-centric business covering all facets from ideation through to global commercialisation. Colin has held senior roles such as Senior Vice President Advanced Staining & Imaging, Leica Biosystems, heading up R&D and manufacturing sites in Melbourne, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Boston, Bangalore, Amsterdam and Carlsbad, and as CEO of lnvetech.
Area of Expertise:
Technology management, R&D and commercialisation
Dr Deborah Rathjen
Board Member
Adelaide
Area of Expertise:
Business development and licensing, company building and financing, mergers and acquisitions, therapeutic product R&D
Dr Elaine Saunders
Board Member
Melbourne
Area of Expertise:
Business, Science, Engineering & Technology, Medical devices
Dr Simon Poole
Board Member, Chair of Commercialisation Advisory Committee
Sydney
Area of Expertise:
Dr Rowan Gilmore
Board Member, Chair of Audit and Risk Management Committee
Brisbane
Dr Rowan Gilmore was previously CEO of EM Solutions, an advanced manufacturer of high-speed microwave radio and mobile satellite communications terminals. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation, where he helped numerous start-up companies and worked to accelerate technology transfer between research institutions and industry.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Foundation Chair of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is also a Director of Analog Quantum Circuits, and Silvertech.
Rowan is a graduate of the University of Queensland (UQ) and Washington University in St Louis, Missouri where he earned his doctorate in electrical engineering.
Area of Expertise:
Prof. Chennupati Jagadish AC
Board Member
Sydney
Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish is the Head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group in The Australian National University Research School of Physics and the President of the Australian Academy of Science.
He has over 40 years of research experience in areas from compound semiconductors to neuroscience and has been awarded, among other accolades, a UNESCO medal for his contributions to nanoscience and nanotechnologies and the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award from the President of India.
Area of Expertise:
R&D, Nanotechnology, University and Research Management, Research Advocacy
Dr Jane Fitzpatrick
ANFF CEO
Brisbane
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Dr Chris Gourlay
Company Secretary
Brisbane
Chris has over 30 years’ worth of experience working with industry, government and universities in Australia and overseas. As COO, Chris plays a vital role in enabling ANFF to translate Australian R&D into impactful outcomes. He works with the ANFF teams across the country to ensure consistent and cohesive service offering to clients, as well as ensuring the network delivers on its reporting requirements. He advises the Board as Company Secretary.
Area of Expertise:
Operations, corporate governance, advisory, consulting engineer, research director.
