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, Chair 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, Member of Industry Committee
Melbourne
Over 30 years of experience in technology-centric business covering all facets from ideation through to global commercialisation. Colin’s current role is 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. Prior to this, Colin was CEO of lnvetech.
Area of Expertise:
Technology management, R&D and commercialisation
Dr Deborah Rathjen
Board Member, Member of Industry Committee
Adelaide
Area of Expertise:
Business development and licensing, company building and financing, mergers and acquisitions, therapeutic product R&D
Dr Elaine Saunders
Board Member, Member of Industry Committee
Melbourne
Area of Expertise:
Business, Science, Engineering & Technology, Medical devices
Dr Simon Poole
Board Member
Sydney
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Dr Rowan Gilmore
Board Member, Member of Audit and Risk Management Committee
Brisbane
Rowan Gilmore is the Deputy Group CEO of Electro Optic Systems (EOS). He was previously 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. Rowan has worked extensively in the ICT industry, and was formerly based in London and Geneva from 1998 as Vice President of Network Services (Europe) for the airline IT company SIT A, now France Telecom’s Orange subsidiary. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, previous Chairman of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. He is also a Director of Universal Motion Simulator Pty Ltd.
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Dr Jane Fitzpatrick
ANFF CEO
Brisbane
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