Niall Cairns
Managing Director, Nanyang Ventures
www.nanyang.com.au
Niall is a co-founder (1993) and managing director of Nanyang Ventures Pty Limited; the Sydney based Venture Capital Manager. Mr Cairns is and has been a director of a number of Nanyang investees including Australian Helicopters, Avand, Gale Pacific, Ruthinium Group and SigNav.
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Russ has been involved in the design of international education programs for over 17 years. He studied abroad twice in the USA and held a secondment to the Australian Embassy in Washington DC.
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Prof Craig Mudge
Director, Macquarie Institute for Innovation
www.mii.mq.edu.au
Craig is a professor of innovation and was responsible for nurturing the next generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) at Xerox PARC, and has led micro-chip research at CSIRO. He has published over sixty papers, and holds six patents. Acquisitions of spinoffs and licensing deals from his labs total $500 million. |
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Hugh invests in and provides strategic advice to a number of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations through his company Iconic. Hugh has worked for a global strategy consulting firm, had senior roles within one of Australia’s largest companies.
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Tim is an entrepreneur and brand guru who is working on the launch of a number of new brands and businesses. Tim founded nudie in 2003 and in 2 years has built it into a business turning over $18m a year and recognised as one of the top 10 most influential brands in the Asia Pacific region. |
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Allan Ryan
Director, Managed Innovation International
www.managedinnovation.com
Allan Ryan is a director of Managed Innovation International, a company that specialises in accelerating performance and increasing shareholder value. Their clients include Schweppes, Telstra, Selleys, Cadbury, and Roche Pharmaceuticals. |
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Naomi is the founder and CEO of RedBalloon Days, and president of the Entrepreneur’s Organisation. She has corporate marketing experience with IBM, KPMG, Apple Computers, and Ansett Australia. |
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Emma is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Business Chicks, philanthropic networking organisation for businesswomen with over 2000 members nationally. She has also been the Managing Director of Staff it for eight years. |
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Michelle established OneVentures in October 2006, coming into the venture capital industry as a successful entrepreneur. Her company, E Com Industries became the leaders in prepaid card and electronic voucher technologies in Australia and was acquired by a UK publicly listed company returning $30m cash to investors. |
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Jessica, an entrepreneur from an early age, runs two successful companies - The FRANK Team and New Horizon Tutoring. She was featured in BRW Magazine as a Female Entrepreneur and was a 2005 NSW Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year Finalist. |
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A panel of speakers from the BRW Fast 100 will be presenting. The BRW Fast 100 is a list of Australia's definitive fastest growing small and medium businesses. |
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