STARTUPAUS REFRESHES ITS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Australia’s peak advocacy group for startups, StartupAUS, has welcomed four new board members: Elaine Stead (MD, Blue Sky Venture Capital), Rachael Neumann (investment advisor and strategist), Attila Brungs (Vice Chancellor and President, UTS) and Aaron Birkby (CEO, Startup Catalyst).

The newcomers join current board members Alex McCauley (CEO, StartupAUS), Teresa Engelhard (company director and investor), Alan Noble (Engineering Director, Google ANZ), Peter Bradd (Co-founder and CEO, The Beanstalk Factory), Bill Bartee (General Partner, Main Sequence Ventures – CSIRO Innovation Fund) and Topaz Conway (Chair of the Board, StartupAUS and Chair of SBE Australia).

According to McCauley, the chief executive of StartupAUS, the combination of the advocacy group’s new and existing board members means it has “one of the most diverse and influential boards in the country”.

“We are excited to welcome our new board members to help us build a world-class startup sector here in Australia,” he said. “Each member brings complementary expertise, knowledge and credentials. We’ve got representation from leading founders, investors, multinationals and universities. We’ve got a wealth of experience from around the country and overseas, and from an array of different backgrounds. That breadth of experience is really important to us, because what we are trying to do is for the economic benefit of the country as a whole. Read more

James Harkness - Dynamic Business - 3 Nov 2017