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Jane Wilson MBBS, MBA, FAICD - Chairman
Dr Wilson is a professional company director with a background in medicine and finance. She has a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School where she studied agribusiness and the health sector. Jane is the immediate past President of the Australian Institute of Company Directors - Queensland Division, as well as a Director of CathRx Ltd, UQ Holdings Ltd, and the National Archives Advisory Council. Dr Wilson is Finance Director of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and was the inaugural Chair of Horticulture Australia Ltd from 2000 to 2004. She is involved in a number of charitable and cultural organisations and has also served on the Queensland Government Biotechnology Taskforce, and the boards of Energex Ltd, WorkCover Queensland, AGEN Ltd and Protagonist Pty Ltd. She is a member of the Premier’s Smart State Council and a member of the University of Queensland Senate.
 
Professor Kenneth J. Roberts AM, FRACP (Hon), BEc, FCPA, FAIM, FAICD - Deputy Chairman
Ken Roberts was Chairman and Managing Director of Wellcome Australasia Limited and Director of Marketing Development for the Wellcome Worldwide Group until 1996. He is currently a Director of CSL Limited, Chairman of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Research and Education Foundation, Chairman of the Boards of the Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd and the Australian Phenomics Facility, and Chairman of Start-Up Australia Pty Ltd.  He is Deputy Chairman of the University of Queensland's IMBcom Pty Ltd. Mr Roberts was awarded as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 1995 for service to the pharmaceutical industry and for the promotion of medical research.
 
Peter Isdale AM, BA (Hons), PhD, MAICD – Chief Executive Officer
Dr Isdale was appointed Chief Executive Officer of IMBcom Pty Ltd in 2003.   He is managing director of IMBcom Pty Ltd, a member of the board of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, a director of ElaCor Pty Ltd, Nephrogenix Pty Ltd, Kalthera Pty Ltd, RRC Company Pty Ltd and a Senior Fellow of the Chaiyong Limthongkul Foundation (Thailand). He is Chairman of the Wetlands and Grasslands Foundation, and an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University. Dr Isdale spent 15 years as a marine scientist before being appointed Business Director and senior executive at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. He has had 20 years of directorship on Boards of private, public and ASX-listed companies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific Rim. Dr Isdale was awarded as a Member of the General division of the Order of Australia in 2006 for service to marine science through research and as a contributor to the development and commercialisation of biotechnology.
 
Mel Bridges BSc, FAICD
Mel Bridges has over 30 years experience in the biotech and healthcare industry. He has founded and managed successful diagnostics, biotech and medical device businesses. A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Mr Bridges co-founded listed company PANBIO, raising $17 million in its IPO, and is currently Chairman of a number of listed and unlisted companies including, Peptech Limited, Alchemia Limited, Genetic Solutions Pty Ltd, Farmacule Bioindustries Pty Ltd, Meditech Ltd and Cleveland Biosensors Pty Ltd. He is also the founder and Chairman of the medical device group, Impedimed Limited. Mr Bridges has won numerous awards for his achievements, including the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ and the 2005 AusBiotech Chairman’s Industry Medal.
 
Paul Cheever BSc, MBA, F Fin 
Paul Cheever has worked in the finance and investment industries for over 33 years.  For the past 14 years Paul has had a high profile in the superannuation and investment industry.  Paul is a member of the advisory Boards to CM Capital, GBS Genesis and Bioscience Funds, Starfish Pre-Seed and Technology Funds, Allen & Buckeridge III and ETF.  Paul was the first Chair of AIMA's Regulatory Committee and was until December 2004 Chair of ASFA's Best Practice Committee.
 
Professor Deborah Terry BA ANU, PhD ANU, FAPS
Professor Terry received a BA and PhD (1989) from the Australian National University, and joined the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland first as postdoctoral research fellow in 1990 and then as a lecturer in 1991. She was Deputy Head of School from 1997 to 1999, and, after serving as Professor of Social Psychology and Head of School from 2000 to 2005, was appointed Executive Dean, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences in January 2006. In February 2007, Professor Terry accepted an appointment to a half-time role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), and in January 2008, Professor Terry was appointed as the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning). The position was retitled Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) from 1 January 2009.