She has deep experience in governance especially as relevant to publicly funded organisations and in complex multi-party collaborations, is results focussed and a driver of entrepreneurial culture.

She has been an advisor to Government on innovation policy relating to improved research and industry collaboration and commercialisation; appointed to various government working groups and committees to develop and operationalise government policy.

Jan has led a number of complex commercial negotiations with industry and research partners from various sectors and has been involved in forming and advising numerous deep-tech start-up companies including managing several successful exits.

Jan is currently on a number of boards of CRCs and spin‐out companies.

Jan has held Director level roles in Business Development and Commercialisation in the University sector, CSIRO and within the private sector.

She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance, is a Member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountant’s (CPA), a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors (FAICD) and has completed executive education at Harvard University and Melbourne Business School.