Jane Niall

Administration

PASCAL Hierarchy:

5.00

City:: Melbourne
Province:: Victoria
Country:: Australia

City:

Melbourne

Australia

Title:

First name:

Jane

Last name:

Niall

Qualifications:

Masters of Agricultural Science

Jane has worked across a number of Departments in the Government of Victoria, Australia, leading the Government’s policy development and programs in Science, Technology and Innovation for a number of years before taking a position heading the policy division in the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD [1]). In this role she developed the capacity to provide longer term intelligence to inform Government policy making using foresighting and technology roadmapping techniques. Her final position with the Victorian Government (until mid-2012) was as Project Director for the Melbourne Markets Relocation Project . She currently works in an advisory capacity with a number of start-up companies focusing on renewable energy and sustainable technologies.

Prior to joining the government Jane was a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. She also spent two years as Investment Manager – Biotechnology in the Victorian Investment Corporation, a government supported venture capital fund.

Interests/Expertise:

Innovation, production and economic development
Renewable energy and sustainable technologies
Business start-up initiatives

Jane holds a Master of Agricultural Science from the University of Melbourne. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Recent research/consultancy:

Jane maintains a strong interest in the links between innovation, productivity and economic development .Currently she works in an advisory capacity with a number of start-up companies focusing on renewable energy and sustainable technologies. She is also on the Investment Committee of Zentaurus Investments Inc, a newly formed venture capital company.

Recognitions, positions, memberships:

Member of Investment Committee of Zentaurus Investments Inc, a newly formed venture capital company.
Former member/Vice President Asia Pacific of the Executive Board of the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialisation
Former member of the PASCAL Board
Founding member and board member of Asia Nano Forum