![[portrait.png]] **Academic and non-executive director working at the intersection of culture, entrepreneurship and governance.** ### Roles - Lecturer in Strategy, University of Edinburgh Business School - Board member and Chair of the People Committee, Historic Environment Scotland - Board member, Student Awards Agency Scotland ### Background My [research](Research.md) investigates how culture shapes judgements of legitimacy, authenticity and worth in markets and organisations. I completed my PhD at Monash University, where the dissertation won a Mollie Holman Medal, one of ten awarded across the university in 2022 and the only one in business and economics. Before that I studied Business Management at the University of Queensland, graduating with first-class honours and as valedictorian of the business school. My work is published in the Journal of Business Venturing and has won three Best Conference Paper Awards from the European and American Academies of Management. I [teach](Teaching.md) two undergraduate courses at Edinburgh and have received four Excellence in Teaching Awards in three years. I have been building [ventures](Entrepreneurship.md) since 2011. Funetics was an English pronunciation software company backed by Telstra's muru-D accelerator, where I led business development across Beijing, San Francisco and Singapore. CYALA, a social enterprise working on the employment barriers facing African youth in Australia, grew to a 30-person team across four cities. In 2021 and 2022 I worked inside two NFT projects, taking them into community-run governance. More recently I have been building AI tools for higher education, including the [AI Stress Test](https://ai-stress-test.vercel.app), which checks whether an assessment still measures learning once students have generative AI. As a [non-executive director](Governance.md) I specialise in the oversight of organisational culture, conduct and people risk. At Historic Environment Scotland I chair the People Committee and sit on the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee. Before Scotland I served four years on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Advisory Council, three on the Queensland Government's Multicultural Advisory Council, and chaired the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers across Australia. [[Research]] | [[Entrepreneurship]] | [[Governance]] | [[Teaching]] | [[Journey]] | [[Connect]]