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The Directors on the CRC-P Board include people who hold, or have held, senior management positions in large technology-based organisations. They bring to the Board experience, knowledge and understanding in a wide range of very relevant areas including: strategy, general management, project management, research and development, start-up companies, capital raising, finance and education. Their combined experience as company directors exceeds 100 years.
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Dr Peter Coldrey (Chair)
Independent Director
Dr Peter Coldrey has been Chairman of CRC for Polymers since July 2003. He had a distinguished career in industrial research working for ICI Australia (now Orica) and SOLA Optical (now Carl Zeiss Vision). He worked in the UK for 3 years and later in the USA for 5 years during which time he was Vice President in charge of Research and Development for SOLA Optical USA. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Science and Engineering and is a member of the South Australian Committee. He is a Board Member of the Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society and was awarded a Centenary Medal for contribution to Science and Technology. Dr Coldrey was educated at the University of Melbourne and has a PhD in chemical engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce.
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Dr Ian Dagley (CRC for Polymers)
Director
Dr Ian Dagley is the Chief Executive Officer of the CRC for Polymers, a position held since December 1995. Under his leadership the CRC's achievements have included the licensing of five of its technologies to industrial participants and the creation of two spin-off companies. Dr Dagley has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from RMIT. His research career has also included periods at Oxford University, time with Pacific Dunlop, and ten years in research positions with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.
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Mr Robert Trenberth (Chair of the Operations Advisory Committee)
Director
Mr Robert Trenberth serves on a number of Boards, both commercial and non-profit. Commercial Board appointments include: Chair of Riviera Properties Limited, Chair of Extel Communications Pty Ltd, Deputy Chair of Upstream Technology Group and Chair of Advanced Polymerik Pty Ltd. Non-profit appointments include: Director of the Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Chair of the Australian Industries Research Centre and of the Melbourne Boston Sister Cities Association. He was formerly Managing Director of Ajax McPherson's Limited and then was appointed the Deputy Secretary of the Federal Department of Industry, Science & Technology and Chief Executive Officer of Ausindustry. He has also acted as director of a number of technology companies funded with private equity. Mr Trenberth holds an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business, a Master of Applied Science from University of Waterloo, Canada and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Melbourne.
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Dr Robert Robinson
(Chair of the Research and Education Advisory Committee)
Director
Dr Rob Robinson received a PhD in experimental physics from Cambridge University in 1982. He then moved to Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States to carry out postdoctoral research, and was a staff member there between 1985 and 1999. He has also spent time as a visiting scientist at the Institut Laue-Langevin (1984) the Japanese National Laboratory for High-Energy Physics (1992), and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (1994). He has been a fellow of the American Physical Society since 1998 In December 1999 he moved to ANSTO to become leader of the Neutron Scattering and Synchrotron Radiation Group and he is also an Adjunct Professor in both the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales and the Faculty of Science at Sydney University and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics. He has been Leader of the Bragg Institute, since its inception in December 2002. Rob's main research activities have been in condensed-matter physics. His current research interests include strongly correlated f-electron systems magnetism in uranium intermetallics, molecular magnets, the dynamics of amorphous materials and neutron-scattering instrumentation.
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Dr Greg Simpson (Chair of the Commercialisation Advisory Committee)
Director
Dr Greg Simpson holds the role of Deputy Chief of the Molecular and Health Technologies division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s largest national research organisation. Greg brings to the Board significant experience in research management and technology transfer, having established collaborations and technology deals with some of the world’s largest companies as well as working with many Australian manufacturing companies. A graduate of the University of Sydney, Greg has a PhD in organic chemistry. He undertook postdoctoral studies at Imperial College, London and has an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, UNSW. Greg is a past President and Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
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Mr Bob Moses
Independent Director
Mr Bob Moses is currently Chairman of several Boards including TGR Biosciences, Sylvan Scientific, and Antisense Therapeutics Limited. Mr Moses' previous corporate experience includes a spectrum of roles such as Corporate Vice President of CSL Limited, Managing Director of a law firm, Freehills, and Chairman/CEO of IVF America, now IntegraMed (NASDAQ). His qualifications include an AB, Oberlin; MBA, University of Chicago, and additional studies at Harvard University and University of Colorado.
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Dr Ergad Gold
Independent Director
Dr Ergad Gold is the Principal and Executive Director of Momentum Investment Group. Dr Gold is a technologist with many years' experience in product development and commercialisation spanning a wide range of technologies. He has worked extensively in industry, government and academia and for six years operated his own consulting practice specialising in technology and its management. Dr Gold has a PhD and BSc (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.
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Mr Steve Wright (CRC for Polymers)
Business Manager & Company Secretary
Mr Steve Wright is the Business Manager and Company Secretary of the CRC for Polymers. He has held this role since January 1997. Prior to this time, Mr Wright's experience included management roles at CSIRO Building, Construction and Engineering, and the National Building Technology Centre. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University and an MBA from the University of New South Wales.
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