Board - ITEK - The Commercialisation Company of the University of South Australia
Board Member
Non Executive Director
Executive Director and Vice President: Finance and Resources
Paul Beard was appointed Executive Director and Vice President: Finance and Resources at the University in 2001. Prior to that he held senior finance roles in both the private and public sector. Paul is a Chartered Accountant and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School having completed the Advanced Management Program in 2007.
From 1996 to 2001 he worked in the electricity industry in South Australia, during a period of significant organizational and industry change, in roles including Chief Financial Officer of ETSA Power and Manager Finance with the new private sector owner, AGL.
Prior to that Paul worked as a Senior Manager with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Adelaide and the United Kingdom, and worked in a senior finance position with Vision Systems, a publicly listed technology company in Adelaide.
Our Team
- Graham Smith, Chief Executive & Managing Director
- Bruce Tilbrook, Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
- Sarina Caruso, Legal Counsel
- Yvette Elson, Accountant
- Chris Hill, General Manager, Commercialisation
- Dr Stephanie Agius, Commercial Manager
- Mark Bruce, Commercial Manager
- John Haskey, Commercial Manager
- Sangeeta Sehgal, Commercial Manager
- Masako Amemiya, Commercial Associate
ITEK Board
- Bruce Linn, Non Executive Director
- Ian McLachlan, Non Executive Director
- John Grace, Non Executive Director (Chairman)
- Graham Smith, Chief Executive & Managing Director
- Prof Caroline McMillen, Non Executive Director
- Paul Beard, Non Executive Director
- Bruce Tilbrook, Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary