Bill Kerr is currently a Business Adviser specialising in the Medical Technology and Pharmaceutical sector in the Federal Government's Entrepreneurs'​ Programme through the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), based in NSW. As such, he is responsible for helping eligible SMEs improve their competitiveness by providing a comprehensive Business Evaluation at no charge to the company then assisting clients to make suggested improvements through collaboration and funding support.Bill has over 30 years of Australian and international experience in corporate roles, consultancy roles and as an academic. He has been a:• General Manager, an International Marketing Manager and Sales Executive for medical, pharmaceutical and scientific companies; • Course Coordinator and Lecturer in strategic and operations management, marketing and innovation at the University of Western Sydney, delivering many units domestically and internationally; • Enterprise Connect Business Adviser, • Project Facilitator for the Australian Industry Group, • Consultant in strategic and environmental management systems,• Researchers in Business/ Research Connections Facilitator for Enterprise Connect and the Entrepreneurs' Infrastructure Programme, linking companies with research organisation to acheive collaborative R&D outcomes.Bill is a current director of Hawkesbury Community Financial Services Ltd, the award winning franchisee of the North Richmond Community Bank/ Bendigo Bank, and is Chair of HCFS' HR Subcommittee. He has an MBA from the University of Western Sydney (dux), a Master of Science (Immunology) from the University of Manitoba and a Bachelor of Science (Hons, Microbiology) from the University of Guelph in Canada. Bill has lived in the Hawkesbury region of Sydney since 1985, and is/ has been an active volunteer in a number of local community and/ or sporting organisations throughout that time. In his spare time, he is the drummer in a very active strict tempo dance band.