I am based in both Seoul, Korea and in Melbourne, Australia. In Seoul I am Chief Sustainability Officer with KISCO, a Korean chemicals and inks manufacturer. My role is to lead our ESG strategy and help develop new business areas. I negotiated KISCO's strategic partnership with and investment into Boron Molecular. I also represent KISCO in discussions with other industry partners including the Sustainable Chemistry for the Textiles Industry (SCTI) alliance.I am also continuing to pursue further opportunities contributing to social enterprises and technology startups and I currently Chair the boards of both the Pollinate Group and parkrun Australia.I have been working in Korea since 2015 and have developed a strong interest in the growing Australia-Korea relationship. I was therefore very pleased to accept an invitation from the Australian Foreign Minister to join the board of the Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) in 2022. I have a PhD in Chemistry from UNSW and spent four years in the UK working in two start-up companies in the area of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). I spent 10 years with CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, as a research scientist and manager. Immediately prior to choosing to leave CSIRO, I was the Research Leader for Thin Film Photovoltaics in CSIRO’s Manufacturing Flagship, based in Melbourne, Victoria. In this role, I managed the research directions of our team and had responsibility for planning the commercialisation of our work. I managed projects on both OLEDs and solar cells and I coordinated CSIRO’s involvement in a number of national and international consortia aimed at developing applications of flexible electronics by linking industry with research.I have a strong interest in the communication and commercialisation of research and technologies and have extensive experience with a wide range of media.Research Publications:http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-7463-2009Interviews and Media:http://www.scottwatkins.me