Ian Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Brisbane City, Qld, Au

Queensland, Australia

Manage programs that support innovation enterprise investment, commercialisation, growth and scaleup. Facilitated state-wide and international collaborations between Queensland technology businesses, education and research organisations, governments and investors. Conceptualised and initiated Advancing Champion Enterprises (ACE), Queensland Governments initiative to support the scaleup of innovation enterprises that are recipients of government grants, awards and other recognitions, providing a means of enhancing and measuring economic and jobs outcomes. Founding member & driving force behind the world’s best practice panel mentoring programs - Mentoring for Growth (M4G) Mentoring for Investment (M4I), Mentoring for Export (M4E) & Mentoring for Advancing Champion Enterprises (M4-ACE), the Queensland Government's longest running and most successful support programs for stimulating high growth business outcomes. Initiated the Mentors & Business Leaders Network, Investment Ready Program, Manufacturing Industries Pipeline, Arts & Creative Industries Pipeline & Clean-Technologies Pipeline - for the boards & senior management of high growth enterprises and facilitate hundreds of $M investment in Queensland businesses.

Queensland, Australia

The EXPRESSWAY Network brings together innovation leaders from across Queensland, connecting early stage and high-growth businesses, along with government, education, research, industry-support and investment organisations, to form a Queensland wide innovation hub. EXPRESSWAY is facilitated by a collaborative partnership between federal, state and local government agencies, universities, innovation centres and industry peak bodies, providing a conduit through which businesses directors and senior management can learn about the support organisations and services available to them. Monthly network forums provide a place for innovators to meet, share ideas, peer mentor and learn from experts.

Queensland, Australia

I am passionate about safety in the workplace. I have provided leadership and guidance to several H&S teams, driving policies and strategies to achieve best practice health and safety outcomes for thousands of employees located across Queensland. My roles have included, H&S Committee Chairman, qualified H&S Adviser, WHS Officer, Senior First Aid Officer, Fire Warden, Emergency Response Officer and founding member of several WHS Committees in private sector, government and community organisations since 1995.

Queensland

I have experienced the school of hard knocks pleasure and pain of starting growing, re-engineering selling and failing in business. I have worked with people who I consider to be the smartest and best at what they do, and I have worked with, and for, people who have not had a clue. It has all taught me that the principles of business are the same regardless of industry, region, size or nature - it is about having an unfair strategic advantage that delivers real value to a specific markets in a way that ensures a healthy return to investors and provides well paid, interesting work and continued development opportunities for employees........and should be fun.

Master Of Professional Accounting (Mprofacc), Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Finance, Capital Raising, Business Systems, Auditing

Bachelor Of Commerce And Administration (Bcomm), Marketing, Organisation Behaviour & Human Resource Management

Electives completed in Corporations Law and Contract Law, Marketing Internship.

Graduate Diploma With Order Of Merit (Gaicd), Company Directorship - Strategy, Corporations Law, Finance, Governance, Risk Management

Graduate Certificate Venture Capital, Venture Capital And Investment

Advanced Diploma Of Horticulture Management, (Adv.Dip.Hort),, Amenity Horticulture Business Management

Cert Iv Training And Assessment -, Workplace Training And Assessment

Certificate In Public Speaking -, Communication, Presentation, Evaluation, Chairmanship

Activities and Societies: Past President AIM Speakers Forum Senior Evaluator Training Coordinator Speech Adjudicator Chairman of the Year.

Certificates Manufacturing Excellence, Leading Edge, Axseed –, Best Practice Manufacturing Management

Export Pathways Facilitator –, Assisting Businesses With Export Strategies And Capabilities

Certificate In Leadership Excellence Levels 1 And 2 –, Organisational Growth And Change Management

Workplace Health & Safety Officer -, Manufacturing & Service Industries Whs Certification

Senior First Aid And Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Environmental Management Officer -, Corporate Environmental Law And Best Practice Management

Chemical Application And Safety –, Accredited Agricultural User Certification

Cert Iv Occupational Health And Safety - Trained Safety Advisor