An experienced Chair, Non-Executive Director and C suite executive with extensive experience across multiple industries including health, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agriculture. Mary is currently Chair of Oncology One, ASX Listed Race Oncology and Microbio Limited. (maryharneyadvisory.com.au)Mary lives by Colin Powel’s quote that “optimism is a force multiplier” and has a default position to say ‘yes’ to opportunities and then ask the prudent 'why' questions afterwards. Previously, Mary was the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons—the leading advocate for surgical standards, professionalism and surgical education in Australia and New Zealand. In this role, Mary views innovation and agility as core to her vision and leadership culture. From 2012-2017 Mary was the Chief Executive Officer of the Gardiner Dairy Foundation. She led a change agenda to develop a strategy to reposition the Foundation for future growth and industry engagement. Prior to this Mary spent five years as Chief Operating Officer of Research and Director of the Office for Cancer Research at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. As the COO, Mary established systems and corporate services for the research community. Mary has a proven ability to deliver transformative change to companies in dynamic industry sectors through setting and delivering on a vision, building strong performing teams, effectively managing stakeholders and delivering strong financial results. A biological scientist by profession Mary has a curious nature that has seen her take on a variety of work; from managing an HPV vaccine development program, establishing an Oncology department at the University of Melbourne, to creating a dairy leadership alumni to harness their potential for the Australian dairy industry.