You might be wondering what’s going on with Commercialisation Australia since the program was officially launched in December.
Last week, we received a tip-off that the job ads have been posted and the recruitment scouts have been dispatched to find a new CEO to replace interim boss Tricia Berman. If anyone is able to find a copy (or screengrab) of these advertisements, we’re keen to know what skills the suitable applicant is expected to possess.
This is because the CEO role for Commercialisation Australia is not a post that will be easy to fill.
Critics are likely to predict that the position will go to a ’seasoned’ bureaucrat or university academic, rather than a private sector ‘mover and shaper’ (please note my deliberate use of ‘p’ and not ‘k’). The expectation would hardly be unjustified given the raft of ‘panel’ and ‘board’ positions recently allocated to ‘wonks’ and ‘boffins’ in the commercialisation space, arguably at the expense of experienced private sector professionals.
Yet this CEO role is a complex one that straddles public policy, economic and commercial deliverables.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Would you like to be CEO of Commercialisation Australia? - Anthill Magazine
Author: James Tuckerman
