Brenton Barnes

Brenton Barnes is a global business executive and medical technology enthusiast. He has broad experience in regulated Class I, Class II and Class III medical devices (implantable devices and Artificial Intelligence automation in healthcare).

Mr Barnes spent 11 years as a senior executive in a variety of roles at Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing devices. During his tenure with the company, he lived in the US, Singapore and Sydney where he oversaw a range of global business functions. He was also the director of Asia growth markets & operations for Asia Pacific, growing the implantable hearing market across 12 countries in Asia over five years.

Mr Barnes is a non-executive director of Connek, a telecommunications company that sub-contracts specialist services to leading bluechip telecommunications companies working on the national rollout of Australia's National Broadband Network.