Jonathan West

Prof West has founded the Australian Innovation Research Centre. Prior to that role, Professor West spent 18 years at Harvard University, where he was Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business Administration. Jonathan has served as consultant to, and a Board member of, corporations around the world and as an adviser to several governments, particularly in the fields of agribusiness, innovation policy, and economic development. He currently serves as Chairman of ASX-listed Hexima Limited, a medical biotechnology company; Chairman of the ASX-listed Gowing Brothers Investment Fund; Board member of Hydralyte, a dehydration-therapy provider; and Board member of the Three Valleys Food Company in Tasmania. He is also a member of the Risk Committee of CBO.