JACQUI WALTERS | Partner

Jacqui is a founding partner of Era Innovation and Era Ventures. She is a Brisbane based advisor and non-executive director with significant strategy and change leadership experience. She has international experience across many industry sectors. Jacqui has held executive and advisory roles leading the establishment of new businesses, whole of organisation transformation and restructuring, inorganic and organic growth strategies, and business performance improvement. The common theme is to achieve high performance and deliver on strategic and growth priorities. Jacqui achieves this through building and leading powerful teams.

Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Commerce, held a Certified Practicing Accountant qualification for 12 years, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Trustee of Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).

KATE MORRISON | Advisory Board

Kate was a founding partner of Era Innovation and now an advisory board member. Kate is now working with a Queensland based food scaleup. She has a strong and successful track record in innovation. Kate has advised start-up, small and large firms, as well as public policy agencies, and has managed mission-critical projects for clients including IBM, Bank of New York, Philips and PwC in Europe and Australia. She has been actively involved in consulting for fifteen years and has experience in technology and management consulting. Kate has worked across various sectors including financial services, food, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, software, electronics, tourism, engineering and government.

Kate holds a first class Honours Degree in Economics and subsequently received two post-graduate scholarships to engage in research, including one from the Australian Centre for Complex Systems. She is published in several academic journals and has served as co-editor of the journal Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice.  She was the primary researcher and analyst for two major Queensland Government reports on industry and innovation. Kate has also represented Australia at the APEC Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit (2010) hosted by the United States Government in Japan.

TIM KASTELLE | Advisory Board

Tim was a founding partner of Era Innovation and now an advisory board member. Tim’s research, teaching and engagement work are all based on his study of innovation management. He has worked in a variety of industries and these experiences inform his research and teaching.Tim has published widely in the leading innovation journals. He is deeply committed to translating research into practice. To this end, he writes a well regarded blog for managers (http://Tim Kastelle.org/blog) and he has worked extensively with a wide range of organisations. He is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the UQ Business School.