01 · Market formation
From science to markets
The strongest opportunities emerge where breakthrough science meets strategic demand, regulatory change and a credible pathway to adoption.
Founder & Managing General Partner, R3i
Technology governance · Frontier markets · Institutional capital
Building the markets that come next.
I help boards, investors and founders govern technical risk, allocate capital and build the institutional pathways through which frontier technologies become enduring companies and investable markets.
The investment thesis
Frontier technology becomes durable when capital, governance and execution align.
02 · Institutional readiness
Governability creates value
Defensible intellectual property, trusted data, regulatory readiness, procurement discipline and operating resilience determine whether technical advantage can withstand institutional scrutiny.
03 · Strategic capital
Capital with intelligence
Frontier companies need more than financing. They need clarity on what to prove, which risks to retire, where to partner and when to move.
04 · Structural defensibility
Beyond the application layer
As AI becomes increasingly accessible, we underwrite what remains scarce: proprietary science, protected intellectual property, validated evidence, regulated workflows, manufacturing capability and strategic distribution.
Where I focus
Sectors where technical advantage depends on infrastructure, policy, security and institutional adoption.
01
AI, compute & digital trust
02
Health & life sciences
03
Climate, water & energy
04
Critical minerals & industrial systems
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Space, defence & sovereign infrastructure
Board mandates
Board leadership for technology-intensive, regulated and cross-border businesses.
I help boards determine whether technical advantage is real, whether the company controls the assets on which its value depends, and whether strategy, capital and governance are aligned for scale.
Strategy
Strategy, capital allocation & M&A
Portfolio strategy, capital deployment, transaction oversight and value creation across cycles, ownership structures and jurisdictions.
Technology
AI, data & technology oversight
Board-level oversight of technical capability, model and data risk, responsible adoption, cybersecurity and operational resilience.
Commercialisation
IP, commercialisation & international scale
Technology defensibility, chain of title, product and market validation, strategic partnerships and cross-border expansion.
Trust
Regulation, reputation & stakeholder trust
Regulatory readiness, social licence, disclosure integrity and stakeholder risk in high-scrutiny markets.
Selected experience
An operating record across executive leadership, investment, governance and technology commercialisation.
Investor & company builder
Founder & Managing General Partner of R3i, investing in and building frontier-technology companies with proprietary science, defensible intellectual property and credible pathways to institutional adoption.
- PlatformsR3i · R3i Ventures · Planet43
- ApproachInvestment · technology commercialisation · strategic transactions · international market access
- Operating reachEurope · Asia-Pacific · Australia · North America
Independent governance
Chair, board, advisory and investment-committee experience across technology governance, capital allocation, regulation and institutional trust.
- Board directorshipsR3i Inc · Omusubi Capital · Cornerstone Capital · Raiven Capital · portfolio companies
- Advisory & committeesAI Asia Pacific Institute · Mandalay Venture Partners · RepRisk AG
- Public-sector perspectiveFormer European Commission expert evaluator · Runway (Victoria) · Australian Alumni Singapore
Operating leadership & education
Cross-border operating leadership combined with more than a decade of postgraduate teaching, founder mentoring and executive education.
- Operating rolesTelstra · Telstra Global · Hitachi Data Systems · Augure · GMI Ratings · Inspirit IoT
- TeachingSingapore Management University · IE Business School · IMD · Bocconi · SMU Cox School of Business
- Ecosystem service500 Global · Techstars · Canadian and Australian government accelerator programmes
Detailed board and academic biographies are available on request.
Public purpose & philanthropy
Expanding access to capital, capability and opportunity.
I direct time, networks and institutional capability toward research-led founders, women building technology companies, founder wellbeing and international education communities.
Catalytic science
R3i Impact Foundation
Through the R3i Impact Foundation, I support catalytic pathways for climate, water and healthcare innovation.
Foundation overview ↗Founder wellbeing
Mental health as a business priority
A member of the Founder Mental Health Pledge, supporting the recognition of founder mental healthcare as a legitimate business priority.
Read the pledge ↗Women in technology
Access, mentorship and capital
Former regional partner and current global mentor and ambassador with She Loves Tech, supporting women-led technology companies through mentorship, market access and investor networks — including 2X Ignite, the Transact Network and Global Women in VC.
View the mentor listing ↗Education & community
Teaching and civic service
More than a decade of teaching and mentoring, including former leadership of digital governance and ethics initiatives for Australian Alumni Singapore.
View the public record ↗Ideas, speaking and commentary
Investment perspectives on frontier technology, structural defensibility, governance and the formation of new markets.
Video · Nexus Luxembourg 2025Beyond AI: the next technological paradigm↗
Podcast97% Effective — women in venture capital and leadership↗
Podcast97% Effective — “we’re hunting in packs”: the rise of women in VC↗
PodcastWealthing — venture capital, trust and the long game↗
Earlier writingBreaking the venture capital oligarchy↗
In their words
What colleagues and institutional partners say.
Institutional endorsements and founder references, available in full.