Professor Nick Birrell

Director, Monash Asia-Pacific Centre for Science & Wealth, Monash University

Nick Birrell is a Professorial Fellow in Monash University's Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences and is leading the development of the Monash Asia Pacific Centre for Science and Wealth Creation.

He has 20 years’ experience in the finance industry, and is a part-time Venture Executive with venture capital company Innovation Capital. Until July 2005 he was Regional Director Asia Pacific of INVESCO, a major global asset management company. He founded and was Chief Executive of what is now Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia and was the second Chief Executive of County Investment Management, a Melbourne headquartered asset management company. Earlier in his career he was a consultant and project manager involved in advanced information technology projects.

Dr Birrell holds a Ph.D. in mathematical physics from London University and is the author of numerous research papers and two books. When Chief Executive of a County Investment Management, he was very active in the promotion of medical research funding and biotechnology commercialisation as an opportunity for Australia and Melbourne in particular.