Professor Paul Young has more than 25 years experience in industry and academia, entrepreneurship, business creation and strategic development. Prof Young has held the Inaugural Chair of Commercialisation in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney and was the Deputy Executive Director of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, the top ranked Medical Research Institute globally in respiratory medicine. He has established a number of successful SMEs including Nanopharm Ltd, OzUK Ltd, Pulmatix Pty Ltd, and has worked on numerous products that have come to market with scientific specialty in the area of pharmaceutical product development.