ACCMER Board

ACCMER is governed by a three-person Board of Management. The Board is comprised of representatives of each of the joint venture partners, as shown below, and ACCMER's CEO, Beryl Morris.

Southern Cross University
Professor Jenny Graham
Executive Dean of Health and Applied Sciences

University of Queensland
Professor Peter Brooks
Executive Dean Health Sciences

ACCMER Management

The CEO of ACCMER, Beryl Morris, brings an interesting range of experience to ACCMER, from biotech commercialisation to science publishing, business management and the media.

Beryl is a Fellow of each of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Management and the Royal Entomological Society of London, as well as a Member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia . She has postgraduate qualifications in science, management and education and a broad background in funding and commercialising technology from the biotechnology and life science fields. This comes from CEO experience with three life science/biotechnology companies along with past roles that include managing a large life science patent portfolio and a number of associated start-up companies at the University of Queensland and a national industry liaison and public affairs role in Australia ’s premier government research organisation, CSIRO. Beryl has authored a string of educational books on science and has had a lengthy association with the media resulting from regular presentation of science topics and issues. She is also much sought after as a forensic science expert witness.

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