Lyndal Thorburn

Strategic planning for industry associations as consultant and director/council member
Analysis of business models for clients
market research for product commercialisation in health, agriculture, electronics and environment.
development and use of lagging and leading business indicators to provide insights for Board and as day to day management tool;
practical use of scenario planning, Delphi and other foresighting techniques

skilled facilitator and presenter
co-authored and produced many published reports
revised and reviewed quality management systems in executive and non-executive director roles
developed capital raising strategies for startup companies
budget development and implementation for own companies;
managed merger of two businesses and development of business performance indicators for merged entity;
as Council Member, worked with team to plan merger of two industry associations;
as non-executive director, part of restructuring team which successful converted Australian Biotechnology Association to AusBiotech Ltd including strategy for achieving necessary membership vote to support change;
Authorised Representative for Innovation Dynamics for its Australian Financial Services Licence.
ACT 2004 Telstra Business Woman of the Year and winner of business owners category; national finalist – award recognised overall financial and business management
implementation of government-imposed quality assessment system into child care centre.

Current non-executive director of two not-for-profits with past experience as non-executive director of an industry association
Current and past experience as executive director
Past experience as Council member in numerous industry associations and non-government organisations

Member of R&D advisory committee for Australian Business Foundation (2009- current),
Developed and delivered Commercialisation Kickstart since 2001, training almost 500 researchers, PhD students and post-doctoral students in Co-operative Research Centres and universities;
Judge for NSW Enterprise Workshop in 2004 and 2006, a program which promotes company development, business planning and new product/service commercialisation;
development of successful grant applications to government

performance benchmarking for government and non-government agencies
designed surveys to obtain customer feedback on performance in own company and for clients