Asset Management

I.P. Portfolio Manager

Dr Jason Coonan

Email: jason.coonan@unimelb.edu.au

Phone: 03 8344 3151

Jason is responsible for strategic management of The University of Melbourne's patent and trade mark portfolio. Before joining Melbourne Ventures Pty Ltd in early 2006, he worked at a major patent and trade mark attorney firm where he gained experience in many aspects of intellectual property law, most particularly patent law as it relates to the fields of biotechnology and chemistry. Prior to that, he worked as a neuroscientist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research where his research focused on the role of cell surface receptors in nerve regeneration and neural stem cell biology.

Jason is a registered Australian patent and trade marks attorney. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from La Trobe University and a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Intellectual Property Law from the University of Melbourne.

Jason is a Fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He is also a Member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) and the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand (LESANZ).

Equity Holding Manager

Simone Quin

Email: simone.quin@unimelb.edu.au

Phone: 03 8344 3074

Simone Quin is the Equity Holding Manager at Melbourne Ventures and is responsible for overseeing the start up investments of the University. Simone Quin previously worked as the Commercial Manager with the CRC for Innovative Dairy Products and prior to that she worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Senior Manager in providing commercialisation services to entrepreneurial businesses. She has worked in a policy role with the Victorian Government to assist early stage technology growth companies. Simone has worked with Victoria University to assist staff and students to establish linkages with industry and to facilitate licensing and other commercialisation arrangements. Prior to this she was a Manager in the corporate tax group at PricewaterhouseCoopers dealing with high technology and research companies as well as corporates with R&D divisions.
Simone has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialisation from Adelaide University and is a Chartered Accountant.

I.P. Portfolio Administrator

Roberta Stead

Email: rstead@unimelb.edu.au

Phone: 03 8344 3152