UniQuest, the commercialisation arm of University of Queensland, has appointed John Grant (pictured, left) and Richard Moore (pictured, right) as non-executive board directors.
Grant was inducted into the IT-focused Pearcey Hall of Fame in 2008 and has previously chaired IT trade body Australian Information Industry Association.
Grant arrives at UniQuest after six years as chairman of sports governing body Australian Rugby League Commission. In addition to his UniQuest duties, Grant was also appointed chairman of global sports governance body Rugby League International Federation last month.
He previously spent 19 years at Australia-based IT services provider Data#3, from 1996 until 2015, starting off as a partner before becoming managing director and chief executive.
Meanwhile, Richard Moore is anticipated to give UniQuest the benefit of his expertise in mathematics, corporate finance and computer science.
Through the first half of the 1990s, Moore acted as vice-president of fund management group Bankers Trust Australia, before leaving in 1996 to become director of financial services provider Citigroup’s Australian equity and capital markets division.
He later led Australia-based internet domain name trader Dark Blue Sea as chief executive from 2001 until 2009. Since October 2017, Moore has been a partner at venture capital firm Startmesh.
Jay Hetzel, chairman of UniQuest, said: “Richard and John will strengthen the board’s IT and finance industry knowledge-base and networks.
“Our goal over the coming years is to accelerate UniQuest’s translation of research discoveries into valuable technologies and to build on the current impressive list of industry partnerships.”
– Image courtesy of UniQuest