Topaz Conway

Board Director, Canada | Board Director Australia

Topaz is a veteran of the innovation ecosystem with experience spanning MedTech, Bioengineering, IT and e- commerce.  In addition to being Co-Founder/Chair of SBE Australia (an accelerator for women-led companies delivering the world class Springboard Accelerator) 2012-2018, Topaz is a Director of Cicada Innovations (New South Wales’ Deep-Tech incubator), Omni Tanker Pty Ltd, University of Technology (Sydney) Foundation and is Prof of Practice at UNSW School of Business Management. She served on the Advisory Council to the Minister of Research & Innovation in Alberta, Canada (ARIAC) until 2019, and was a Commercialisation Advisor to Australian government Accelerating Commercialisation Grant Program.  She is past Chair of CleanSpace Technologies (ASX: CSX) a respiratory protection device company, and currently is an active investor, advisor and mentor.