Board and Team | LaunchVic

Board and Team

Board

Chair | Entrepreneur, Investor & CEO, Saniel Ventures

Leigh Jasper

Chair | Entrepreneur, Investor & CEO, Saniel Ventures

Leigh Jasper

Mr Leigh Jasper is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Firmable, CEO of Saniel Ventures, Chair and Co-Founder of Second Quarter Ventures and a non-executive director of SEEK Ltd, Buildxact and Matrak. He was the co-founder and CEO of Aconex between May 2000 and August 2019. Aconex is the world’s largest provider of online collaboration solutions for the construction and engineering industries.

As Aconex CEO, Mr Jasper led global growth for Aconex, expanding the business into Asia, North America, South America, the Middle East and Europe.

In September 2008, Aconex secured a A$109.5 million funding deal and one of the largest private capital raisings by an Australian technology company. In 2014 the company listed on the ASX. In 2018 Oracle acquired Aconex for $1.6 billion in Australia’s largest technology M&A transaction.

Leigh joined the LaunchVic Board on 1 July 2020.                      

Special Responsibilities             

— Chair of the Board and Member of the Audit & Risk Sub-Committee and People Sub-Committee

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Managing Director, Government Australia & New Zealand, Aurecon

Aneetha de Silva (MAICD)

Managing Director, Government Australia & New Zealand, Aurecon

Aneetha de Silva (MAICD)

Ms Aneetha de Silva is a senior infrastructure executive with over 27 years’ of experience across the government and private sectors in Australia, South Africa and the Asia Pacific. She has particular expertise as an advisor, developer and manager of large infrastructure assets and services, especially in transport, telecommunications and property. 

Aneetha is currently Chair of Roads Australia and sits on the Boards of LaunchVic, the Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation and the North East Link State Tolling Corporation and the Executive Council of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

An active angel investor, she is passionate about innovation, particularly the potential for new technologies to meet emerging customer needs and transform access to community services. ​​​​​

Special Responsibilities 

— Chair of the Investment Review Committee and Member of the Alice Anderson Fund Investment Committee.

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CEO & Co-Founder, shilo.people | CEO & Founder, pivotnow

Ilona Charles

CEO & Co-Founder, shilo.people | CEO & Founder, pivotnow

Ilona Charles

– Ms Ilona Charles is an experienced executive with an extensive career in human resources, transformation and change across a range of industries. 

Ilona has held executive roles with the CSIRO, Aconex, Telstra, Medibank and NAB and is currently the CEO and co-founder of ShiloPeople (shilo.), providing world-class on-demand HR talent and consulting solutions across Australia.

She also founded pivotnow, providing strategic people advice to Founders, CEO’s and Boards of organisations going through significant transition or scaling up. 

Special Responsibilities

– Chair of the People Sub-Committee and Member of the Investment Review Sub-Committee and Member of the Hugh Victor McKay Fund Investment Committee

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Team

CEO

Kate Cornick

CEO

Kate Cornick

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CFO

Amanda Collins

CFO

Amanda Collins

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COO (Acting)

Peter Goldsworthy

COO (Acting)

Peter Goldsworthy

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Company Secretary

Shane Morris

Company Secretary

Shane Morris

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Events Manager

Bronwyn Betro

Events Manager

Bronwyn Betro

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CivVic Program Coordinator

Jack Charles

CivVic Program Coordinator

Jack Charles

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Communications Lead

Holly Clark

Communications Lead

Holly Clark

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GM, Research, Evaluation and Reporting

Kat Franks

GM, Research, Evaluation and Reporting

Kat Franks

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GM, Communications & Marketing

Kate Gittings

GM, Communications & Marketing

Kate Gittings

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Marketing Campaigns Manager

Mark Knobel

Marketing Campaigns Manager

Mark Knobel

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Head of Startup Success

Josh Lipscombe

Head of Startup Success

Josh Lipscombe

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Startup Programs Manager

Mark Newman

Startup Programs Manager

Mark Newman

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Social Media Lead

Catheryn Pangallo

Social Media Lead

Catheryn Pangallo

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Grants & Procurement Manager

Rebecca Peart

Grants & Procurement Manager

Rebecca Peart

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Administration Lead

Grace Spaulding

Administration Lead

Grace Spaulding

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Operations Manager

Elena Toh

Operations Manager

Elena Toh

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Data Analyst

Erique Truong

Data Analyst

Erique Truong

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Investment Manager, The Alice Anderson Fund & The Hugh Victor McKay Fund

Michelle Vu

Investment Manager, The Alice Anderson Fund & The Hugh Victor McKay Fund

Michelle Vu

Michelle is Investment Manager for the Alice Anderson Fund

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