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Founder Institute Mentors

Adelaide Virtual 2022

Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.

See the list of current and past mentors for the Adelaide program below.

Mentors

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Allison Nikula

CEO, CareApp

Andrew Richards

CEO, Richoco

Ben Hodgson

Principal Consultant, Philhodge Business Services Pty Ltd

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Christian Thaler Wolski

🚀🌏🛰 Spacetech, VC Funds, B2B SaaS, Independent

Dennis Kibirev

Chief Growth Officer, Mesh Ai

Dr Jc Tan

Commercial Manager - Health & Medical Sciences , University of Adelaide

Eddie Blass

CEO, The Inventorium

Fiona Ahern

Founder, Intermix Workforce

Glenn Pereira

FI Mentor

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Jay Jayeshwaran

Senior Business Development Manager, University of Adelaide

Jo Hands

Co-Founder, Director & Partner, Whiteark

John Stronnar

CEO , Loftus

John Nixon

R&D Tax and Grants Specialist, Standard Ledger Pty Ltd

Judy Halliday

Chief Operating Officer, Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur

Karen Miller

CEO , Leadingrowth

Kristine Cook

Partner, Encode Talent

Leko Novakovic

MD, Novatech

Lisa Place

FI Mentor

Lisa Gigney

CEO, Apex BRS

Louise Vidal (Nobes)

Founder, 42 Adelaide

Marco Baccanti

CEO , Trajan Nutrition

Marty Gauvin

CEO, Virtual Ark

Melissa Dunbar

Founder & CEO, Big Fish Events

Naiyer F. Khanom

CEO, WISECAR PTY LTD & Board Director of GovHack Australia limited

Neville Calvert

Founder, Numedico Technologies

Paul Gordon

Partner, Wallmans Lawyers

Rachel Sheppard

Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ

Reuben Young

Director, Innovation, Thought Leadership, and Marketing Communications

Richard Miller

Brand Director, Crisp & Co.

Rick Carter

RingMaster, InnovationinTheCity

Roger Do

Co-Founder, QSearch

Roscoe Shelton

Consultant, Self-employed

Russell Colbourne

Principle, CFO Centre

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Sally Paech

Founder and Director , Organiq

Samantha Pillay

Founder and Director, Continence Matters

Samuel Conway

Director , Samvac Consulting

Shane Yeend

CEO, Imagination Entertainment

Simon Cook

Partner, Encode Talent

Simon Arkell

President & Co-Founder, Deep Lens

Steve Torso

CEO, Wholesale Investor

Suzanne Kambuts

Founder & CEO, Vanquish Technologies

Syed Rezwanul Haque

FI Mentor

Tom Hajdu

CEO, Disrupter

Troy Flower

Founder / Instigator, Wellteam

Uditha Rajasekara

Founder, SmartBatter

Uditha Rajasekara

Founder, SmartBatter

Yin Chiew

Practice Leader, LegalVision Australia

Zaidul Alam

Founder and Director, WISECAR PTY LTD & Board Director of GovHack Australia limited

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