Anne O’Neill PSM is the Director of Commercialisation and Strategic Partnerships in the Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Health.

Anne O’Neill has transformed NSW’s health and medical research sector into a billion-dollar innovation engine for Australia and an international investment hub. Throughout her career, most notably as architect of the highly regarded Medical Devices Fund, Anne set the blueprint for collaboration between government and industry to drive innovation and commercialisation. She has built critically needed capacity through development programs and policies that support early stage researchers, founders, entrepreneurs and policymakers. A longtime champion for diversity, Anne is a key mentor and advocate for women and minority groups through her individual efforts and work with social enterprise organisations.

She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons), an Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) through the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.