AEA Priority Managers bring extensive research and commercialisation experience to the program and are expertly placed to provide technical and specialist research commercialisation advice and support.
Through their work with universities, industry and investors, the priority managers play a central role in identifying investment opportunities for AEA. To do this, they work with industry and universities to identify partnership opportunities for potential AEA projects.
Priority managers also bring lived experience in innovation and research translation and commercialisation across the Australian Government identified priority areas for the economy (outlined in the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (Priority Areas) Declaration 2023) and the AEA focus areas outlined in the AEA Annual Investment Plan 2025-26.
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Ms Ellen Gorissen AEA Lead Priority Manager – All Sectors
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Mr James Crowther AEA Priority Manager – Defence Capability
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Dr Darren Cundy AEA Priority Manager – Renewables and Low Emissions Technologies
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Mr Chris Hocking AEA Priority Manager – Medical Science and Enabling Capabilities
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Mr Nadir Husain AEA Priority Manager – Transport
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Dr Charles Lindall AEA Priority Manager – Medical Science
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Ms Amanda McAlpine AEA Priority Manager – Value-Add in Resources
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Mr Peter Milic AEA Priority Manager – Enabling Capabilities
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Mr Daniel Smith AEA Priority Manager – Value-Add in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
