Dr John Kapeleris
Deputy CEO
Dr John Kapeleris has more than 16 years' experience in the biotechnology industry having held a diverse range of roles including R&D Manager, Quality Manager, Business Development Manager, VP Sales and Marketing and Deputy CEO.
John has been with the AIC since February 2004 and was responsible for establishing the AIC’s TechFast Program – "Accelerating Technology Transfer and Diffusion using a Market-pull Approach". In his current role he has assisted numerous organisations and entrepreneurs achieve commercial outcomes from their ideas and technology opportunities. He has been involved in the successful negotiation of numerous technology transfer, licensing and distribution deals.
John currently holds a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology, a Graduate Diploma in Management and an MBA (Technology Management). John received his Doctor of Biotechnology from the University of Queensland, where he currently holds an adjunct Associate Professorship.
His interests include knowledge management, creativity and innovation and how these are leveraged to gain competitive advantage in the market. John is the co-author of the book titled “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology – An International Perspective”, which covers a range of topics in commercialisation.
