Giles Bourne
Managing Director
Nanotechnology
Bluegrass Garden?Center and Landscaping Inc
Australia
Biography
years of international business development experience gained in the clean-tech, technology and manufacturing sectors. He is a specialist in developing offshore business opportunities, securing inward expansion investment, setting up domestic and international partnerships, JV's and licensing deals for Australian corporations.
Research Interest
During his time at BluGlass, Giles has lead the team to secure a strategic partnership with global semiconductor equipment company SPTS Technologies, secured more than $25M in Government and Private Investment and supported the technology team to its proof of concept milestone. In 2014 Giles was invited to be part of the Judging Panel of the prestigious Australian Technologies Competition (www.austechcomp.com), Australia's premier technology acceleration program and an initiative supported by the Australian Federal government. . Giles has been a member of the panel for the past three years.
