Anna Grocholsky

Anna Grocholsky is a visionary leader with extensive experience in business operations, global strategy, and execution. She is an expert in cross-functional team leadership and delivering positive outcomes with sustainable gains. Anna has a materials science background and later broadened her skills in management, creative problem-solving, law, and business. She is a Harvard Business School alumni, a registered trade marks attorney, and holds the attainment of being a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP).

Anna has successfully specialized in product development at A Goninan & Co, Email Limited, and James Hardie Industries Ltd. She later embraced the challenges of Intellectual Property and commercialization and moved into roles at Sydney University in business development and IP management. In 2011, she established her own thriving IP and commercialization business, where clients include individuals, small and medium enterprises, larger companies, and institutes.

Currently, Anna is the Director of Commercialisation and Innovation at Macquarie University. In her three years in this role, there has been a significant increase in innovation disclosures, and commercial deals have tripled. Anna has also rolled out the Research Engagement, Impact, and Commercialization Framework, IP Guiding Principles, Startup Checklist, and Impact Canvas. Anna welcomes the opportunity to promote innovation generated within the Macquarie University research community and foster commercialization partnerships.