Peter Devine
Director
Dr Peter Devine has extensive experience at
board and executive management levels in early
stage technology start up companies. He is currently
the Investment Director for Uniseed –
a $61 million pre-seed venture capital fund
operating out of the Universities of Melbourne,
New South Wales and Queensland. In this role,
Peter is responsible for Uniseed's investment
activities, and plays a pivotal role in the
sourcing, selection and management of investments.
He is a director of a number of investee companies
including Active Torque.
Peter has held senior R&D, business development
and commercialisation positions in a number
of Australian companies, as well as Australian
universities. Before joining Uniseed, Peter
was Vice President of Business Development at
Progen Industries Ltd. He was Research, Development
and Commercialisation Manager at Brisbane-based
PanBio Pty Ltd from 1996 to 2000 and also worked
in Business Development at UniQuest Pty Ltd,
the commercialisation arm of University of Queensland.
Peter holds a PhD from the University of Queensland
and received the Dean's Prize for his MBA Studies
at the Australian Graduate School of Management.
He received a Centenary Medal in 2003 for outstanding
contribution to the business of biotechnology.
He is a Graduate and Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
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