Andrew Lamble, ON Mentor

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Andrew Lamble: I decided to get involved with the ON programme

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because I’d been through a period of seven or eight years of doing this, of starting a business and working to try to make that business work.

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I think we did it reasonably well but I wanted to learn more about it. 

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So for me it’s been a two-way street. 

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I’ve learnt a lot from the programme but I think I’ve also brought some experience and some grey hair that’s really helped the younger people and the scientists who don’t think as commercially as perhaps myself with a commercial background. 

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It gives them an opportunity to see the other side of research, the other side of innovation and technology and to see the scientists embracing that has been a pleasure to watch. 

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Having the ON programme is critical because there is so much going on in Australia around innovation and there is so much opportunity for us to create new industries and new export revenue for the country and CSIRO are embracing that and innovation is going to allow us to play on that global stage.

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