Directors’ Bios

Maud Eijkenboom

Astrid Fackelmann
Maud Eijkenboom Astrid Fackelmann
Maud is a commercialisation expert with more than 15 years international experience in commercialisation strategy and planning.Her career has mainly focused on the Life Sciences industry, including roles as chief scientific officer for several Australian publicly listed biotechnology companies and head of a research unit for Bayer HealthCare in Germany.

She is the inventor of 5 patents, which are currently being commercialised.Maud provides strategic commercialisation, brand and mentoring services to innovative companies, bridging the gap between technology-based companies and the market.

Maud works with organisations such as Department of Agriculture, Atlas Copco, Energy Pak, Elementaurs and JitterSphere.

She is an Associate of the Innovation Centre WA, providing Life Sciences commercialisation mentoring to mentees of the centre.

Maud has a Masters in Psychology and a PhD in Neurobiology. She is a board member for 2 not-for-profit organisations and member of LESANZ.

 Astrid is a highly experienced Brand and Marketing strategist with a passion for innovation.Her 22 years of experience in Australia, Germany and the United States have provided a wealth of expertise and knowledge in the strategic and implementation tools of brand, marketing and advertising.

Her areas of specialisation are brand development, marketing strategy, advertising strategy and design management for start-up and mature companies. She works with organisations including: Atlas Copco, BMW, Calytrix Technologies, Department of Agriculture WA and Energy Pak.

Astrid loves to teach budding business leaders and creative industry specialists. She has previously taught Marketing Management at the AGSM EMBA program. Recently, she took on a marketing lecturing responsibility at the Curtin Graduate School of Business.

With a Masters of Business Leadership (MBL) from Curtin University, a BA in Communication Design (University of Applied Sciences, Wurzburg) and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Marketing (AFAMI CPM) she continues to be at the forefront of her profession.