Meet Our Team

Frank Gannon is a molecular biologist, and was the seventh Director of  QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute  in Brisbane, Australia (2011 – 2020). Prior to that he was the Director General of the Irish research funding agency (Science Foundation Ireland) Executive Director of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) , Senior Scientist at EMBL and has held other high-profile appointments in scientific management and research in Ireland, England, the United States, France, Germany and Australia.

Kieran O’Brien was the Manager of International operations at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), initially for Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, and later to South East and East Asia, Europe and North America, from 1987 until his retirement in 2006. After that, Kieran established IMSVISA Services in Brisbane. IMSVISA provides migration assistance to individuals and organisations in navigating Australia’s complex migration environment. Kieran is registered with Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA 0956045)

Dilip Rai is the founder of Overseas Education Services (OES), a specialist recruitment agency based in Bangalore, that has facilitated the placement of several thousand students in international universities over the past 30 years. He founded OES in 1991 and is one of the pioneers in overseas educational consulting in India. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Engineering degree from India and an MBA degree from Fordham University, New York.

Emeritus Professor Graeme George is an international polymer chemist with experience in degradation and stabilization, biodegradation, and polymers for biomedicine. He has been Executive Dean of Science at Queensland University of Technology, President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and was made a Member Order of Australia for his scientific contributions and leadership. He has been Editor and member of Editorial Boards of six international polymer journals and has received national and international awards for his polymer research.