Administration Team

Rachel has recently moved from the world of open content licensing to open innovation. She is editor of Building an Australasian Commons: Case Studies vol. 1, and helped create the international Creative Commons Case Studies wiki. In 2007, she attended the Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme at the Berkman Center, Harvard Law School. She readily admits an addiction to TED.

Annie joined Cambia in September 2009, after working in similar roles in institutes at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. She holds several degrees from the UK and China, including a PhD in the performing arts industry, specializing in cultural policies and the international exchange of the performing arts. Her current interests lie in digital music, network music creativity, and comparative musical creativities in different countries. Annie speaks fluent English and Chinese.

Lindsay is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 30 years' experience. He has consulted to a wide range of industry sectors, including international property development, recruitment, retail hardware and manufacturing. For the 11 years prior to establishing his current consulting business in 1998, Lindsay was the State Financial Controller for international property consultants Jones Lang Wootton (now Jones Lang LaSalle). He has been a part-time Lecturer at QUT, and is an active member of Rotary International.

Nina joined the Cambia team in 2009 as an Information Systems specialist, advising on patent and non-patent search strategies and bibliographic management. Nina holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from Moscow State University, and post-graduate degrees in Earth Sciences and Information Management. She was a Plant Scientist in the academic world for many years, but following JL Borges, she ‘always thought of Paradise not as a garden but as a Library,’ and now works as a Science Librarian.

Chris has been with Cambia since 1999 and has held numerous roles throughout her time here, sometimes more than one at the same time.  She continues currently as the Secretary to the Board of Directors and part-time as Finance Officer.  She also assists with Cambia's intellectual property legal work through Cougar Patent Law firm.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Agriculture) and is trained as a patent paralegal.

Adrienne has recently joined Cambia, having held similar senior management roles in not-for-profit research entities both in New Zealand and Australia.  Her career includes working in entities which address the needs of indigenous and marginalised peoples. Adrienne's role at Cambia includes providing operations oversight and management.

Adrienne graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Commerce and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health.