Andrew Nunn
Andrew steps into the role of South Australian Chief Entrepreneur with decades of experience as an environmental consultant, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
He is Co-Founder, Chairman and Executive Director of JBS&G Australia—one of Australia’s largest privately owned environmental consulting companies—and was awarded EY Entrepreneur of the Year for the Central Region in 2017.
Andrew acts as Director for several companies focussed on property development, private equity investments and entertainment opportunities.
In partnership with his wife Alexandra Dimos, he founded the Nunn Dimos Foundation, a philanthropic fund focussed on supporting key social and arts causes in South Australia.
Leader of the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board, the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur provides high level, independent advice to the South Australian Cabinet and the business community to enable entrepreneurialism across all forms of business, industry and the public sector.
Sitting within the Department for Industry, Innovation and Science, the Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur guides the implementation of actions set out within the FIXE strategy.
Entrepreneurship Advisory Board
The Entrepreneurship Advisory Board including the Chief Entrepreneur provides high level, independent advice to the South Australian Cabinet on entrepreneurship matters.
The Entrepreneurship Advisory Board’s high-level aims are to:
- Provide strategic advice to enable entrepreneurialism across all forms of business, industry and public sector in South Australia
- Strengthen community awareness and appreciation of entrepreneurship and business through showcasing and championing South Australian businesses, entrepreneurial talent and the impact they have on South Australia
- Recommend measures to connect South Australia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem with networks nationally and internationally given the opportunities offered by the scale of global markets
- Advocate for the uptake of entrepreneurship education through strengthening communication with the school education system and tertiary education institutions.
View the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Terms of Reference here (PDF).
Anton Andreacchio
Anton has qualifications in mathematical and computer sciences and has founded leading animation and virtual reality studios with applications in sport, live entertainment and real estate.
Tammy Barton
Tammy Barton is one of Australia’s most influential businesswomen and female entrepreneurs. She’s the founding director of MyBudget, a service that Tammy started as a home-based business in South Australia more than 20 years ago (1999), and which has since grown into one of Australia’s most trusted and recognised financial services brands.
Paul Edginton
In December 2020 Paul concluded his role of 18.5 years as CEO of SYC – one of Australia’s most innovative and respected human services organisations helping tens of thousands of Australians with housing, education and employment each year. Paul is now the Chief Executive of digital wine company Vinomofo and was awarded EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year for the Central Region in 2019.
Marty Gauvin
An entrepreneur who has established a range of hi-tech companies, Marty is CEO of Virtual Ark and Chair of the Innovation Investment Committee of Industry Innovation and Science Australia. Previously, Marty was the Managing Director of Hostworks – a provider of critical application management services to a range of large media and online clients.
Chris Liu
Born in Taiwan into a diverse family and having lived in 5 countries across 4 continents in the past 30 years, Chris has formed a unique, global, and humanistic perspective to investing. Since 2016, Chris has led Horizons’ investments in Australia across a broad spectrum of verticals, ranging from Spaceship, “Superannuation for the younger generation”, to Harrison.ai - a Healthcare AI company revolutionising how medical imaging is being read, and The Soil Carbon Company, working to restore the world’s oldest micro-ecosystem while drawing down large amounts of CO2 out of the atmosphere.
Rebecca Wessels
Rebecca Wessels combines her skills from past careers in IT and Community Services to support clients in her specialist marketing and branding business, Ochre Dawn. Passionate about preserving language and culture, including her own Peramangk and Ngarrindjeri heritage, Rebecca advocates for the rights of First Nations artists, businesses and communities.