Larry Marshall

CSIRO CE Larry Marshall (1)

Dr. Larry Marshall is a Silicon Valley veteran, who has been CEO of 6 hi‐tech global companies, & currently chairs the American Chamber of Commerce. Larry is a scientist, entrepreneur & business leader experienced in creating new value from innovation. He invented the “eye‐safe” laser which enabled lasers to be used safely in public. He also invented the world’s first solid‐state green laser to treat blindness in diabetics, & enabled the Nasdaq IPO of Iridex. He took telecommunications company Arasor public, tripling its value. He was MD of Southern Cross Ventures, where he delivered the first Nasdaq IPO of an Australian‐venture backed start‐up commercialising science. He founded Australia’s 1st Cleantech VC with Softbank, and co‐founded Blackbird Australia’s most successful tech VC. He was the longest serving Chief Executive of CSIRO, playing a pivotal role in Australia’s response to the 2019 catastrophic bushfires & the COVID‐19 pandemic including the production of Australia’s first vaccine.

Under his leadership, CSIRO doubled the number of female & first nations staff, reaching 44% women in leadership – this diversity drove CSIRO’s innovation strategy, reversing its 30y decline & added $5B to the value it delivers annually. He led its first acquisition, created the national accelerator ON, largest Data science group, & Health science group, & first VC fund inside government now a global top decile $B fund. He increased pure science funding 400% to over $400m, which delivered innovation solutions to 30% of Australia’s emissions, & an 80% reduction in CSIRO’s own enterprise emissions. This nearly doubled CSIRO’s relative public trust making it Australia’s most trusted iconic brand. For the first time Thomspon Reuters ranked CSIRO in the World’s Top 20 innovation organisations, its first Australian entity.

Larry has served on 20 boards of global high‐tech companies & is a Fellow of Institute of Company Directors. He has a PhD in Physics, holds 20 patents & became a global leader in laser research, honoured as a Federation Fellow, & a Fellow of Academy of Technology & Engineering, & Institute of Physics Fellow. He is an inaugural member of STEM Champion of Change committed to tackling gender equality. He is a passionate supporter of the power of science & technology to drive the future prosperity & sustainability of Australia.

Director and Founder of the Centre for Independent Studies

Professor of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University

 

Sociologist, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney.
Author of The New Authoritarianism

Director, Free Market Foundation, (Hungary)

Health Director, Health and BioSecurity, CSIRO

Director and Founder, Academy of Ideas, London, (UK)

Founder and CEO, Cognoscenti Group

Executive Director, The New Zealand Initiative (NZ)

Australian writer and columnist for the News Limited Press

Research Director, CIS

Programme Co-ordinator of the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Western Australia

Chinese Canadian human rights advocate

Senior Research Fellow, Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society Program, CIS

CEO and Founding Director, China Matters

Former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives and Cabinet Minister

Pro Vice-Chancellor Arts and Academic Culture, and Professor of History, Australian Catholic University

Cancer researcher and clinical oncologist, with Genesis Care Newcastle

Founder and President, Middle East Forum, publisher Middle East Quarterly Journal, (US)

Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne

Senior Research Fellow and Director, Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society Program, CIS

Internationally acclaimed novelist and journalist, (US)

Head of Economic Research, Reserve Bank of Australia

Executive Director, CIS

Professor of Economics at Stanford University; Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and Chair of the Working Group on Economic Policy, (US)

UQ-CSIRO Chair in Personalised Nanodiagnostics, Professorial Research Fellow, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland

Diplomat, American Board of Pathology

Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure

Liberal Party Member for Berowra

Australia’s Ambassador to China from 2007 to 2011, Chairman & CEO of Geoff Raby and Associates Ltd based in Beijing

Director of China and Free Societies program, CIS

Senior Research Scholar, Marron Institute of Urban Management, New York University, (US)