LeilaCuttle

Board and committee experience

1. Australian and New Zealand Burn Association

   • Company Director2019–2024
   • Chair, Research Committee
   • Co-Chair, Consumer Advisory Group

   The peak non-profit body for burn care professionals in Australia and New Zealand, with around 300 members.

   • Established the association’s first multidisciplinary Research Committee, including its strategy, terms of reference and KPIs.
   • Created an early-career researcher seed grant and a strategy for multi-site clinical trials.
   • Established a Consumer Advisory Group of burn survivors and carers, so lived experience shapes the association’s work.
   • Led the association’s website redevelopment and rebrand.

2. Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society

   • Secretary and Executive Committee member2010–2018

   A non-profit society for wound healing and tissue repair research and education, with around 150 members.

   • Managed membership, fundraising and early-career activities, and organised three conferences.

3. University of Queensland

   • Chair, Occupational Health and Safety Committee (Herston), for two years

Career

1. Queensland Tissue Bank, Metro South Health

   • Acting Assistant Director, Business Operations2025–present
   • Business Development Manager2024–2025

   Australia’s largest government-owned tissue bank, supplying donated human tissue for surgery under a TGA licence.

   • Head of business operations, leading the finance and administration team across contracts, procurement, HR and account management.
   • Business development: customer care, new markets, marketing and communications, including negotiating new distributor agreements.
   • Research and development of new products and processes.

2. Queensland University of Technology

   • Associate Professor, Centre for Children’s Health Research2013–2024
   • Academic Lead, Industry and Community Engagement, School of Biomedical Sciences2020–2024
   • Work Integrated Learning Placement Co-ordinator2021–2024
   • Led the clinical and laboratory burns and trauma research program, securing more than $6.2 million from government, charity and industry.
   • Influenced health policy, clinical practice and international burn and resuscitation treatment guidelines. Published more than 80 papers and co-invented an international patent.
   • As a member of the school’s senior leadership team, developed a Good Manufacturing Practice education course as a new income stream and created 14 new student placements with biotech and clinical organisations.
   • Supervised 45 students from high school internships to PhDs, and set up an early-career staff committee.

3. University of Queensland

   • Research Scientist2002–2013
   • Research Assistant1998–2001

Qualifications and expertise

Executive MBA, with Distinction

Queensland University of Technology, 2024

Executive MBA Immersion Program, with Distinction

Entrepreneurship, digital transformation and leadership, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2024

GAICD, Company Directors Course

Australian Institute of Company Directors

PhD, Medicine

University of Queensland

Bachelor of Science (Honours, First Class)

Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Queensland

The Bridge Program

Commercialising new pharmaceuticals, QUT and MTPConnect, 2022–2023

Expertise

Business strategy and development, corporate governance, innovation and R&D, commercialisation, stakeholder engagement and partnerships, policy influence, data and digital technology including AI, communication and media.

Sectors

Healthcare, non-profit, biotechnology, medical technology, research and education.

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