The Australian Government has appointed Fiona Pak-Poy as its Shareholder Nominee Director of the Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) Board.
Ms Pak-Poy brings her considerable experience as a company Chair and non‑executive director to SQC, having worked across an array of industries including tech, healthcare, and financial services with both venture capital backed tech start-ups and listed companies.
Importantly, Ms Pak-Poy's expertise in commercialising Australian-generated, innovative technology and in scaling businesses will help support SQC as it continues to develop innovative quantum computing technologies.
She is currently the Chair of Tyro Payments and a non-executive Director of WiseTech Global. Ms Pak-Poy is also a non-executive Director of Kain Lawyers, an Investment Committee member of HMC Capital Partners Fund 1 and a member of the Anacacia Capital Business Advisory Council.
Her previous board roles include positions at MYOB, Isentia, Audinate, Novotech, PageUp People, and the Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific.
The Government also welcomes SQC's announcement today that Simon Segars, the former CEO of Arm Holdings, has been appointed as the new SQC Chair. Simon possesses a wealth of leadership experience to the SQC Board, having brought cutting-edge international technology companies from start-up stage to global leadership.
SQC is a world leader in atomic manufacturing. Under the leadership of its CEO Michelle Simmons AO, the company is pursuing the world's first scalable, error-corrected quantum computer using components engineered at the atomic-scale in silicon. The Australian Government is a foundation shareholder in SQC.
This is the first external board appointee put forward by the Commonwealth Government for SQC, having been previously occupied by departmental representatives.
