Glen B. Wheatley

Having spent virtually all of his career outside his birth country, Glen is a global nomad who seeks to be a creative and communicative problem solver.

In addition to having taught postgraduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Adelaide as adjunct academic, Glen runs the boutique strategy advisory firm Best Solutions International and co-authored (with Saras Sarasvathy) the third edition of Effectual Entrepreneurship.

Glen has experience in both manufacturing and services. He worked with a wide diversity of organisations: from sole traders to some of the largest global companies. His career has involved project and long-term assignments in Europe, Australasia, and the Americas, including seven years in Greater China (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong), eight years in Germany, and two years in Mexico.

His entrepreneurship and innovation experience is extensive, having co-founded an angel-financed start-up in Germany, and been involved in various start-ups as advisor, board member and angel investor.

Glen is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Germanic Languages and Literature (University of Michigan); an international Master of Business Administration degree (Thunderbird School of Global Management); Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialisation, and a Master of Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship (University of Adelaide).