Health and Innovation Precincts | Placemaking | Research Translation | Strategy and Corporate Finance | Investment Attraction

$2.68 billion in funding secured for clients

Patrick Silvey

Patrick specialises in developing vibrant health and innovation partnerships and ecosystems, building sustainable revenue streams and securing capital for growth in science, technology and the arts – from start-up and high growth companies, through to large-scale industry-university collaborations and critical national initiatives.

He has secured $2.68 billion in funding for innovation infrastructure, programs and collaborations, and has advised government agencies on industry development policies and initiatives for over 20 years.

He has contributed significantly to Health and Innovation Precinct planning, strategy and development. This includes advisory roles at the Herston Health Precinct, the Springfield Knowledge Precinct, Queensland Health (to develop the Inner-Brisbane Knowledge and Innovation Corridor prospectus), the Boggo Road Innovation Precinct, and the Queensland Treasury Corporation (in relation to the Precincts and Place Strategy).

Patrick’s qualifications:

  • MBA, University Medal, QUT

  • PhD (Biotechnology), UQ, CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control

  • BSc Hons, UQ

  • AICD Company Directors Course

Recent Projects

  • Herston Health Precinct Investment Attraction Strategy and Governance Refresh (2024)

  • Springfield Knowledge Precinct Investment Attraction Strategy (2024)

  • Inner Brisbane Knowledge and Innovation Corridor Prospectus (2023)

  • Queensland Emory Vaccine Centre (2024)

  • Quantum and Advanced Technologies Hub, leading to the $90m Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Strategy (2024)

  • ARM Hub AI Adopt Centre (2024)

  • Herston Health Precinct Knowledge Hub (2024)

  • CRE in Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration - Alzheimer's Disease (2024) $3M

  • Vaxxas Manufacturing Line (2023)

  • Vaxxas Biomedical Manufacturing Facility (2021)

  • Boggo Road Innovation Precinct Governance model (2022)

  • Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research Strategy (2024)

  • Pat has worked with hundreds of groups to prepare the plans and budgets to commercialisie products and technologies and raise the investment needed.

  • Pat identifies, connects and brings organisations to collaborate on exciting commercialisation projects

  • Pat has more than 25 years of experience in scoping innovation and commercialisation projects and articulating their likely impact

Services.

Project examples …

The $150 million Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program and the $444 million Reef Trust Partnership. I worked with teams at the Australian Institute for Marine Science, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and more than a dozen industry, government and research partner organisations to develop the investment cases and secure the funding for these incredible national and international programs aimed at protecting the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of climate change.

Clients
Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS), Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF), The University of Queensland, James Cook University, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, the Queensland Government.

National Soil Monitoring and Incentives Program, Scoping Report. The Australian Government announced an allocation of $196 million to the National Soil Monitoring and Incentives Pilot program in 2019 as a centrepiece of the Interim Action Plan for the National Soil Strategy. At around the same time I was engaged to review the National Soil Information Framework and the National Pollutant Inventory.

Client
Commonwealth Government, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

One of my first projects at VenturePro was the business case to establish The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research at the Herston Health Precinct. The project was aimed at bringing together research and clinicians from across different disciplines. The project was awarded ~$80m from Atlantic Philanthropies and the Queensland Government to construct the UQCCR Building. In the same quarter I developed successful business cases to establish the AIBN Bio-nano Product Development Facility and the Queensland Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Network.

Client
The University of Queensland.