Prof. Noel Lindsay is Dean of Business, Adelaide Business School and Pro Vice Chancellor (Entrepreneurship), the University of Adelaide where he is Professor of Entrepreneurship & Commercialisation. His responsibilities include providing leadership to the Adelaide Business School and the University's ThincLab Innovation Hubs, and in effecting change toward a more entrepreneurial culture in the University. He has held previous positions as Academic Director Singapore Operations at the University’s Singapore Ngee Ann-Adelaide (NAA) Campus; Head, School of Marketing & Management; and Acting Associate Dean Diversity & Inclusion. Prior to Adelaide, he was involved in establishing/developing an Australian University in South Africa with campuses in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town.
Outside the University environment, Noel’s leadership experience includes launching/developing ventures in Australia, South Africa, and Malaysia as well as venture capital fund-raising and investment. As an accountant, Noel has practised in the areas of audit, insolvency, and business advisory.
From an outreach perspective, Noel is interested in how best to engage with communities including using online teaching, blended learning, and MOOCs to reach geographically distant markets and SPOCs to target local market segments.
Noel's research interests include business/social entrepreneurship with particular focus on how entrepreneurship can empower communities and those who are disadvantaged.
Noel holds a BCom (Hons) and PhD, is a Member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, Member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, and Fellow of CPA Australia.
