About the Authors
Rob McLean AM
Author
Rob is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey and Company. He led the Australian and New Zealand McKinsey practice for eight years and served on the firm’s global Director’s Committee. As Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), Rob saw the growing need for stronger problem-solving capability for business leaders of the future. He is now an investor in mathematics education and data analytics software, alongside his philanthropic interests in conservation and social enterprise. He employs these techniques in his role as a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy in Australia and Asia to address water for wetlands, shellfish restoration and improving human health from urban green spaces. He is a director of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, Australia’s largest philanthropic Foundation. He is a graduate of the University of New England in Australia and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He became a member of the Order of Australia in 2010 for his contributions to business, social welfare and the environment.
Charles Conn
Author
Charles Conn is a seasoned cross-sector leader and entrepreneur. Charles is an experienced investor, and is co-founder and CEO of Monograph Capital, a life sciences venture firm based in London and San Francisco. Before that, he was CEO of Oxford Sciences, a £600m venture firm formed in partnership with Oxford to develop the University’s advanced science ideas. Charles has been a technology entrepreneur, and as founding CEO of Ticketmaster-Citysearch led the company through its IPO (NASDAQ TMCS) and acquisitions of Match.com, Evite, and other companies. He is also a nonprofit education and conservation leader, including a five year term as CEO of the Rhodes Trust, the organization that delivers the Rhodes Scholarships in Oxford. Earlier, Charles was senior advisor to the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, he sits or has sat on many company and nonprofit boards, including Patagonia and The Nature Conversancy European Council. He began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he was a Partner and a leader in the strategy practice. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Boston University, and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.