Veronica heads up the Ventures team at the University of Queensland (UQ), whose mission is to help build the entrepreneurial capability of our current and future generations. The team helps students and founders grow startups & social enterprise, and to shape new pathways in business through hands-on learning experiences and connecting people across innovative networks. 

A strategic designer, facilitator and educator, Veronica is inspired by human-centric approaches to collaborative learning. Her work has included assisting leadership and project teams and diverse groups across a range of sectors, using design-based frameworks to develop and deliver strategy, and to foster innovative practices within organisations. Veronica sees the power in applying smart human thinking, including social, emotional and aesthetic intelligences, and design-based frameworks to help us collaboratively create our new ways of working as we transition into the next phase of the digital era.