Ms Leonie Walsh's career has demonstrated an exceptional combination of technical excellence, leadership and strategic vision in the area of technological innovation and commercialisation. Starting from her successes in polymer chemistry at Dow, she has advanced to globally significant successes in technology commercialisation and thence into strategic leadership of industrial innovation. She is well-respected in industry and her work at AIRG as a committee member and then President has combined vision, energy and an ability to lead and communicate in a highly relevant way.