Nicole Cowan

Nicole leads the Marketing and Communications team at UniQuest.

With over 20 years of experience in promoting research commercialisation, Nicole has strengths in marketing and brand strategy, stakeholder engagement, and government relations. She designs and delivers initiatives that build relationships and support the commercialisation of UQ’s innovative technologies.

Before joining UniQuest, Nicole led the marketing and communications function at BioSA, the South Australian government’s biotechnology industry development body. In this role, she developed international attraction campaigns to foster government, academic, and industry partnerships. Prior to this, Nicole served as a media officer to the Premier of South Australia and as a ministerial liaison to the South Australian Water Corporation.

Nicole serves on the board of Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA), is a Certified Practicing Marketer and a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute.