Jo-Ann Suchard is an Associate Professor in Banking and Finance at UNSW Business School. Jo-Ann’s expertise is in entrepreneurial finance and she has conducted pioneering research on the Australian and Chinese venture capital and private equity markets. She has won Australia Research Council grant funding and has undertaken funded research to support policy development and change initiatives for the Australian Investment Council, Australian and NSW government and Queensland Investment Corporation. JoAnn is a director of the Asian Finance Association and runs an international online colloquium on venture capital and private equity in the Asia Pacific region.