Adrian (Adi) Paterson joined the STEM Male Champions of Change group in 2016

• CEO of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation since 2009.
• Formerly General Manager of Business Development and Operations at the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Company in South Africa
• Past Chair of the South Africa Innovation Fund and was a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation
• Worked at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa’s equivalent to CSIRO), including in the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
• B Sc PhD (Uni of Cape Town)