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Managing Director for FH Capital Australia
Mark Bonnar
- Dr Mark Bonnar is a veteran of the Australian venture capital industry. A fund manager and business executive with a proven international track record. He is a domain expert in the energy transition and clean technology with a deep technical background in advanced materials. Mark has served on the boards of and advised many growing technology companies.
- Prior to becoming a venture capital investor Mark was part of CSIRO’s corporate transactions team where he was responsible for the birth of several new companies based on CSIRO technology. His early career included the development of advanced materials for applications ranging from biomedical implants to power generation and photovoltaics. Joining Applied Materials Inc. in silicon-valley he worked inside the World’s largest semiconductor device fabs of the time including Intel, Motorola & NEC. Returning to the UK Mark built extensive hands-on operating experience in start-up, high growth and turn-around settings within several private-equity backed ventures, including as Chief Executive of Applied Thermal Control Ltd, and latterly as a technology scout for the UK Trade and Investment.
- Mark holds a BSc in applied physics and a PhD in materials science from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He is a Chartered Physicist and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2019 Mark joined former Vice President Al Gore in the Climate Reality Project to support education and advocacy on climate change.
