Professor Noel Lindsay is the Dean of Business at Adelaide Business School and Pro
Vice-Chancellor (Entrepreneurship) at the Adelaide University, where he also
serves as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation. He holds a BCom
(Hons) and PhD, is a Member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and
Chartered Accountants ANZ, and is a Fellow of CPA Australia.
Prof. Lindsay provides strategic leadership to the Adelaide Business School and the
University’s ThincLab Innovation Hubs, driving institutional change toward a more
entrepreneurial university culture. He has previously served as Academic Director of
the University’s Ngee Ann-Adelaide (NAA) Campus in Singapore, Head of the School of
Marketing and Management, and Acting Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.
Internationally experienced, he played a key role in developing an Australian
university presence in South Africa with campuses in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and
Cape Town. Beyond academia, he has founded and scaled ventures in Australia,
Malaysia, and South Africa, with active involvement in venture capital fundraising
and investment.
His outreach interests include community engagement through online education, blended
learning, and digital platforms like MOOCs and SPOCs. His research focuses on
business and social entrepreneurship, emphasizing the empowerment of disadvantaged
communities through entrepreneurial activity.
