Ketan Shah is a results-driven entrepreneurial and highly motivated professional with a strong commercial acumen across the board; carrying a vast depth of financial, operational, research and procedural control expertise. Ketan’s passion for entrepreneurialism, innovation and commercialisation has seen him span across a wide range of technology and business disciplines, including, manufacturing, engineering, life sciences,ICT, agriculture, materials and real estate. Ketan’s journey has been an accumulation of tangible experiences from: • Product research, design and development alongside some of the best scientific minds. • Establishment of proper corporate and financial systems - including team management and team building strategies; • Design, development and implementation of solid regulated quality systems – including technical and commercial project management and appropriate intellectual property protection strategies; • Design, development, execution and negotiation of solid business plans, financial protocols, value creating strategies, deal agreements and capital raising strategies; • Winning several merit based government funded grants; • Through to successful IPO’s in some. Ketan has either invested, evaluated, assessed or consulted on over 90 projects, playing pivotal financial and operational roles in laying the foundations and / or establishing change mechanisms to meet growth and profitability objectives. Ketan’s hands-on approach to business management has seen him as a strong leader with a unique blend of commercial, technical, research and analytical skills. His expertise along with his passion for business lends a perfect fit for SME’s with a growth focus alongside his core competences. Ketan is a founder and Director of Moksh Pty Ltd – a West Australian based angel investment, business consulting, mentoring and coaching firm, founded in 2000, supporting entrepreneurialism and the commercialisation of disruptive new ideas, services, products and technologies through start-up ventures and existing companies. Ketan, through Moksh Pty Ltd has held and continues to hold several Directorships in early start-up and existing ventures guiding investee and client companies along the commercialisation pathway and helping existing companies align and re-align with profitability and growth objectives.