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EIDOS INSTITUTE LTD<br />
Chief Executive <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor Bruce Muirhead<br />
Chief Executive Officer, <strong>Eidos</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
Bruce Muirhead is <strong>the</strong> founding Chief Executive Officer<br />
and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Eidos</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>. <strong>Eidos</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> is <strong>the</strong><br />
recent recipient <strong>of</strong> an Australian Business Innovation<br />
Award (2010 & <strong>2012</strong>), Australian Business Community<br />
Contribution Award (<strong>2012</strong>), and <strong>the</strong> Lord Mayor’s<br />
Innovation Award (<strong>2011</strong>).<br />
He has more than 25 years experience in building<br />
partnerships between <strong>the</strong> public and private sector,<br />
focusing on <strong>the</strong> connections between economic, public<br />
and social innovation in <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> community<br />
capacity at local and global levels.<br />
As CEO, Muirhead is responsible for pr<strong>of</strong>iling <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Institute</strong>, identifying and influencing emerging<br />
ideas, researching initiatives and opportunities,<br />
and implementing <strong>the</strong> management and project<br />
development requirements, as well as <strong>the</strong> initiatives that<br />
will identify and expand <strong>the</strong> <strong>Eidos</strong> goals via member<br />
collaboration. Prior to joining <strong>Eidos</strong>, Muirhead was <strong>the</strong><br />
founding Director <strong>of</strong> The University <strong>of</strong> Queensland’s<br />
‘Boilerhouse’ Research Centre.<br />
<strong>Eidos</strong> PEoPlE<br />
Following <strong>the</strong> murder <strong>of</strong> an elderly Ipswich resident, he<br />
held a leadership role in <strong>the</strong> Goodna Service Integration<br />
Project, which was acknowledged by <strong>the</strong> Australian<br />
Government as one <strong>of</strong> ten national projects, alongside<br />
<strong>the</strong> Sydney Olympics and <strong>the</strong> response to <strong>the</strong> Bali<br />
bombings, for creating large-scale collaboration to<br />
respond to Australia’s priority challenges. Awards for<br />
this work included a UQ Teaching and Learning Award<br />
and finalist in two consecutive Australian Awards for<br />
University Teaching.<br />
Muirhead was an invited participant to <strong>the</strong> Prime<br />
Minister’s Australia 2020 Summit. He writes and travels<br />
extensively and over <strong>the</strong> past few years has been invited<br />
to speak on collaborative innovation at conferences in<br />
<strong>the</strong> USA, South Africa, Europe and Uk. He has contributed<br />
to a number <strong>of</strong> international committees and boards<br />
including Education, Citizenship and Social Justice (SAGE),<br />
Queensland Ministerial Advisory Committee on Equity,<br />
Itel Community Telco, Infoxchange Australia, Bremer<br />
TAFE, International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic<br />
Responsibility and Democracy. He is a Graduate <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Australian <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Company Directors.<br />
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