Chris Franks
Chris Franks AM FAICD — Australian non-executive director (Gateway Bank, SMSF Association, Chair of Women in Aid & Development) with a career spanning nursing, international development and governance.
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Sep 22, 2026
John ShufeldtHOST
Okay, so what are you doing now that's helping founders not make the same mistakes you've made? A
Chris FranksGUEST
I'm trying to apply all the things I've learned about early stage companies and particularly technologies in Promptus.
Chris FranksGUEST
Fundamentally, there's this gigantic issue within the overall healthcare ecosystem.
Chris FranksGUEST
And the problem exists as we spend $245 billion a year, $245 billion a year on research into healthcare-related research in the United States.
John ShufeldtHOST
So what are you doing to de-risk these? And first off, let's go back on how are you identifying which TTO assets you're going after?
Clare BraundHOST
Can you tell us why you started the organization, who it supports, and what it does on a day-to-day basis?
Chris FranksGUEST
And when I was there, I was getting lots of stuff in my inbox, which was telling me about leadership and boards and governance, and all of the things I was interested in.
Chris FranksGUEST
But I realized that there was nothing being done in the aid and development sector, and that mainly was because there's no money.
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Clare BraundHOST
So how has your understanding of what good governance means evolved over that time?