Ilse Treurnicht

Ilse Treurnicht currently works at Public Policy Forum, as Chairman, Triphase Accelerator Corp., as Chairman, MaRS Discovery District, as Director from 2017, Zentek Solutions Ltd., as Director from 2022, Equality Fund Fonds Egalite, as Director, Miller Thomson LLP, as Partner, and Twinriver Capital, as Managing Partner from 2021.
Dr. Treurnicht also formerly worked at Primaxis Technology Ventures, Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer, MaRS Discovery District (Venture Capital), as Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2017, Government of Canada, as Chairman-Science, Technology & Innovation Council from 2014 to 2016, The Canadian Task Force On Social Finance, as Chairman, Toronto Venture Group, as Director, Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, as Director, Zentek Ltd., as Independent Director from 2022 to 2025, and North South Ventures, as General Partner.
Dr. Treurnicht received her doctorate degree from the University of Oxford.