Weinrabe, Angé http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-4450
Hickie, Ian B.
Article History
Received: 2 March 2021
Accepted: 6 December 2021
First Online: 21 December 2021
Competing interests
: Angé holds 100% shares in and is the Founder of GEM Connect Pty Ltd, a social enterprise in Australia and internationally supporting youth to enhance their decision-making. She is the Co-Director of Giving Education Meaning Ltd, a registered non-profit Australian charity that delivers arts and wellbeing programs to young adults globally. Angé holds 33% shares in and is the Co-Director of My Sound Technology Pty Ltd, delivering patent-pending music technology as mental health products internationally. Angé does not draw a salary from these organisations. Author Ian B. Hickie declares no financial interests in Angé’s companies. Angé is a Ph.D. candidate and receives a Research Training (RTP) Scholarship from the University of Sydney. Ian B. Hickie was an inaugural Commissioner on Australia’s National Mental Health Commission (2012–2018). He is the Co-Director, Health and Policy at the Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) University of Sydney, Australia. The BMC operates an early-intervention youth services at Camperdown under contract to headspace. He has previously led community-based and pharmaceutical industry-supported (Wyeth, Eli Lily, Servier, Pfizer, AstraZeneca) projects focused on the identification and better management of anxiety and depression. He was a member of the Medical Advisory Panel for Medibank Private until October 2017, a Board Member of Psychosis Australia Trust, and a member of Veterans Mental Health Clinical Reference group. He is the Chief Scientific Advisor to, and a 5% equity shareholder in, InnoWell Pty Ltd. InnoWell was formed by the University of Sydney (45% equity) and PwC (Australia; 45% equity) to deliver the $30M Australian Government-funded Project Synergy (2017–2020); a 3-year programme for the transformation of mental health services) and to lead transformation of mental health services internationally using innovative technologies.