Brian Mccaul

Brian is CEO Qubis Ltd, a Queen’s University Belfast technology transfer company.

Brian has been CEO of Qubis and Director of Innovation at Queen’s University Belfast since 2014. Qubis Ltd. was established in 1984 by Queen’s University to commercialise the University’s research and development activities through the formation of spin-out businesses.

Brian has worked in the technology transfer and innovation space for the last 27 years, both within the private and higher education sectors. Before joining Queen’s he was a co-founder of an innovation software company based in the UK and the Netherlands, during which he established the Innovation Commons, a community of university TTOs using a shared approach and platform, to increase external entrepreneurial involvement in early-stage projects. Before that he was co-owner of an aerospace manufacturing business based in the UK and Poland.