Associate Professor Dr Vanessa Ratten is the Programme Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation degrees at La Trobe Business School. She has previously been on the business faculties of Deakin University, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland. She has guest edited journals including “Education and Training”, “Team Performance”, “Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing”, “Journal of Management and Organization”, “Thunderbird International Business Review” and “International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal”. Dr Ratten has coedited six books about Entrepreneurship including Sports Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Her current research focus is on entrepreneurship and diversity.