David Solomon is a Professorial bellow in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Melbourne. Professor Solomon was the CSIRO project leader of the Currency Notes Research and Development project. He has numerous national and international honours for this work. Professor Solomon was a co-recipient of the 2011 Prime Minister's Prize for Science for his overall contributions to polymer science. He is a Member of the Order of Australia and a FRS, FA A, FTSE, FRACI and FIChemE. Tom Spurling is a Professor in the Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology and was an occasional member of the Currency Notes Research and Development project team during his career with CSIRO. He has been a Board member of CSIRO since 2008. Professor Spurling is a Member of the Order of Australia, a FTSE and a FRACI.

He has written extensively on science, technology and innovation policy and practice.