With combined corporate and innovation industry experience across media, marketing, impact-led technology and responsible innovation, Xiao Han Drummond is a PhD Researcher at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University. Xiao Han’s research focuses on advancing responsible innovation management strategies for global industries, with the autonomous mobility sector as a case study. She is also a core team member at the ANU Responsible Innovation Lab.
In 2019, Xiao Han founded the Centre for Responsible Innovation (CforRI), an organisation dedicated to driving responsible innovation in industry through capability assessment, roadmap development, advisory, training, and knowledge sharing.

Before CforRI, Xiao Han founded a B2B2C cloud insights platform that empowered business leaders to make informed decisions. This venture provided her with hands-on experience in innovation management, covering the entire process from R&D to product launch and venture capital raising. Her work also took her to innovation hubs in Canada, the USA, and China, where she gained valuable insights into the innovation processes of industry leaders, including Google, LinkedIn and Xiaomi.

Xiao Han’s career began in marketing, where she led large-scale launch, transition and marketing programs at General Electric (GE) and various independent Australian media organisations.