RETURN ON SCIENCE - Key Persons
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- Upstream Medical Technologies - Chair
Colin Harvey is recognised for making a major contributions to the New Zealand agricultural industry. He built the animal health company Ancare. It had significant market share across several animal health categories in the face of strong competition. The trading assets of Ancare were sold to Merial in 2007 and in 2014 Merial acquired the remaining R&D assets of Ancare which had been operated by Colin as a separate development company
From a family of dairy farmers in Taranaki Colin graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Massey University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland.
Prior to setting up Ancare he worked in a range of roles including marketing and general management with Coopers Wellcome in New Zealand and Australia.
Colin has contributed significantly to industry affairs and in 2008 was made an Officer of NZ Order of Merit and in 2009 a member North Shore Enterprise Hall of Fame. In 1988 he founded the Animal Remedy and Plant Protectant Association and, through chairing this, contributed to the formation of the new Hazardous Substances Act and the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act.
He farms Lake McKay Station in Wanaka ( 11,000 su) and is also an active investor in a number of technology investments. He also Chairs the Hobbiton theme set , Country TV Ltd ,Mastaplex Ltd and is a Director of a number of property and investment companies. He operates a consultancy ANIDEA Ltd.
Colin is a Council Member of Massey University.
David Hudson has extensive experience in Australian agriculture, including a 23 year career with Monsanto. David was actively involved in leading Monsanto's efforts to develop conservation tillage and the introduction of Roundup Ready® canola and Ingard® (Bt) Cotton into Australia. More recently he was responsible for gaining regulatory approval for the first GM industrial crop (Super High Oleic Safflower) which will generate industrial grade oil for the oleo-chemical industry.
Since 2005 David has provided consulting services to clients in Australia and globally via his company SGA Solutions in the fields of seed, grain and agbiotech. David's expertise has been sought by clients to assist in the development of strategies and business plans for the introduction of a range of innovative technologies applicable to pastures, grains, horticulture, sugar, cotton, livestock and the seafood industry. On behalf of clients David has successfully participated in negotiating a number of R & D collaboration and commercialization agreements with leading multinational agbiotech companies. For three years David was CEO of Leaf Energy an agbiotech company which focuses on the development of plant based proteins and biofuel production in sugar cane.
David has established with a colleague a new company PTM Solutions which is focused on facilitating access to the infrastructure (e.g. regulatory, laboratory, glasshouse and field trials) required to progress agbiotech technologies along the pathway to market.
David was formerly chair of the AusBiotech Ag and Food Tech committee and a member of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia, Grain Trade Australia Market Access Committee and the Australian Seed Federation Plant Breeders and Marketers Committee. In 2016 David was appointed an Honorary Fellow in the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Science - University of Melbourne. David has been an active contributor to the development of industry policies related to the stewardship of, GM crops and pastures within Australian agriculture.
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- Consultant
- Independent Consultant
Dr Peter John is a consultant operating mainly in the areas of R&D management, innovation and intellectual property commercialisation. Peter gained a B. Eng and Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology before moving to New Zealand to take up a position with the then Department of Science and Industrial Research. In 1993, he became the establishment CEO at Lincoln Ventures Limited, a position he held for 12 years.
In 2005 he established Lincoln University's Research and Commercialisation Office, stepping down as Director in May 2013. Peter has managed the commercialisation of a range of software, bio-control, agri-tech and wildlife management technologies and specialist fee-for-service businesses. He has served on the Boards of Powerhouse Ventures Limited, Kiwinet Innovation Network Ltd, Canterbury Innovation Incubator Ltd and NZ Brain Research Institute Ltd.
Dr John has had a long association with FRST, MSI and MBIE chairing, among others, the New Materials, Technologies and Services (NMTS) Advisory Groups (2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10) and the 2009 High Technology Transformational Research, Science and Technology (High Tech TRST) Advisory Group. He was a member of the 2012 High Value Manufacturing and Services (HVMS) Assessment Panel and chaired the 2013 HVMS Panel.
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- Investment Manager Brandon Capital Partners
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- Director Commercialisation Auckland UniServices Ltd
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- Managing Partner Matū Fund
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- Commercialisation Consultant
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- Chief Scientist Lincoln Agritech
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- Chief Scientist Lincoln Agritech
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- Investment Analyst New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
For over twenty five years, Renee has led strategy and market assessments spanning most segments of the North American and European food, beverage, and their related ingredients industries. Special expertise includes flavors, sweeteners, texturants, bulking agents, proteins, and nutrition-related ingredients.
Her consulting work focuses on the identification and analysis of new opportunities and the development of strategies for technology and growth. TFG's clients include those in the global food ingredients space, select CPG firms, and US based Private Equity groups. Prior to TFG, Renee was a Senior Manager in Arthur D. Little FMCG practice, where she also consulted to food and food ingredient clients.
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- Strategic Business Advisor Agribusiness, Agrifood, & Agritech
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- Executive Director Commercialisation Auckland UniServices Ltd
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- Agritech & Foodtech Chair PhD Aquaculture Student University of Auckland