MÉRIEUX NUTRISCIENCES - Key Persons


Anil Kumar

Job Titles:
  • VP - Testing, Audit Certification & Training
Anil has worked in a food service business for more than 15 years in Technical Sales & strategic roles. He heads the Sales & Marketing Teams for Testing, Training, Certification & Auditing businesses across India.

Annmarie Schwanke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • National Technical & Certification Manager
Annmarie has over 20 years of experience in Auditing and Certification and is passionate about food safety & developing partnerships with customers. Annmarie and her team are committed to delivering excellence in auditing services.

Anthony Eden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • National Finance Director
Anthony has a solid financial background and has worked for several food businesses in the ASPAC region. He has rich experience in implementing financial strategies.

Anupriya Pavithram

Job Titles:
  • Victoria Laboratory Manager
Anupriya leads our lab team in Melbourne. With 9+ years of experience performing microbiological tests for food, environmental and pharma sectors, she has an excellent understanding of regulatory and industry requirements.

Ashutosh Namjoshi

Job Titles:
  • Head - HR & Administration
With more than 15 years of experience in the HR domain, Ashutosh leads the HR & Administration functions for India operations. He thrives on building best workplace practices & ensure staff is happy.

Blake Joyce

Job Titles:
  • Queensland Laboratory Manager
Blake spearheads our excellent Micro and Milk teams in Brisbane. With 13+ years of experience in microbiology testing, he ensures quality control at every stage of the analytical testing cycle.

CA Mangesh Wagh - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
Mangesh has a strong accounting and financial background with experience of over 18 years in several businesses/ Audit firms. He has rich experience in implementing financial strategies. He controls India's Financial Operations.

Dr. Asish Chakraborty

Job Titles:
  • VP Operations
Asish has worked in the food, environment & pharma industries for over 25 years. He is responsible for the operations of all 3 labs, turnaround time, and development of New Test Methods and Validations.

Dr. Jeetendra Patil

Job Titles:
  • VP - QA
With more than 20 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Jeetendra ensures the Company's Quality Policies and Laboratory Procedures comply with Regulatory & Ethical Standards.

Ganga Desai

Job Titles:
  • General Manager - Commercial Operations
With over 15 years of experience in the Food & Beverage industry, Ganga thrives at building successful customer relationships. She ensures each customer receives prompt attention & is serviced in time.

Imtiaz Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • New South Wales Microbiology Laboratory Manager
Imtiaz oversees our dynamic Microbiology teams based in Sydney. With 20 years of experience working as a microbiologist in the manufacturing industry, he has developed sound knowledge in the quality control of pharma and food products.

John H. Silliker

John H. Silliker founded and gave his name to the American food testing company Silliker Inc. in 1967. Silliker Inc. was then acquired by Institut Mérieux in the 1990's and resulted in Mérieux NutriSciences. Today, Silliker is still the legal name of some subsidiaries around the globe, but all of them use Mérieux NutriSciences as a brand name.

Katerina Markoska

Job Titles:
  • Western Australia Microbiology Laboratory Manager
Katerina leads our lab team in Perth. With 13+ years of experience as a food, water and environmental microbiologist, she is skilled in assessing quality control, quality systems and quality assurance for processed and finished products.

Kevin Goddaer - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
Kevin has worked in the food & manufacturing industries for over 25 years in executive and strategic positions at the board level with multi-national companies. He has the industry knowledge to lead the Australian Business operation.

Lucy Evans

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Regional Operations Director
Lucy is responsible for the operations of our labs in WA and NSW. She applies a quality system approach and focuses on optimising efficiencies and testing innovations to ensure our analysis provides accurate and reliable results.

Mayen Moonsamy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Sales & Marketing Director
Mayen has worked in biotechnology services for 15 years in technical and strategic roles. He has the know-how to drive customer-centric sales and marketing projects.

Melinda Skipper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • National Quality Manager
Melinda has 30+ years of experience in technical & quality roles and is responsible for ensuring our company's policies & procedures comply with regulatory requirements. She ensures that our ongoing quality performance is at the highest level.

Nick Petrakis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • National Human Resource Manager
Nick manages the whole employee lifecycle and employee experience. He thrives on building empowering workplace practices, systems and culture to create a positive experience for all staff with a smile.

Nitin Moily - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
Nitin has worked in the food & manufacturing industries for over 20 years. He has the industry knowledge & rich experience to lead the Indian Business. He develops and executes the company's India Business Strategies.