Meet the Team

Olivia Atze

Technical Officer - Field

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Matt Aubert

Lupin Breeder

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Lou Barnes

Human Resources Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Kylie Barrington

Technical Officer - Laboratory

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Cassandra Bell

Technical Officer- Field

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Dion Bennett

Wheat Breeder & Node Manager

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Alex Bensen

Seed Portal & Customer Support

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Sienna Bergersen

Technical Officer- Field

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Kendall Berrett

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Brett Biglin

Technical Officer- Field

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Darcey Boucher-Hill

Variety Support Manager, Southern NSW

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

Phoebe Bowen

Technical Officer- Field

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Jamie Brooks

WHS Coordinator

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Graeme Byfield

IT Support Engineer.

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Steve Carracher

Technical Officer - Field

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

Mike Carter

ICT Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Andrew Cecil

General Manager, Business

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Nicole Chakiris

Finance & EPR Officer

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Kshiteej (KC) Chapagain

Technical Officer - Laboratory

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Tristan Coram

Head of Science & Business Development

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Stewart Coventry

Barley Breeder

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Dylan Crowley

Technical Officer- Field

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Phil Davies

Wheat Breeder

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Ethan Dight

Technical Officer - Labratory

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Tina Dunleavy

Finance & Administration Officer

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Russell Eastwood

Wheat Breeder & Node Manager

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

James Edwards

Wheat Breeder & Node Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Caleb Ellis

Laboratory Assistant

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Hannah Fahey

Technical Officer- Field

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

Will Fairlie

Wheat Breeder

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

Takara Fort

Grain Quality Operations Leader

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Charlie Gibbens

Technical Officer- Field

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Tony Goldthorpe

Technical Officer - Field

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

Danielle Hamlyn

Technical Officer- Field

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Rob Harris

Variety Support Manager, Victoria

• Southern & Eastern Crop Breeding Centres

Tyla Harrison

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Jacob Hayes

Product Owner

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Anthony Heath

Technical Officer- Field

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Simeon Hemer

Field Operations Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Brayden Hondow

Technical Officer- Field

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Brodie Hondow

Technical Officer- Field

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Cody Hull

Field Trials Coordinator - WA

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Ben Hutchins

Technical Officer- Field

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Usman Ijaz

Soft Wheat Breeder

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Cathrine Ingvordsen

Breeding Research Scientist

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Britt Kalmeier

Wheat Breeder

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre
  

Tom Kapcejevs

Durum Breeder & Node Manager

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre
  

Kyle Kirton

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Vicki Kokolakis

EPR & Finance Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Brad Koster

Variety Support Manager, SA

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre
  

Quinten Kowald

Technical Officer- Field

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Haydn Kuchel

CEO & Head of Breeding

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Leo Li

Breeding Data Scientist

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Vesna Ljubisic

Technical Officer - Laboratory

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Meiqin Lu

Wheat Breeder

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Douglas Lush

Variety Support Manager, northern NSW/QLD

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Luke Mazur

Breeding Data Scientist

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Stuart Milde

Glasshouse Operations Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Yen Nguyen

Technical Officer - Field

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Adam Norman

Wheat Breeder

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Jayne Onus

Technical Officer - Laboratory

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Ben Palau

Technical Officer- Field

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

Chloe Petersen

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Robert Raymond

Technical Officer - Laboratory

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Helen Rimington

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Susan Robertson

Legal Counsel

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Daniela Rodie

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Daniel Ruch

Mechanical Maintenance Officer

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Madi Smith

Technical Officer - Glasshouse

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Carla Stansborough

Accounts Receivable Officer

Floyd Sullivan

Variety Support Manager, WA

• Western Crop Breeding Centre

Zsolt Szilassy

Customer Experience Manager

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Paul Telfer

Barley Breeder

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Dylan Thorne

Technical Officer- Field

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Hilary Tishler

Technical Officer - Laboratory

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Thao Tran

Technical Officer - Field

• Northern Crop Breeding Centre

Richard Tyson

Chief Financial Officer

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Sami Ullah

Canola Breeder

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Dan Vater

Head of Variety Support, Marketing & Communications

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Melanie Viedt

Administration & Accounts Officer

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

Wendy Ulett

Technical Officer - Field

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

James Walter

Bioinformatics Lead

• Southern Crop Breeding Centre

David Wark

Field Operations Manager

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre

James Whiteley

National Seed Production Lead

• Eastern Crop Breeding Centre