NuPlant believes in having the best people
 
Findlay Andrews, Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Findlay Andrews has had a long association with a wide variety of small and large agricultural pursuits in Australia, covering the supply chain from farming, chemical supply, and equipment manufacture, to food processing, as well as management experience with a major global agribusiness company. He currently has interests in food manufacturing enterprises, including Prepared Foods Australia and Mariani Foods. He is also the majority shareholder and Chairman of Cox Industries Australia Pty Ltd, Australia’s largest manufacturer of ride-on mowers. Findlay has a reputation for identifying businesses with potential upside and helping to fully realize this. He brings a wealth of business experience to NuPlant.

 

Bob Teasdale, Executive Director and Managing Director
 

Bob Teasdale has 30 years of experience improving woody plants. This has included leading teams that successfully produced the first saturated genetic maps of a range of species including temperate and tropical pines, eucalypts, and grapes; made key advances in the molecular biology of flowering in trees; and developed robotic systems for propagating plants. He is also a past-President of the Australian Society for Plant Physiologists, the leading plant science society in Australia. Bob leads the scientific research on propagation systems and genetic improvement of NuPlant’s target species.
 
Justus Homburg, Executive Director

Justus Homburg was appointed as a Non-Executive Director from 5 August 2009. Justus was formerly CEO of Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd, an ASX and Nasdaq listed biotech company, which he joined in 2006. Mr Homburg has had an international career working in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries in the US, Australia, Europe and Asia. Mr Homburg was a senior manager at Monsanto Company (1990-2001) focusing on new technology and business commercialisation, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings, and the development of international markets. Mr Homburg's prior directorships include Managing Director or Chirogen (2002 – 2006) and Director of the rubber chemicals company Flexsys from 1999-2001. Justus provides business development support to NuPlant’s SmartClone™ commercialization effort.

  

 

SmartClone™ - Tougher plantlets faster

SmartClone™ changes the tissue culture paradigm. NuPlant’s key technology allows conditions to be customized for each growth phase for more robust plantlets, grading for uniformity, robotic handling for laboratory efficiency, easy soil transfer, and a head start for accelerated nursery growth.