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Leadership Team

Garry Booth - Chairman

  • Experienced Agriculture Executive
  • NSW family farming background with 38 years of experience in financial and commodity markets, including Ord Minnett, MF Global and ICAP
  • Co-wrote and managed the ASX Wheat Futures Contract in 2002 – Australian benchmark for wheat pricing
  • Founding Partner and Director of SA Markets Australia – 2015 – specialist Ag Commodity, Risk Management and Risk Management & Advisory business
  • Experienced Agriculture Executive
  • NSW family farming background with 38 years of experience in financial and commodity markets, including Ord Minnett, MF Global and ICAP
  • Co-wrote and managed the ASX Wheat Futures Contract in 2002 – Australian benchmark for wheat pricing
  • Founding Partner and Director of SA Markets Australia – 2015 – specialist Ag Commodity, Risk Management and Risk Management & Advisory business
  • Director AMPI - Working with the Federal Govt and Peak Dairy Farmer Organisations to Milk Price transparency and risk management through Milk Auctions
  • Director of Legendairy Beef – providing a full Supply Chain Solution from Genetics to the Farm, then to the Processor and Retail for Marbled Beef
  • Director of Innovating Energy – A Waste to Energy Company focused on Anerobic Digestion of Organic and Agricultural Waste to produce Green Electricity and Biomethane

Steve Tiley - Director & CEO

  • 40+ years of success in a broad range of industries including agriculture, business, oil & gas, engineering and manufacturing.
  • Co-founded and successfully built 3 start-ups.
  • 16 years as CEO of Darwin based engineering company.
  • Innovation officer - Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (Growcom) 2014 to 2019 - cultivated an extensive network of industry and government stakeholders in North Queensland.
  • Co-founded Wandarra in 2019

Daren Marks - Director & CFO

  • 20+ years financial services & international capital markets, risk management, fund administration, capital raising, investor relations and financial modeling
  • Current Managing Partner at BlackMountain Group and BlackMountain Capital focused on management consulting and advisory services
  • Former COO/CFO of Care A2+ an Australian FMCG company focused on personalised nutrition
  • Former CEO at JBM and JBA - specialist broking & funds management financial services companies

Keith Gracey - Director

  • President and Founding Partner of Jump Capital Corporation (Family Office & Canadian investment company), incorporated in 2006 and operating out of the Pacific Rim.
  • Has been providing investment banking services for 25+ years (expertise in financing, corporate structuring, due diligence and packaging services to both private and public companies).
  • Co-founded a China/Canada/Australia CBD company that has achieved commercialisation of its CBD brands in the North American marketplace.

Mary Hobson - CTO

  • 30+ years in global ICT technical and sales leadership roles
  • Professional consulting experience to large corporations, government and SMEs
  • 20 years’ experience in ICT Business Solutions/Digital Transformation, AgTech, IoT, AI, Robotics
  • Two years living in Townsville, working with senior government stakeholders (Federal, State & LGAQ)

Iljko Miocevic - CMO

  • 30+ years in global FMCG sector & the food and beverage industry
  • Previously worked with Care A2+, The Coca Cola Company, Appletiser, SABMiller, Uncle Tobysand Goodman Fielder on landmark brands, product activation and consumer education
  • Manufacturing operations, the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and various sales and marketing programs.

Maxwell Nee - Head of Investor Relations

  • 10+ years in Finance & Investments with experience in Corporate Banking for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia managing $100M - $500M businesses.
  • Head of Australia for a multi-award winning international commodities investment group based in London.
  • Chairman & Founder of Family Office Insider, a global community made up of recognised family businesses, pioneering entrepreneurs, celebrities and athletes.
  • A multi-award winning entrepreneur featured in Forbes, The Australian Business Review and The Courier Mail.
  • 10+ years in Finance & Investments with experience in Corporate Banking for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia managing $100M - $500M businesses.
  • Head of Australia for a multi-award winning international commodities investment group based in London.
  • Chairman & Founder of Family Office Insider, a global community made up of recognised family businesses, pioneering entrepreneurs, celebrities and athletes.
  • A multi-award winning entrepreneur featured in Forbes, The Australian Business Review and The Courier Mail.
  • A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Executive MBA Mentor.

Dr. Jian Zhang - CRO

  • Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Ontario Agriculture College at the Guelph University and a M.Sc in Life Sciences from Feinberg Graduate School at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
  • Expertise in food related products and has initiated projects involving transformative reverse genetic applications for healthy food and biomaterials, focusing on hemp and flax

Dr. Antonio Pantalone - Head of Sustainable Innovation

  • Ph.D. in Chemical Enhineering from the University of NSW
  • Over 20 years in the environmental and sustainability sectors

Regional Advisers

  • Nathan McCullum - Community Engagement and Sponsorship Programs
  • Frank Xu - Vancouver, Canada & Beijing, China
  • Jake El-Rasoul - London, UK & Dubai, UAE
  • Joespeh Buccheri - IMPEX lawyers - International Trade & Investment Adviser

Anthony Latimer – General Counsel Partner at Kardos Scanlan

  • Main focus is corporate law and advisory
  • Target industries include agriculture, mining, energy and transport
Wandarra acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples the First Australians as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders past and present and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We recognise their connections to the land, waters, territories and resources.

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Our Locations

Sydney Address

Level 20, 68 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Singapore Address

Asia Square Tower 1, #42-01 & #43-01, 8 Marina View, Singapore, 018960

Queensland Address

Unit 3/304 Boundary St, South Townsville. QLD Australia 4810

© 2023 – All Rights Reserved – Wandarra
Wandarra acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples the First Australians as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders past and present and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We recognise their connections to the land, waters, territories and resources.

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info@wandarra.com.au

Office Address

Unit 3/304 Boundary St, South Townsville. QLD Australia 4810

© 2023 – All Rights Reserved – Wandarra