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Sections of the FSANZ Act which apply to members’ expertise and experience:

Robyn Kruk AO (term expires 30 September 2020)

Ms Robyn Kruk [s.116 (1)(a)] was appointed Chair of the FSANZ Board on 2 November 2016.

Ms Robyn Kruk AO has extensive experience as Chief Executive of national and state policy, regulatory and service delivery agencies, including NSW Health, NSW Premier and Cabinet and national and state environment agencies. She has held significant regulatory responsibilities in human and environmental health and safety. Ms Kruk is currently Chair, Board Director or member of international, national and state statutory, non-government and private entities in health, disability, food standards, environment/planning and sustainable development and mental health.

She was appointed as an International Advisor to the China Council on Cooperation in Environment and Development in 2019.

Mr Mark Booth (Chief Executive Officer) (term expires 5 March 2021)

Mr Mark Booth) [s.116(1)(b)] has worked extensively in health policy across most areas of the health sector in Australia, the UK and New Zealand and was a 2006–07 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy at Brown University in the USA.

Mr Booth’s original background is as a health economist and he has post graduate qualifications in health economics, public administration and public health.

Mr Booth holds an Adjunct Professor appointment at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in the Centre for Health Economics and Research Evaluation (CHERE) and is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU).

Emeritus Professor Mary Barton AO (term expires 6 July 2021)

Emeritus Professor Mary Barton [s. 116(1)(f)], worked for many years in veterinary diagnostic
and research laboratories in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Subsequently Professor Barton
worked at the University of South Australia teaching microbiology and with research interests in
Rhodococcus equi, antibiotic resistance in livestock and food borne infections.

Ms Sue Chetwin (term expires 16 October 2021)

Ms Suzanne Chetwin [s. 116(1B)] led Consumer NZ for 13 years until her recent resignation in February 2020. The organisation is a highly trusted, public-facing not-for-profit, which advocates on behalf of consumers. Research into public health, nutrition and food labelling form a significant part of Consumer’s work.

Sue is a founding member of the Consumer and Public Health Dialogue which provides insights to FSANZ. She is an experienced and award-winning journalist, having been editor of two national Sunday newspapers and the founding editor of the Herald on Sunday. Sue is currently studying full-time to complete a law degree at Victoria University of Wellington. She is a director of the Financial Markets Authority, is chairing a review of InternetNZ¹⁵ policies and was recently appointed to a Law Society Independent Review group.

Ms Teresa Ciprian (term expires 30 June 2021)

Ms Teresa Ciprian [s. 116(1)(c)] has a background in the commercialisation, innovation, marketing and business development of branded consumer dairy and other foods.

She has significant international business experience, having held several senior roles with Danone in both the USA and France from where she worked in a number of international markets. Her primary focus was on identifying, developing and delivering global growth initiatives with central and locally based teams. As Food Science graduate, her early career technical roles spanned quality control, analytical chemistry and product development.

Since returning to New Zealand, Ms Cirprian has advised a number of internationally focused businesses on their growth strategies and has developed a governance portfolio that also includes the boards of Zespri, Firstlight Foods Ltd, AgResearch, Aspeq and Phytomed Medicinal Herbs.

Professor Martin Cole (term expires 6 July 2021)

Professor Martin Cole [s.116(1)(f)] is Head of School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at the University of Adelaide. Prior to joining the University of Adelaide, Professor Cole has held positions including Director of CSIRO Food and Nutrition, and Director of the US National Center for Food Safety and Technology, the largest and most successful centre of excellence of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Research Professor of Biology at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, Illinois.

With many years of experience in food policy and the development of international food safety standards, Professor Cole has frequently been called upon as an expert by organisations such the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as well as the US House of Representatives. He has received numerous awards including election as a fellow of the International Academy of Food Science & Technology. Professor Cole currently chairs the International Commission on the Microbiological Specifications for Food and serves on the board of the Institute of Food Technology.

Ms Josephine Davey (term expires 16 October 2021)

Jo Davey [s. 116(1B)] is a company director and consultant experienced in general management, innovation, food safety, regulatory affairs and product development in the dairy and food manufacturing sectors. She is a Director of Pirrama Consulting Pty Ltd, which provides management and technical consulting services to the food and beverage industries.

In addition to her FSANZ role, Jo serves as a Director of the Subtropical Dairy Programme (a Regional Development Programme of Dairy Australia) and as a Director of PPB Pty Ltd, a start-up diagnostics company.

Previous directorships include Dairy Food Safety Victoria, Dairy Innovation Australia Ltd and its predecessor organisations, and Australian Dairy Proteins. She was a member of the Industry Advisory Committee for CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship for 10 years. She has also served as the national and state President of the Dairy Industry Association of Australia and President of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Jo has held senior commercial and technical roles in the Dairy Farmers Group and was the Managing Director of a start-up food company, Diabetes Smart.

Dr Michael Dunbier (term expires 30 June 2021)

Dr Dunbier [s.116(1B)] is a research scientist with expertise in genetics and plant breeding. He is a former director of DSIR Crop Research and was the founding Chief Executive of Crop & Food Research. He is currently a Director of the Foundation for Arable Research.

Previous Chair roles include Pastoral Genomics, the BioProtection Centre of Research Excellence, SunPrime Seeds (Aust), Arable Food Industry Council, Vegetable Research and Innovation Board of HortNZ and the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology International Science and Technology Advisory Committee. Previous directorships include AgResearch, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, Grains Research and Development Corporation (Aust), Quality Wheat CRC (Aust), Lincoln International and Dairy InSight.

In 2005, Dr Dunbier received the Bledisloe Medal from Lincoln University and in 2011 the Jubilee Medal from the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science.

Mr John Hart (term expires 16 October 2021)

Mr John Hart [s.116(1B)] is Executive Director of Business Group Australia, Executive Chair of Australian Chamber — Tourism and on the Board of the Tourism Australia, the Australian Business Register, The Angus Knight Group, Hospitality Training Network and Food Standards Australia and New Zealand.

He was Executive Director of Restaurant & Catering Australia between 1999 and 2020. Restaurant & Catering Australia is the peak industry body representing restaurants, cafes and caterers across Australia. John came to the Association from Tourism Training NSW where he was Executive Officer for five years.

John has spent over 35 years working in the hospitality industry in operational, HR and IR roles, trained in food and beverage management at the Ecole Hotelliere Lausanne, in Switzerland, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Business Law and a Master of Business Law.

John currently also served as Chair of the Commonwealth Vocational Education and Training Advisory Board between 2013 and 2017 and was previously on the Prime Ministers Business Advisory Council.

Ms Jane Lancaster (term expired 30 June 2020)

Ms Jane Lancaster [s.116(1)(ca)] has significant regulatory and food industry experience with a professional background in science and technology. She has experience in a broad range of governance roles over 15 years, from SOEs to the private sector and voluntary boards. Ms Lancaster’s professional training is in biochemistry and biotechnology in plant and food science.

She has been a professional member of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science & Technology since 1998. She has authored over 75 publications in refereed scientific journals, written two book chapters and has one biotechnology patent. This research background provides an evidence-based framework for risk assessment and decision making.

In 2006, in recognition of Ms Lancaster’s leading role in commercialising science and technology with a wide range of companies, she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In the Not for Profit voluntary sector Ms Lancaster is interested in advocacy and support for the wellbeing of children and vulnerable children in particular.

Professor Mark Lawrence (term expires 6 July 2021)

Professor Mark Lawrence [s.116(1B)] is Professor of Public Health Nutrition at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University. He has 35 years’ experience working as a practitioner and academic in food policy and regulation at local, state, national and international levels. Mark’s research interests focus on investigating healthy and sustainable food systems, dietary guidelines, ultra-processed foods, Nutrient Reference Values and food labelling and fortification.

He is: an external advisor to the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization; Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia; Member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences Task Force on Sustainable Diets; Chair of the Advisory Board for Cochrane Nutrition; Member of NHMRC’s Synthesis and Translation of Research Evidence committee; Team leader of the ARC-funded project, ‘Reforming evidence synthesis and translation for food and nutrition policy’; Former member of NHMRC’s Dietary Guidelines Working Committee; and was Acting Principal Nutritionist at the then National Food Authority, 1993–97.

Dr Roscoe Taylor (116(1)(f)) (term expires 18 October 2022)

Dr Taylor is a specialist in public health medicine with a broad background in general practice, humanities and environmental science. He occupied the statutory position of Director of Public Health in Tasmania from 2002 – 2015 and was also Chief Health Officer 2012–15. He has continued to work across a number of jurisdictions, maintaining interests in environmental health, communicable diseases and chronic disease prevention.

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