- Board Of Directors
- Genus Executive Leadership Team
Board appointment July 2020
Committee Chairmanship: Nomination
Skills and Experience
- Extensive Board, governance and leadership experience
- Strong commercial, science and agribusiness expertise across a range of industries, with a particular focus on consumer goods and food
- Deep appreciation of capital markets and investor sentiment
Current appointments
Chairman of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc; Chairman of Personal Assets Trust plc; Pro Chancellor of Cranfield University.
Past appointments
Chairman of Berendsen plc and Stobart Group Ltd; Senior Independent Director of Sygen International plc and Balfour Beatty plc; Non-Executive Director of Greggs plc; Lead Independent Director at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle plc; General Manager of Unilever AgriBusiness; Chair, Unilever Plantations and Plant Sciences Group; and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Unilever.
Board appointment: May 2023
Skills and Experience:
- Deep experience in the international food and agriculture sectors, including 14 years in global leadership roles at Ingredion Incorporated, a leading New York listed food and beverage ingredient solutions company
- Led Ingredion’s North and South American businesses, driving growth through R&D-led innovation and commercial and operational excellence
- Masters in Economics from the University of Amsterdam
Current appointments:
None.
Past appointments:
Senior roles at Ingredion, including Executive Vice President & President Americas, President, Asia Pacific and EMEA, and President, North America; Vice President of Food & Nutrition and Director of Strategy and Business Development at Corbion, a producer of sustainable ingredient solutions; and leadership positions at Loders Croklaan.
Board Appointment: January 2020
Skills and Experience:
- Over 25 years of experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, business transformation and investor relations, operating across Europe, Australia, Asia, the US and South Africa
- Proven track record of driving performance in public and privately held organisations, both business to business and business to consumer
- Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young
Current appointments
None.
Past appointments
Chief Financial Officer of V.Group, a global leader in ship management; Finance Director, UK & Ireland and Finance Director, Australia, at Compass Group plc; and Chief Financial Officer of Specialty Fashion Group Ltd, a former ASX-listed company.
Board appointment: April 2016
Committee Chairmanship: Audit & Risk
Committee Membership: Remuneration, Nomination
Skills and Experience
- Significant experience of risk management, audit, business operations, acquisitions and disposals, and corporate governance, gained within the food sector
- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- The Board’s Sustainability Sponsor and one of our designated Workforce Engagement Directors
Current appointments
None.
Past appointments
Global leadership roles at Unilever plc, including Executive Vice President Sustainable Business Performance and Reporting, Financial Controller, Chief Auditor of Unilever; Chief Financial Officer of Unilever’s global food service business; and a number of other senior operational and financial positions.
Board appointment: June 2018
Committee Chairmanship: Remuneration
Committee Membership: Nomination, Audit & Risk
Skills and Experience
- Broad international, strategic and financial services experience, through executive and nonexecutive roles
- Has advised numerous companies including manufacturers and distributors of food products, encompassing poultry and poultry breeding companies
- One of our designated Workforce Engagement Directors
Current appointments
Senior Independent Director of 3i Group plc; and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Legal & General Group plc.
Past appointments
Founder Director of British Linen Advisers; senior roles at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson; solicitor at Slaughter & May; and numerous non-executive roles, including T Centrica, SAB Miller, Alliance Trust, Hays, Scottish Provident, Bank of Scotland, Grosvenor Group and Thomas Cook.
Board appointment: April 2021
Committee Membership: Remuneration, Nomination, Audit & Risk
Skills and Experience
- Deep scientific expertise gained in academic and commercial research institutions
- Working to develop and apply methods for reprogramming the genetic code of living organisms, spanning chemistry, chemical biology and synthetic biology
- Associate Faculty at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, where he researches synthetic genomics
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; Trinity College, Cambridge; and the Royal Society
Current appointments
Head of the Centre for Chemical and Synthetic Biology at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Biology; Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Constructive Biology; Non-Executive Director of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology.
Past appointments
Positions on the scientific advisory boards of a number of companies, including Synaffix BV, where he retains an advisory role.
Board Appointment: January 2024
Committee Membership: Remuneration, Audit & Risk, Nomination
Skills and experience:
- Extensive experience in animal healthcare business globally
- Widespread experience in operations, commercial excellence and the animal health industry
- PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Bonn
Current appointments
Senior Advisor with Stonehaven Consulting (SC Group) AG.
Past appointments
Global leadership roles at Elanco Animal Health, including Vice President for Asia Pacific, Europe and International Commercial Operations. Previous roles at Pfizer; Boehringer Ingelheim, where he launched a PRRS vaccine in Germany; and Novartis’s Consumer and Animal Health divisions.
Board appointment: June 2014
Skills and Experience
- Significant experience in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation, mergers and acquisitions, patent and technology licensing and managing product life cycles
- Degrees in science and law
Current appointments
None.
Past appointments
Senior Vice President and International Counsel of Shire plc; and senior and global roles in private practice, in the UK and Australia.
Board appointment: May 2023
Skills and Experience:
- Deep experience in the international food and agriculture sectors, including 14 years in global leadership roles at Ingredion Incorporated, a leading New York listed food and beverage ingredient solutions company
- Led Ingredion’s North and South American businesses, driving growth through R&D-led innovation and commercial and operational excellence
- Masters in Economics from the University of Amsterdam
Current appointments:
None.
Past appointments:
Senior roles at Ingredion, including Executive Vice President & President Americas, President, Asia Pacific and EMEA, and President, North America; Vice President of Food & Nutrition and Director of Strategy and Business Development at Corbion, a producer of sustainable ingredient solutions; and leadership positions at Loders Croklaan.
Board Appointment: January 2020
Skills and Experience:
- Over 25 years of experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, business transformation and investor relations, operating across Europe, Australia, Asia, the US and South Africa
- Proven track record of driving performance in public and privately held organisations, both business to business and business to consumer
- Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young
Current appointments
None.
Past appointments
Chief Financial Officer of V.Group, a global leader in ship management; Finance Director, UK & Ireland and Finance Director, Australia, at Compass Group plc; and Chief Financial Officer of Specialty Fashion Group Ltd, a former ASX-listed company.
Board appointment: June 2014
Skills and Experience
- Significant experience in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation, mergers and acquisitions, patent and technology licensing and managing product life cycles
- Degrees in science and law
Current appointments
None.
Past appointments
Senior Vice President and International Counsel of Shire plc; and senior and global roles in private practice, in the UK and Australia.
GELT appointment: July 2012
Skills and Experience
- Natural entrepreneur with deep industry knowledge, commercial skills and international experience
- Has helped Genus establish and grow businesses in countries as diverse as the UK, Russia, India and China
- Degree in Agriculture from the University of Plymouth and a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program
Career
- Joined PIC in 1992, working initially in the UK and then Siberia and Romania, before leading PIC in Central and Eastern Europe and then Europe as a whole
- Led PIC and ABS in Russia and Asia Pacific, before becoming COO for Genus Asia in 2012 and then COO for Genus ABS Beef in July 2016. He was appointed as Global Head of Beef and Aqua in April 2024. Jerry was appointed to his current role in July 2024
GELT appointment: July 2017
Skills and Experience
- Combines commercial acumen with broad expertise in resourcing, talent and succession, leadership development, and health and safety
- Extensive strategic planning skills help align the Group’s people agenda and its business needs
- Masters in Human Resource Development from Vanderbilt University
Career
- Joined Genus PIC in September 2013, following more than 20 years in the healthcare sector
- Developed and delivered PIC’s people strategy, before becoming HR Director for ABS and then Group HR Director in July 2017
GELT Appointment 15 July 2019
Skills and Experience:
- Deep expertise in running R&D programmes, regulatory science and portfolio management
- Has led the development and introduction of genetic improvement technologies and nurtured a portfolio of gene editing projects
- BSc and MSc in Biology from Moscow State University, and PhD in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry from the Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology in Moscow
Career:
- Joined Genus as Chief Scientific Officer in July 2019
- Spent 18 years in increasingly senior roles at Bayer, leading teams using pioneering science and cutting-edge technology to help farmers grow food more sustainably
GELT appointment January 2023
Skills and Experience:
- Spent entire career in porcine industry
- Has led the development and implementation of Genus PIC’s genetic strategy and technical services capability, as well as leading the commercial engagement with many of PIC’s most significant customers
- Doctorate in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the University of Georgia
Career:
- Joined Genus in 2011 as PIC’s Director of Genetic Services and Sales and became Global Product Development and Technical Services Director in 2012, before becoming Chief Operating Officer in July 2023
- Previously spent nine years working for Murphy-Brown (now Smithfield Foods), where he managed the internal genetics programme and technical operations for its Eastern operations
GELT appointment April 2024
Skills and Experience:
- Very experienced and highly effective leader of complex global organisations
- Spent more than 25 years in the nutrition and food industry
- BA in Economics and Managerial Studies from Rice University and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin
Career:
- Previously Chief Commercial Officer for Glanbia’s $1 billion global nutritional solutions business, delivering double-digit profit growth
- More than 20 years with Ingredion Incorporated in increasingly senior leadership roles, including General Manager for the Systems and Ingredients Solutions business and General Manager for Greater China and Japan, based in Shanghai