Meet The Board

Fermentation Tasmania, as a not-for-profit company, has appointed a highly skilled Board to lead this project to a successful future.
·         Kim Seagram (Chair): Co-owner of Stillwater & Black Cow Restaurants, co-founder of Harvest Launceston
·         Jan Davis (Company Secretary): Agribusiness and Government Relations Consultant.
·         Michael Harvey (Treasurer): Principal MDH Accounting.
·         Caroline Brown: Cider Maker; Senior Policy Analyst at DPIPWE.
·         Peter Schutz: Chair, Food Innovation Australia Ltd.
·         Dr Tom Lewis (Executive Director): Director, RDS Partners.
 
To advise the Board, a Technical Management Committee made up of industry professionals has also been formed.
·         Chair: Dr Tom Lewis
·         Product Development: Natalie Fryar (Consultant Winemaker)
·         Skills & Training: Chris Bennett (The Whisky Academy)
·         Research: Dr Anna Carew (UTAS Wine and Cider Science Researcher)
·         Tourism: Rodney Dunn (The Agrarian Kitchen)

Technical committee member Dr Anna Carew with Dr Fiona Kerslake and winemaker Ockie Myburgh at Josef Chromy Winery, Tasmania.