Peter Schutz
Peter is a highly regarded food industry advisor, chairman and director with an extraordinary portfolio of experience in food and agriculture in Australia.
Not only has Peter 12 years as a commercial brewer and a degree in Wine Science from CSU under his belt, he is the inaugural Chairman of the Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre and Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL), which is a national food and agribusiness hub that drives innovation and market initiatives for the industry.
Peter is looking forward to the challenge of building fermentasmania into a resilient, cohesive and progressive enterprise using skills he’s gained from a career in senior management roles in operations, sales, marketing, technical services and compliance, innovation and technology transfer, sustainability and environmental management.
His active involvement in developing food science and technology in Australia includes board and advisory roles with the Grains and Legumes Nutrition Council, the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology and CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship.
Peter spent 10 years as the CEO of George Weston Technologies (George Weston Foods), where he was awarded the AIFST Food Industry Innovation Award in 2003 and the Keith Farrer Award of Merit in 2015.
Not only has Peter 12 years as a commercial brewer and a degree in Wine Science from CSU under his belt, he is the inaugural Chairman of the Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre and Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL), which is a national food and agribusiness hub that drives innovation and market initiatives for the industry.
Peter is looking forward to the challenge of building fermentasmania into a resilient, cohesive and progressive enterprise using skills he’s gained from a career in senior management roles in operations, sales, marketing, technical services and compliance, innovation and technology transfer, sustainability and environmental management.
His active involvement in developing food science and technology in Australia includes board and advisory roles with the Grains and Legumes Nutrition Council, the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology and CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship.
Peter spent 10 years as the CEO of George Weston Technologies (George Weston Foods), where he was awarded the AIFST Food Industry Innovation Award in 2003 and the Keith Farrer Award of Merit in 2015.
