Ian has 10 years prior CRC experience in CFO and COO roles having spent 8 years at the well-regarded Deep Exploration Technologies CRC from 2012 through to its wind-up in 2018 and then with Fight Food Waste CRC from 2019 to 2021 helping it through its establishment phase. Ian was also involved in the successful Minex CRC bid in 2018. Prior to CRC's Ian worked at Tilbrook Rasheed Chartered Accountants for 9 years providing business advisory and compliance services across a range of industries. Ian is a Commerce graduate, Chartered Accountant and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).