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Rob Hulme

CEO & Group Director

I am a Chair, Board Advisor, Board Director, CEO, and an agribusiness executive with over 20 years of board-level experience. I have over 30 years of global leadership in research, extension, business strategy, innovation, and operations across large, diverse, cross-cultural organisations. At the board level, I drive corporate governance and deliver shareholder value. I do that by executing strategies for growth and collaborating with businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, and governmental organisations. I focus on growing operations, creating and implementing strategies, raising capital, and facilitating market access. In addition to various board positions, I have also held over 30 board-level advisory roles. My Executive experience with Bayer CropScience covered nine positions across six different functions during my 26-year career, with various senior positions in Australia, Germany, Vietnam, China, and Singapore. I hold various tertiary qualifications in Agricultural Science and Business Management. I have completed senior executive leadership, finance, sustainability and marketing excellence programs. I am a GAICD alumni.


Expertise

  • ASX 500 company
  • Small to Medium Enterprise - SME (10 -199 employees) - listed
  • Not-for-profit organisation Small (10-199 employees)
  • Other
  • Chemicals
  • Environmental Services
  • Food Production
  • Fundraising
  • Government Relations
  • Venture Capital
  • Governance
  • Business Acumen
  • Change Management
  • Diversity
  • Finance & Investments
  • Fundraising
  • Marketing
  • Policy & Regulation
  • Research

Experience

  • Chair
  • Vice Chair
  • Non Executive
  • Committee Chair
  • Committee Member
  • Advisory Board Chair
  • Advisory Board Member
  • CEO
  • GM/MD
  • Executive Director
  • Senior Manager
  • Manager
  • Consultant

Board or Committee Experience

Title Sub Committee Company Name Industry
Group DirectorRisk, Finance, StrategyThe Boralis GroupFood & Agriculture
TreasurerCommitteeAusAgritech AssociationAgriculture
Asia DirectorInvestment, Finance, StrategyBeanstalk AgtechFood & Agriculture
Managing DirectorAudit, Risk, Finance, StrategyBayer CropScience ChinaChemicals
Board MemberDiversity & Inclusion, ComplianceBayer ChinaChemicals
Vice ChairmanIPR, Finance, AuditCropLife ChinaAgriculture Chemicals
DirectorStrategyU.S. China Agriculture and Food PartnershipFood & Agriculture
ChairmanIPR, Finance, AuditCropLife VietnamAgriculture Chemicals

Executive Career Summary

Title Company Name Industry
CEO & Group DirectorThe Boralis Group Pte LtdFood & Agriculture
Asia DirectorBeanstalk Agtech Pty LtdFood & Agriculture
Head of Business DevelopmentBayer CropScience Asia LtdFood & Agriculture
CEO and Country HeadBayer CropScience (China) LtdFood & Agriculture
Country Division HeadBayer CropScience Vietnam LtdFood and Agriculture
M&A ManagerBayer AG GmbHFood and Agriculture