Gavin Ross
Group general manager, marketing and innovation
- Previously chair of NZBIO, the NZ Industry organisation for Biotechnology industries.
- After several years with Genesis R&D Corporation, in 2005 appointed as predecessor organisation HortResearch’s first vice president business development in the USA.
- Returned to NZ in 2010, and for seven years was general manager business development.
- Joined HortResearch as a research scientist and in the late 1990s was central to the establishment of genomics research for major horticultural crops.
- Has a BSc (Hons) from Canterbury University, and a PhD from the Queen’s University of Belfast (UK).
Career
AgriGenesis
Business Development
Jan 2004
- Dec 2005
Plant and Food Research / Rangahau Ahumāra Kai
Group General Manager, Marketing & Innovation, General Manager, Business Development
Jan 2010
- Present
2before Performance Nutrition
Director
Jan 2020
- Present
The Kiwifruit Breeding Centre
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Jan 2021
- Oct 2021