About Us

Co-founder and CEO

Associate Investigator at the Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB-Macquarie University), Industry Member at the Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance (CEA StAR-University of Queensland). Former lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology at JCU-Townsville, PhD in Biotechnology jointly by the Pasteur Institute (Paris) and the Federal University of Pelotas, and a Masters in Agricultural Biotechnology.

Previously principal of Cluster Biotechnology (a consulting firm helping Korean companies develop and commercialise medical devices), and former Honorary Affiliate at the University of Sydney having 30+ papers in Molecular Microbiology and Biomedical Genomics.

Inventor in Australian Patents and International applications, Company Director with experience growing start-ups and scaleups, external Advisor at the University of the Sunshine Coast and James Cook University, former visiting scientist at UCONN Health Center (Molecular Vaccinology), and previous postdocs at Monash University (molecular microbiology), USYD (Synbio and cell biology of insect cells) and Butantan institute (molecular vaccinology).

Gustavo is also a Venture Partner at Provisio Ventures and a Former member of the Rotaract International.

Co-founder and Director

20+ years in the food industry with commercial roles at Nestle and international roles at Kellogg’s including VP Marketing for Kellogg’s ANZ; VP Marketing Sara Lee Australia.

More recent roles as Director of Commercialisation at The George Institute for Global health and MD of FoodSwitch–a social enterprise run out of the George Institute.

MEng in Mechanical Engineering and Graduate of the Austrian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).