We grow better by striving to be the leader in our field; through strong leadership, effective teamwork, and personal accountability.

Farming & Finance
BEc (Economics & Finance)
MBus (Agriculture)
ARLF
GAICD
From a farming family in the Moama region, Ben’s early career led him into corporate finance to an executive level holding leadership roles both nationally and internationally.
Ben now specialises in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, as well as agribusiness development.

BAgSc
Grant has experience in many Ag organisations across Australia both in the corporate and independent arena.
He has gained extensive experience in leading structural change, contract management, business development and improving business efficiency. Building strong teams that focus on long-term relationships in complex and dynamic business environments is a key focus.

Farming, Business Operations
& International Trade
BBus (Finance & Chinese Bus)
MBA
Also from an agricultural background, Grant has a range of skills spanning finance, marketing and agribusiness.
Grant has lectured extensively in Chinese universities and brings a passion for business development and international trade to NEM.

BSc (Agriculture) (Hons)
MScMs (Plant Pathology)
MSc (Plant Science)
PhD (Microbial Bio-control)
Post Doc (Microbial Bio-control)
One of Australia’s leading authorities on soil microbiology, Kamal is a cutting-edge researcher leading the development of new and exciting microbial strains here at NEM.
With over 40 articles published in leading scientific journals such as Plant Gene, Kamal continues the search for the most sustainable microbial solutions to issues in both agriculture and industry.

Entrepreneurial businessman,
with biological focus
Formulation development
BAppSc (Agriculture)
Longtime industry stalwart and innovator, Sandy has been involved in the Australian microbiological industry since the mid-seventies.
Sandy’s experience is sought by agriculturalists and scientists from across the globe when trying to overcome difficult biological and manufacturing problems.
Originally setting up NEM as an enviro-remediation company in 1998, Sandy soon realised the need for an Australian manufacturer of legume inoculants. Building the plant from the ground up, Sandy laid a solid foundation for what has grown to become the largest manufacturer of its type in the country.
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