Russel Rankin

Russel has more than thirty years’ experience in the food and beverage industry in various senior commercial and research positions, Russel has an inherent ability to connect companies, research organisations, financial institutions and Government and understands how to manage the innovation process and the steps required to commercialise innovative ideas.

Russel provides business, innovation and commercialisation services to the food industry, along with business development services for companies and research organisations. He is entrepreneurial in his thinking, having recently established a number of new businesses to commercialise new innovative food and beverage products.

Russel is a partner in the Future Farming Systems CRC; Advisory Board member of Queensland Robotics; Advisory Board member Jane’s Weather, Advisor to Agriculture Robotics; Advisor to Fresh Earth, Group Associate Boralis Group; Director of Freshly & Co, Director of New Me and member of the Advisory Board to Health Food Symmetry Ltd.