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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Tim Jackson
Paul Thompson
Joseph Ebbage
Ekrem Omer

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Tim Jackson

Almond Board of Australia State of the Industry , Tuesday , Grand Stage , 8.45am Tim has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Almond Board of Australia since October 2021 . He has been working in the almond industry for the past 13 years and was previously the Group Sales and Marketing Manager of Almondco Australia Ltd . He is also a former director of Almond Board of Australia and served on several industry committees . Tim has more than 30 years ’ experience in agri-business through a wide range of communications and marketing roles including running his own business .

Paul Thompson

Select Harvests , Almond Board of Australia Director The Closed Circle Economy of the Industry , Tuesday , Grand Stage , 9.50am Paul has over 30 years of management experience . Formerly President of SCA Australasia , part of the SCA Group , one of the world ’ s largest personal care and tissue products manufacturers . He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has formerly held positions as a Director of the Food and Grocery Council and councillor in the Australian Industry Group . Appointed as the Managing Director of Select Harvests Limited on 9 July 2012 . Under Paul ’ s leadership Select Harvests ’ almond orchard portfolio has grown from 3,536ha to 9,262ha , including over 3,500ha of greenfield developments . Value adding capacity has been doubled . Today one third of the company ’ s electricity is generated from a 3.4MW biomass plant . The feedstock for the biomass plant is orchard waste , almond hull and shell .. The company continues to explore ways to create value from the co-waste from almond production , further closing the sustainability loop .

Joseph Ebbage

Almond Board of Australia , Consumer Insights Taking our Almonds to the World , Tuesday , Grand Stage , 11.30am Joseph is engaged by the ABA to manage the Almond Market Development Program . Based in Melbourne , Joseph has worked with the ABA since 2003 and is the principal of “ Consumer Insights ”, a market research and consultancy agency . Joseph works with industry marketers to promote almonds on the domestic market and build awareness of the Australian almond brand internationally .

Ekrem Omer

Select Harvests Global Market Challenges , Wednesday , Grand Stage , 1.30pm Ekrem is the International and Retail Sales Manager at Select Harvests , with over 10 years of experience in the exporting and importing industry specialising in food related products . He has a vast range of experiences within the industry which include Sales , Procurement and Export Management .
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