Dr Jeremy Burdon has an international reputation as a scientist (evolutionary biology), research manager and strategic planner.

In the early 2000s, he was involved in the sugar industry, guiding research relationships between CSIRO and BSES and as a Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology.

More recently, he served as a Director of Sugar Research Australia before stepping down in November 2022 and subsequently becoming the independent Chair of SRA’s Research Funding Panel.

Dr Burdon has broad interests across all plant-based agricultural industries developed through a previous role as Chief of the Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO (2003-2012).

He has also served on the Board of Trustees of Bioversity International (a member of the CGIAR: 2009-2015), on the Board of the Grains Research & Development Corporation (2011-2017), as the Chair of the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, and on the Board of the Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority.