Garry is a highly experienced plant breeder who has worked both in Australia and internationally throughout his career. With a long list of R&D projects to his name, Garry has lead numerous successful plant breeding programs, such as the National Lentil Breeding and Lentil Breeding Infrastructure programs, jointly funded by GRDC and Agriculture Victoria.

In his role as Research Director of Plant Production Sciences, Garry had oversight of more than 40 staff across the Crop Agronomy, Grains Chemistry and Horticulture programs. In addition, he led a team of 20 as part of his role in the National Lentil and Field Pea Breeding Program.

Garry has held senior research positions at CSIRO in Canberra, for CIMMYT in Mexico (and China), and is the President of the Pulse Grains Society of Australia.