Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre Staff

Managing Director

Dr Len Stephens was appointed as our friendly and down-to-earth Managing Director from the 1st July 2007.

Len holds impressive tertiary qualifications that cover both agricultural and veterinary sciences, including his Masters of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees from the University of Guelph in Canada.

Len is the man who makes all the big and tough decisions at the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre and he is responsbile for ensuring the company runs ethically, efficiently and effectively, whilst meeting its commercial and contractual obligations.

From the end of 2003 to the end of 2006, Len was the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Wool Innovation Limited, the wool industry research and development company that drives research, development and innovation - and most recently, marketing - to increase the long term profitability of Australian wool growers. During this time, Len drove the transformation of Australian Wool Innovation from a predominantly on-farm research and development company with an interest in textile technology to a robust, product development and product marketing program.

For the previous five years, Len was General Manager of Livestock Innovation with Meat and Livestock Australia. He was responsible for on-farm research and development where, in the word of his Chairman, "a high strike rate of commercial adoption has been his measure of success".

Len was also a senior executive with Agriculture Victoria and was founding Director of the Victorian Insitute of Animal Science. He was also an industry representative on the board of the Sheep Cooperative Research Centre.

Len also seriously undervalues sleep, and as such has recently accepted the position of director on the Australian Dairy Board.

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Communication Manager

Emily Downes was appointed as the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre's Communication Manager on the 10th September 2007.

Emily holds an Honours Degree in Science from the University of Adelaide where she majored in Environmental Biology and Zoology. Emily is well known in the seafood industry for her energetic and outgoing personality where she just loves shaking things up in the communication world. She has done many a strange thing over the years to get the seafood research and development messages out there!

Emily's motto is always: "Lets have fun while we communicate!"

Emily comes to the Seafood Cooperative Research Centre with a wealth of experience having been the Communication and Education Manager for four and a half years with the Cooperative Research Centre for the Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish. As in the words of their Chief Executive Officer, "Emily made an outstanding achievement to our Centre, and it would be no exaggeration to say that it has developed a character that would not have been achieved without her".

Emily is responsible for all the Seafood Cooperative Research Centre's public relation and media activities, event management, managing the website and all the other communication bits and pieces.

In the past, Emily was an Environment Officer running local environment awareness projects within Adelaide's community and she was also once an Industrial Pollution Prevention Officer working with local industry to stimulate more sustainable operations and ensure compliance with relevant environmental legislation.

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Office Manager

If it wasn't for our Office Manager Rebecca "Bec" Wilson, the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre would fall in to total disorganisation and disarray.

Rebecca joined the Seafood Cooperative Research Centre on the 13th August 2007 as our Office Manager. Rebecca is a bit of a smart cookie and holds a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice from Flinders University and a Bachelor of Art majoring in English and Philosophy from the University of Adelaide

Rebecca recently worked as a lawyer for Kelly and Co. which is a large South Australian corporate and commercial law firm and she previously worked as an Office Manager for the same company. Rebecca has also worked as a well respected Office and Business Manager for numerous other organisations in Adelaide.

Rebecca is responsible for the day to day running of the Centre and when you call us or drop by our office, chances are you will be greeted by our bubbly and happy Rebecca. Rebecca is always here to help with everyone's enquiries.

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