Dan Brier Email & Phone Number

Ōhaupō, Waikato, Nz

1 of 2 Directors of a start-up attempting to put a vaccine to lower methane emissions from ruminants in the hands farmers. www.lucidomebio.com

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Leading and overseeing Farming Excellence by identifying opportunities and threats to farming, leading research and development to solve problems and turning solutions into actionable tools for farmers. This includes looking for solutions to intractable animal health problems and new issues like greenhouse gas mitigation.Director - Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium - a pan-industry body directing and funding research into GHG mitigation technology for farmersDirector - Vaccine Venture Company - a new venture commercialising IP created by the PGGRC to bring a methane vaccine to market - Now Lucidome BioChair - Wormwise Trust - a pan industry collaboration to help drive farmer education and managment of parasite resistance to anthelmintics on livestock farms.Informing New Zealand Beef - Governance Group of $16m B+LNZ/MPI cofunded research, software development and extension programme for beef geneticsEliminating Facial Eczema Impacts - Governance Group of $20m B+LNZ/MPI funded research programme focused on the disease facial ezcema in livestock in New Zealand.

Otago & Southland, New Zealand

Delivering the world class genetic infrastructure to NZs farmers. This includes sheep, beef and dairy beef progeny tests and evaluations and tools to ensure farmers can find the best genetics for their environment easily and effectively. B+LNZ Genetics is bringing the only available greenhouse gas mitigation technology to farmers in NZ through our Low Methane Sheep Genetics programme.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Board of Trustees at the local primary school.

Wellington Based

This role covered the day to day management of a number of breeding and finishing sheep and beef farms on the East Coast (Gisborne, Hawkes Bay) and southern North Island (Wairarapa and Manawatu). I have with direct involvement on some farms and through Regional Business Managers on others. All told there are 150,000 breeding ewes and 8000 cows plus their progeny on the properties - all outdoors of course. My role is to set the farms up so that they are able to implement our strategy of transforming New Zealand's agriculture with a focus on animals, people and the environment.

Wellington Based

Responsible for Livestock (sheep and beef) properties in the Northland and Coromandel regions. Approximately 60,000 breeding sheep, 7,000 breeding cows with 45 staff. Strategic direction and business plans for business units and group. Identifying and investigating new opportunities for growth both on and off farm. Liaising with external stakeholders including iwi, external experts and animal health advisors.

Ngaroma, Waikato, Nz

Lease and farm 550ha effective, 6000 su sheep and beef farm in South Waikato. Producing 320kgCW/ha with breeding herd, flock and bull and lamb finishing.Winner of regional Ballance Environment Farm of the Year awards 2011.

Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Large animal veterinary practice servicing the greater Gisborne region with a particular focus on herd and flock management

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) With Distinction, Business Administration And Management, General

Executive MBA studied extramurally

Stanford Executive Education Programme - Vanguard Wool, Business

Bachelor Of Veterinary Science, Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General