Livestock services - livestock production system development, animal health including designing and implementing national livestock disease surveillance, rapid response capability and national vaccination programmes, agricultural strategic planning, institution / capacity development, animal health and production research. Accredited DAWR veterinarian for livestock export protocol testing and shipboard services (100 voyages), particular skills in dairy & beef health and… Show more Livestock services - livestock production system development, animal health including designing and implementing national livestock disease surveillance, rapid response capability and national vaccination programmes, agricultural strategic planning, institution / capacity development, animal health and production research. Accredited DAWR veterinarian for livestock export protocol testing and shipboard services (100 voyages), particular skills in dairy & beef health and production.International livestock consultant - Ongoing short term assignments to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.. Kuwait...Arid Zone livestock & wildlife research projects (from 2002-2013). And for the UAE Department of Agriculture. HASSAD food Qatar (2012). Coffey International (2005-2010). And livestock export companies - providing post arrival livestock health & welfare support in PRC, Russia, Pakistan, Sudan & Kazakhstan; AGE, Landmark International, ILE Pty Ltd & AUSTREX Pty LtdFormer: Australia trade commissioner - two posting trade commissioner agriculture (Riyadh) and senior trade commissioner Sub Saharan Africa &indian Ocean ( based Nairobi). Lecturer veterinary medicine University of Queensland (Pastoral Veterinary Centre). Dairy consultant ADAB / ACIL for two years in China (1985-6). Consultant to UAE ministry of agriculture - on quarantine services programmes and Kuwait Institute of Scientific research on research planning, research facility design, dairy, wildlife and biodiversity projects. Show less

Bilateral project to re-develop and reform Kuwait government livestock (veterinary) services. Responsible for organising and implementing national disease surveillance and vaccination programmes. And disease rapid response systems. Seconded to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) to manage dairy development related & wild life research projects.

Responsible for Sub Sahara Africa (excluding RSA) & Indian ocean countries. Supported and developed trade opportunities in agriculture development projects & supporting institutional capacity in a number of countries. Also assisted Australian interests in UN peace keeping procurement.

Trade commissioner agriculture. Responsible for providing technical & regulatory support to the livestock export industry