Our Team
United for ocean restoration
Our advisers have deep expertise in marine biology and ecology, seaweed aquaculture and operational experience in designing and running seaweed farms internationally.
The Canopy Blue Board & Advisors
Our board, management team and advisors have deep commercial expertise in offshore oil and gas, marine biology and ecology, seaweed aquaculture, the carbon markets and operational experience in designing and running seaweed projects internationally.
Jefferson Harcourt
Chairman
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Executive Chairman Grey Innovation Group, leading technology commercialisation company established in 1998.
Chris Gunner
Non Executive Director
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Former President & Country Chairman, Shell Japan and Shell Korea, former COO and Director Shell Energy Australia.
James McGlew
Non-executive Director
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Specialist in capital raisings/advice for small capitalisation companies in biotech, agribusiness, aquaculture and natural resource sectors.
Mandie Lammens
Non-executive Director
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Experienced company secretary and senior operations executive in biotech, security and eco tech sectors.
Jim Sharp
Scientific Advisory Board
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Former Director General, Department of Parks and Wildlife Western Australia.
The Canopy Blue Management Team
Jon-paul Cox
CEO
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Specialist in carbon markets, carbon offsetting and the decarbonisation of the global economy.
Josh Crowe
COO
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Over a decade of experience in senior sales, marketing, and general management leadership roles. Successful tech startup and business turnaround experience.
Alison Duguid
Head of Engineering & Project Delivery
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Former process and risk engineer at GHD, and the technical lead on BHP’s Innovation Sustainability team. Commencing a Ph.D. sponsored by Canopy Blue, at The University of Western Australia, in engineering seaweed products to improve soil fertility and carbon inventory of arid lands.
Shireen McCarthy
Head of Blue Carbon & Biodiversity Projects
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Over a decade of experience in agribusiness and commodity trading. Spearheaded the development and registration of a pioneering Verra VCS afforestation project.
Hirohide Gohda
Head of Business, Japan
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Former Deputy Managing Director at Mitsubishi in Australia, where he was also a board member of the LNG Marine Fuel Institute.
Project Partner | University of Western Australia
Professor Thomas Wernberg
Professor of Marine Botany The University of Western Australia
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Professor Thomas Wernberg
Professor of Marine Botany The University of Western Australia
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A world leading seaweed ecologist and has studied the structure, function and change in kelp forests off WA for the last 20 years. His foundational work on kelp forests along the Great Southern Reef has greatly improved our understanding of the role of seaweed habitats in healthy and biodiverse coastal oceans, as well as the drivers and extent of recent losses due to climate change and other human pressures. Wernberg currently leads the international networks ‘Global Ecosystem Services Assessment from Kelp’ and ‘Green Gravel Action Group’.
Dr. Karen Filbee-Dexter
Dr. Marine Ecology The University of Western Australia
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An expert in kelp blue carbon and the flow of co-benefits and ecosystem services. She has led the most recent estimates of kelp carbon sequestration potential in Australia and is developing models of kelp carbon export to deep ocean sinks. Karen is an ARC Future Fellow.
Dr. George Wood
Dr. Seaweed ecology restoration & genomics University of Western Australia
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Dr. George Wood
Dr. Seaweed ecology restoration & genomics University of Western Australia
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A seaweed restoration ecologist who brings strong expertise to the team on restoration genetics and provenance, stakeholder engagement, and seaweed restoration tools. For the last 4 years she was one of the primary managers for ‘Operation Crayweed’, where her role involved active seaweed forest restoration in Sydney Harbour, including design, monitoring and stakeholder engagement.