Building Australia's leading seaweed products company.
The team behind Canopy Blue spans capital markets, agribusiness, marine science and Indigenous partnerships – each member bringing deep expertise to Australia’s emerging seaweed products industry.
Management Team
Joshua Masel
CEO
Canopy Blue
With a decade of global seaweed experience – including seven years at a Dutch seaweed seed company – Joshua specialises in the intersection of science and business. Having supported operations worldwide, he has returned to Australia to lead Canopy Blue through its next stage of development.
Shireen McCarthy
Organisation Lead
Canopy Blue
Over a decade of experience in agribusiness and commodity trading. Spearheaded the development and registration of a pioneering Verra VCS afforestation project.
Board & Advisors
Adam Sierakowski
Chairman
Canopy Blue
Adam is a lawyer and founding director of the legal firm Price Sierakowski. He has over 20 years experience in legal practice, much of which he has spent as a corporate lawyer consulting and advising on a range of transactions to a variety of large private and listed public entities. He has advised and guided many companies undertaking IPO, RTO, fundraising and M&A activities in Australia and overseas. Adam has expertise in a variety of sectors including resources, technology, energy, biotech, agri/aquaculture, industrial, telecommunications and financial services.
James McGlew
Executive Director
Canopy Blue
James has over 20 years experience as a stockbroker, and is a is a specialist in capital raisings/advice for small capitalisation companies in biotech, agribusiness, aquaculture and natural resource sectors.
He is a Director of large private agribusinesses Cadogan Estates Australia and the Dardanup Butchering Company.
Nicki Farley
Company Secretary
Canopy Blue
Nicki has over 15 years of experience working within the legal and corporate advisory area providing advice in relation to capital raisings, corporate and securities laws, mergers and acquisitions and corporate compliance. Nicki has held a number of Company Secretarial roles for ASX listed companies. Nicki holds a Bachelor of Laws and Arts from the University of Western Australia.
Greg Dunstan
Non-Executive Director
Canopy Blue
As former Managing Director of ANZ Investment Bank, Greg brings over 25 years of distinguished M&A experience. His track record spans more than 100 successful transactions across acquisitions, divestments, IPOs, takeover defenses, and capital restructures for both domestic and multinational corporations. In 2017, Greg established Latitude Advisory, which together with Latitude Capital, specializes in private equity investments with a strategic focus on healthcare, particularly in radiology and allied health sectors.
Project Partner | University of Western Australia
Professor Thomas Wernberg
Professor of Marine Botany
The University of Western Australia
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
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
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.