Dr Steve Jefferies
Member
BOD
GRDC
Australia
Biography
Steve has more than 30 years of experience working in the Australian grains industry, mostly in research management, prior to joining the GRDC as Managing Director in 2016. Steve was CEO of Australian Grain Technologies, Australia’s largest and market-leading wheat-breeding company, from its inception in 2002 until June 2016. From 1996 to 2002, Steve was a wheat breeder, barley breeder and senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide. From 1984 to 1996, Steve held positions in research management and ministerial liaison in the South Australian Government. Steve has also been Chairman of the Australian End Point Royalty Steering Committee, a non-executive director of Birchip Cropping Group and Barley Australia, and a member of the Waite Institute Strategic Leadership Group and the Wheat Quality Classification Council of Wheat Quality Australia. In June 2016, Steve was appointed Member of the Order of Australia for his significant services to primary industry.
Research Interest
Finance, Business management, molecular Biology
