RECENT PROJECTS: Dr Howard Dengate
The confidential nature of my
work does not permit any details to be provided for some projects, and only
very general details to be provided for most work.
Within these restrictions,
the following may be noted:
Analysis of a northern aquaculture opportunity for a private equity investor
(September 2003)
Report
on current status of a food and agribusiness investment fund (October 2003).
Analysis of key issues and questions for a $15m investment in prawn aquaculture
expansion on the east coast of
Chair
of Agribusiness Session for the OECD Regional Workshop on Trade Capacity
Building and Private Sector Development in Asia, Phnom Penh Cambodia (2-3 December
2003).
Panel
Consultant to assess trade and investment opportunities in the agri-food sector
and to assist with their development for Western Australian Government, 2004
and 2005 (with Australian Agribusiness Group).
Analysis
of a business plan for an aquaculture development in northern
Analysis
of key issues and questions arising from a business plan for a further large
aquaculture development in northern
Written input for OECD Informal Experts' Meeting
on Trade Capacity Building - Results Monitoring/Assessment Framework, 16 June
2004, Paris (May 2004).
Strategic ideas for new directions
for an Australian listed agribusiness company (July 2004).
Assistance for a small agribusiness
company to find $500,000 venture capital for completion of field trials (August
2004).
Assistance
with preparation of a PDS to raise $A40m for agribusiness investment (December
2004, April 2005)
Research on transition from subsistence to
supermarket in
Appointment as Chairman of Stocklease Pty Ltd, which offers a
livestock financing product with capital efficiency, cashflow effectiveness and
an industry understanding that traditional livestock mortgages, trade finance
and overdraft facilities can not offer (2006)
More research on transition from subsistence
to supermarket in the
Appointment as Non-Executive Director of AAG
Investment Management Ltd (http://www.aagim.com.au/about-company-profile.php),
which provides a specialist investment service for international and Australian
investors wishing to invest in Australian agricultural opportunities, both
sourcing and managing a diverse range of agricultural investments to meet the
specific requirements of our investors (2007)
Resignation as Chair of Stocklease Pty Ltd
when the business was successfully sold to Landmark (http://www.landmark.com.au/news-and-media/AWBtopursueLivestockLeasingbusiness.htm)
who will expand the range of offerings (2008)
Resignation as Non-Executive Director of
Australian Agribusiness Group Investment Management (AAGIM www.aagim.com.au) so as to concentrate on
consumer advocacy interests (2009).
