Bob Mullins comes from a wheat-farming background in North Western NSW and has always worked across the technical – commercial interface of plant-based agribusiness. He began his career as a plant breeder with CSR Ltd in Queensland before moving to R&D leadership in the sugar industry, then to a plant biotech start-up, and finally to Syngenta Seeds. Based at times in Asia, North America, and Australia, he held country, regional and global commercial and marketing leadership roles in Syngenta.