PAUL Fox has been appointed general manager of Grain Biotech Australia, the privately owned, WA-based, national wheat breeding company.
Dr Fox joined GBA in early 2003 after more than 20 years overseas, including 18 years in Mexico with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre.
He also spent two years in the US as international product development manager with Stoneville Pedigree Seed Company in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dr Fox has been heading up the GB wheat breeding team with support from field operations manager Stephen Brown.
GBA’s first three wheat varieties for WA, Shenton, Ruby and Sapphire, were released last August and are expected to be just the first of many.