Frey Livingston – Chief Researcher
Frey completed secondary education with the dual awards of Dux Litterarum and the NZQA Scholarship Award for passing five scholarship subjects. During his Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, he achieved an “A” average, was placed on the Dean’s List for both years he was eligible and received the only two academic prizes available for first year students in his field – the Kirk Prize for Biology and the NZ Institute of Chemistry First Year Prize. Hailing from a farm in Ōmata, Taranaki, Frey has always been passionate about agricultural science and animal welfare. This spurred Frey into developing this idea into novel technology in an ambitious Master of Science (Victoria) program, completed in the first half of 2021.
Pam Livingston – Managing Director
Pam has considerable project and business management experience. She worked in the Taranaki oil and gas industry – initially designing pressure equipment before moving on to managing projects. She delivered an intensive year long design project for the Middle East before moving into a Business Performance Manager role. Wishing to contribute to a community organization, she spent two years as Business Manager for a local high school. Currently, along with her role with Tokaora Diagnostics, Pam spends her time working for Riding for the Disabled and coaching bridge professionally. Pam’s academic qualifications include Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Post Graduate Diploma in Management. (Massey)
Callum Livingston – Commercial Advisor
Callum holds a Master of Science degree (Victoria) and gained valuable experience in biosecurity, predominantly working on the Mycoplasma bovis response as an Area Operations Manager and later as a National Controller. Recently, his focus shifted to commercial business, starting at MSD Animal Health and then moving to his current role at AgResearch, where he is both an Account Manager and Commercial Manager for GenomNZ.
He has a proven track record of analyzing business needs and balancing these with stakeholder and market factors. Callum led the transition of GenomNZ into a business unit of AgResearch, which is now entering its second year and showing growth potential. He collaborates with the sheep, beef, and deer sectors to deliver complex work programs and continues to secure co-funding in a politically and economically challenging climate.
Andrew Livingston – Advisor
Andrew was born and raised in New Plymouth and has an impressive academic background that includes PhD from Cambridge University, Head of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College in London and was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 1996 he founded Membrane Extraction Technology (MET) to develop a new technology for molecular separations in organic liquids. MET was acquired in 2010 by Evonik Industries in Germany. In 2018 he founded a new start-up company Exactmer dedicated to the production of exact polymer molecules.
Andrew has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, which admits individuals who have made a “substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering, science and medical science”.
