Our Company

Director 

Roger Smith is currently a consultant and Principal with Kholassey Pty Ltd, a firm that has consulted to government agencies, including for AusBIOSEC and NCRIS. Roger has also led reviews into the Citrus Canker outbreak response for DAFF and QDPI&F, and the management of the equine influenza response on behalf of the National Management Group.

Roger has held senior government positions for Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries and has overseen the eradication program for Grapevine Leaf Rust from the Territory. He was also involved in development of the EPPRD and the EADRA and is a former Director of Animal Health Australia. Roger has Chaired Primary Industries Health Committee and the Industry–Government Working Group on Honeybee Biosecurity in the Northern Territory, and been the NT representative on PISC. He was a Director on the Board of the Desert Knowledge CRC.

Roger has a Bachelor of Science (Forestry Honours), a Graduate Diploma in Public Sector Management and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.