Board & Management

Board

Bryant Mclarty

Chairman

Tom Puddy

Managing Director

Greg Harvey

Director

Sam Wright

Company Secretary

Bryant Mclarty

Chairman

Tom Puddy

Managing Director

Greg Harvey

Director

Sam Wright

Company Secretary

Management

Tim Whyte

Chief Financial Officer 

Tom Chaney

Chief Technology Officer

Georgie Sweeting

Communications and Marketing

Bryant Mclarty

Chairman

Bryant is an Australian Financial Services Licensee with more than 25 years real experience in Equities & Capital Markets, mainly in the innovation space.

He is the founder, Chairman and Director of many successful Private, ASX and LSE companies and is currently Chairman of Mac Equity Partners and Executive Director of Universal Biosecurity Ltd and digital trading platform, Liquidity.

His past directorships include London Stock Exchange listed aircraft leasing company Avation (AVAP), Hazer Group (HZR), EMvision (EMV), PharmAust (PAA) and synthetic chemistry business, Epichem.

He was IPO lead manager for Remsense, (REM) Wide Open Agriculture (WOA), Nanollose (NC6), Pharmaust (PAA), EMvision (EMV) and Hazer (HZR).

Tom Puddy

Managing Director 

Tom has 27 years of corporate Australian Agricultural and Food Industry experience with a strong track record in project delivery, growth strategies, international trade marketing and commerce. He is also currently the CEO of Universal Biosecurity Ltd, delivering a sustainable fumigation technology solution for invasive pests.  

His key career experience that will benefit SeaStock’s growth include;


- Developed and implemented a bulk wheat export marketing strategy for Co-Operative Bulk Handling (CBH) during the grain industries deregulation period.
- Created the investment strategy and project delivery for Blue Lake Milling - Australia’s largest oat milling and food processing business.
- The development of the Craig Mostyn Groups containerized grain & hay exporting business.

Greg Harvey

Director

Greg is an experienced and entrepreneurial agribusiness leader with over 25 years’ experience in the Asia Pacific region. He has a deep knowledge of the global strategies and trends that will determine the future of the agri-food industry.

Today Greg is a co-founder and MD of one of WA’s largest agricultural investment companies, PenAgri Group.  He is also a Non-Executive Director of Agora Livestock, Alterra Ltd, Carbon Conscious Ltd and D’Orsogna Limited. 

Previously, Greg held roles including CEO and MD of Interflour Group, and CEO of Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s agricultural investment vehicle Harvest Road Group.  He was an inaugural Director of the asparagopsis licensor Future Feed.

Greg is a graduate of the University of Western Australia, Monash University and the INSEAD Business School.  He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Sam Wright

Company Secretary

Sam Wright has twenty years experience in the administration of ASX listed companies, corporate governance and corporate finance. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and the Chartered Secretaries of Australia.

Mr Wright is currently a Director of ASX listed companies, PharmAust Limited, Reach Resources Limited and Structural Monitoring Systems plc.

Mr Wright is Company Secretary for ASX listed companies, Buxton Resources Limited and Wide Open Agriculture Limited and has also filled the role of Director and Company Secretary with a number of unlisted companies.

Mr Wright has extensive experience in relation to public company responsibilities, including ASX and ASIC compliance, control and implementation of corporate governance, statutory financial reporting, and shareholder relations with both retail and institutional investors.

Mr Wright is the Managing Director of Perth-based corporate advisory firm Straight Lines Consultancy, specialising in the provision of corporate services to public companies.

Tim Whyte

Chief Financial Officer

Tim Whyte is a finance professional with over 15 years of experience working within and advising ASX and FTSE listed companies. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and has expertise working across several industries including food, agriculture, manufacturing, mining and oil & gas.  

Tim is passionate about growing businesses and thrives on working in high growth environments. His recent experience includes CFO at Wide Open Agriculture Ltd where he was responsible for development and execution of the business’ strategy. Prior to this he held senior commercial finance positions at Inghams Group Ltd and Manager in EY’s Transaction Support and Audit teams. 

Tim has extensive experience in ASX reporting, business analysis, transaction due diligence, financial modelling and budgets/forecasts. 

Tom Chaney

Chief Technology Officer

Tom joins SeaStock from Woodside where he worked as technologist based in WA for the past five years, responsible for the commercialisation of various technologies and for conducting market research into remote sensing technologies.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering (Space) with Honours from the University of Sydney. His areas of focus and expertise include commercial and technical engineering project development, technical analysis, robotics and IOT, logistics and design

Georgie Sweeting

Communications and Marketing

Georgie has spent almost two decades working as a journalist across a diverse range of focus areas such as health, property, consumer, and business. 

She began her career at The West Australian before moving on to Fairfax Media and other specialist media outlets. For the past 15 years, she has worked as a communications consultant, both independently and for some of Western Australia’s leading PR and media organizations. She was previously General Manager of GT Communications.