What makes us unique

Our Team

At Beanstalk, we are a passionate, ag-focused team with vast expertise across deep-tech, innovation, start-ups, commercialisation, strategy, insights, consulting, government, multinational agribusiness, not-for-profit and NGOs. With offices across Australia and Southeast Asia, we combine regional presence with deep local relationships across the region’s agrifood ecosystems.

The Team

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Linley Houwen

Principal - Perth

Grant Gilmour

Director - Tasmania

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Justin Ahmed

Director - Melbourne

Jolien Paalman

Principal - Perth

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Andrea Coello

Project Leader - Singapore

Ming Fung Chua

Senior Associate - Perth

Isabelle Robertson

Senior Associate - Sydney

Natalia Sampedro

Associate - Melbourne

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Yiwen Lu

Associate - 
Singapore

Niharika Chauhan

Marketing Lead - Melbourne

Phoebe Norman

Partnerships Manager - Melbourne

Mariel Caballero

Operations Support - Cebu

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Marcus Agnew

Head of Venture Studio - Sydney

Justin McMurray

Lead Venture Architect - Sydney

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Ben Lever

Senior Venture Builder - Sydney

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Klara Kalocsay

Strategic Communications Lead - Melbourne

Cal Archibald

Director - Brisbane

Will Taing

Director - Sydney

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Lily Tao

Project Leader - Sydney

Katerina Kotenko

Project Leader - Singapore

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Anna Tao

Venture Builder - Melbourne

Tom van Gammeren

Venture Builder - Sydney

Network of Senior Advisors

Hemendra Mathur

Senior Advisor - India

Eng Keat Lee


Senior Advisor - Singapore

Angeline Achariya

Senior Advisor - Australia

Michael Macolino

Senior Advisor - Australia

Paul Levins

Senior Advisor - Australia

Rob Melville

Corporate Advisor - Australia

Hoang Ngan Pham

Senior Advisor - Vietnam

Barry McGookin

Senior Advisor - Australia

Abhinav Mehra


Senior Advisor - Singapore

Tri Dung Tran


Senior Advisor - Vietnam

Janelle Casey

Senior Advisor - Australia

Robi Agustiar

Senior Advisor - Indonesia

Stephen Lynch

Senior Advisor - Australia

Advisory Board

Paul Wood AO

Board Member

Dairy Australia

Joff Macleod

Managing Director

Terra Australia Advisory

Patrick Duffy

Chief Corporate Development Officer

Red 5 Limited

Beanstalk is headquartered in Melbourne and has physical presence in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart and Singapore.

Beanstalk has delivered significant programs across the Indo-Pacific region – with a focus on Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and India.

We believe in breaking down geographic silos, and unleashing innovation from wherever it sits.

Our core team is supported by a network of collaborators and formal strategic advisors in critical external markets and industries.

Work with us

We believe our food system needs reinvention to feed a growing global population on a healthy planet; and we’re excited to get our hands dirty making that happen.

We are always on the look out for driven professional people who are looking for an opportunity to work for a forward-thinking business that has an amazing culture built through their people. If this excites you, we would love for you to hear from you!

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