Meet The Team
Meet The Team
Danny Fakhre
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
He has over 40 years’ proven expertise in strategic planning and the development and implementation of out-of-the-box solutions in diverse and multiple jurisdictions. Today, Mr Fakhre and his group of companies take particular interest in projects that aim to address the challenges facing our planet, especially with regard to the protection of the environment.
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Steve Meerwald
Director and Chief Operating Officer
His experience in agricultural supply chains, export market development, corporate and government relations provide a solid background to further develop Fasera Group businesses.
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Mike Walter
Non Executive Director
He has developed a keen interest in agri-forestry enterprises. Mike has a wide network of contacts and relationships in agribusiness industries across Australia and internationally.
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Tim Munro
Chief Financial Officer
A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant Australia & New Zealand-2013, Tim spent four years prior to joining Fasera working in agricultural businesses with interests in livestock, biological assets and international trading.
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Richard Leitch
Operations Manager
After travelling extensively and gaining a global agricultural perspective, Richard returned to New Zealand to work on various properties. He spent several years as a shipboard stockman on global livestock carriers before managing a large cropping and livestock property in Western Australia.
Richard subsequently honed his skills in managing complex operations over a 10 year period, building and operating a large-scale feedlot enterprise in Egypt. Since 2015, Richard has managed Fasera’s tree harvesting, essential oil production and pyrolysis operations, including the development of innovations, new methodologies and techniques.
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Garry Robinson
International Livestock Consultant
His diverse career brings a unique range and depth of experience in sectors including commercial fishing, poultry meat, beef, sheep, wool and egg production, broadacre cropping, livestock transport -and even crocodile farming. With his rich and diverse background in agri-businesses, Garry brings extensive, relevant and invaluable industry experience and know-how to the Fasera team.
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Dan Wildy
Forester
Dan subsequently completed his PhD on the growth and physiology of Eucalyptus kochii in the Kalannie region of Western Australia and at the University of Western Australia and he has since been involved in planting the species throughout its natural range. Dan is responsible for reforestation and carbon sequestration activities for Fasera.
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Serena Fakhre
International Communications
As an Executive Producer, Serena enjoyed playing critical roles in the development of significant feature films where she managed large creative teams on site, and from remote locations. Despite having built both a solid reputation and portfolio in this field, Serena now invests her time and expertise in agriculture, following her lifetime of exposure from a young age to her family’s global agri-business enterprises.
Serena is principally responsible for working with the company’s global CEO’s and project leaders to develop Fasera Group strategic direction for brand and marketing initiatives.
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Jodi Wildy
Consultant Botanist
This interest further blossomed while studying botany at UWA where Jodi undertook Honours research looking at how water dependent Melaleuca trees accessed water in the Pilbara. Jodi currently assists Fasera with the registration, inventory and reporting of ERF carbon sequestration projects.
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James MacPhail
Technical Expert – Pyrolysis
James's commitment to environmental sustainability is evident in his efforts to promote innovative solutions that address the global climate crisis. His work in CO2 removal through pyrolysis not only demonstrates his technical ability but also underscores his passion for creating a greener future.
Environmental, Social and Governance
At Fasera, we carefully consider environmental, social and governance priorities and ensure that they are at the forefront of our strategy and business investment decisions.
Through our circular and regenerative carbon capture and harvesting system, we strive to achieve environmental sustainability for our operations and to build strong ecosystems and resilient lands for the future. By planting locally endemic trees on lands that have become degraded through other uses, we create opportunities for land and ecosystem regeneration, habitat recreation for wildlife to flourish, and the stabilisation and replenishment of soils to enhance food production. Through this process we have found a sustainable and effective way to capture and store carbon for generations, whilst also rebuilding and enhancing our soils and the natural ecosystem.
What we do
We carefully select the location, planting, ongoing harvest cycles, biomass regeneration and processing for our mallee oil plantations to generate increasing yields of sustainable and high quality environmentally beneficial products for diverse applications in agribusiness, industrial and personal settings.
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