Who is RegenCo?

Paul Barber is an experienced and successful senior executive possessing high level experience in all facets of the agricultural industry within Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Some of the key executive roles he has held include Chief Operating Officer, Elders Limited, Executive General Manager, Incitec Pivot Limited and General Manager, Strategy and Business Development, AWB Landmark.

Paul’s most recent executive role was that of Chief Executive Officer of Australian Agribusiness (Holdings) Pty Ltd and was responsible for overseeing the Hong listed CK Lifesciences wholly owned Australian businesses, Accensi Pty Ltd and Amgrow Pty Ltd which serve the agriculture, golf and turf, pest management and home garden markets in Australia and New Zealand.

Greg is an agribusiness & finance executive with experience  spanning over two decades in Australia and the US. Early in his  career, Greg held trading and risk management roles with ASX  listed corporations in the cotton, grains and sugar industries.  In 2007, he joined National Australia Bank’s financial markets  team where he led the Agribusiness and QLD business units and established a successful business for a NAB subsidiary in the US.

In 2019 Greg joined specialist livestock financier, StockCo as  General Manager, responsible for product development,  distribution and leadership of the Australian business unit.  Greg has consulted to the Carbon Market Institute on the  development of the carbon farming sector and holds a  Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance  and Investment and is a Fellow of the Financial Services  Institute of Australia.

Tim has almost 20 years experience across natural resource  management, conservation land management, carbon  markers (buy side and supply side) and agribusiness  innovation.

Tim has established a number of successful businesses across  the carbon industry, including carbon accounting and  reporting, a JV to undertake the largest revegetation project  in Australia, the establishment of methods and projects within  the voluntary and regulatory markets.

With his breadth of experience and expertise which spans the  carbon industry, Tim is a trusted advisor within the land  management, land regeneration, and carbon space, and has  provided extensive advisory services to WA, SA, and NT  governments, large corporates, and land management groups  across Australia

Madeleine is an experienced executive with over two decades leading agribusiness sales and payments teams at NAB. Madeleine has a deep understanding of Australian agribusiness, having worked as an agribusiness banker before going on to lead NAB’s agribusiness division in South Australia.

Madeleine holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and post graduate qualifications in Agricultural Economics and Management.

A proud Barkindji & Wemba Wemba woman, Madeleine is passionate about changing the narrative on Indigenous leadership in corporate Australia.

Hubert has over 7 years of Strategy, Operations, and Digital Big 4 consulting experience, working with with Financial Institutions, State Government, Universities, Energy providers and Telcos.

Prior to joining RegenCo, Hubert was a career management consultant, working with organisations to develop and execute on their organisational strategy, improve their operations and service delivery, and devise approaches to engage and serve their customers in the digital age.

Since joining RegenCo at its inception in 2019, Hubert has been working with the management team to expand capability, capacity of the team, and to support the delivery against the strategy.

Hubert has also played a significant role in the consulting engagements with government and private sector organisations, developing internal systems, and supporting the capital raising process.

Hubert holds an MBA from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. 

Simone is a seasoned financial services professional with a strong background in research, funds management, and financial communications. She has 15 years experience working with Australia’s largest Fund Managers, including AXA, Challenger, and Perpetual in roles spanning research analysis and financial communications. Her most recent role was with a global forestry and agricultural investment manager, New Forests, who has $10 billion in assets under management.

At Regenco, Simone leads the development and engagement with investors and carbon credit offtakers.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Economics, from the University of New South Wales, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance.

Tim has a strong agricultural foundation and extensive expertise, with five years of pastoral experience and 11 years in senior leadership roles in Agribusiness Banking, at Commonwealth bank of Australia, ANZ, and Bank of Queensland.

As Chief Operating Officer at StockCo for the past six years, Tim successfully built a livestock lending business, leading to a notable acquisition event valued at $154 million.

As Chief Commercial Officer at RegenCo, Tim leads the execution of collaborative projects, bridging scientific knowledge and landholders’ perspectives. He approaches carbon projects with empathy, prioritizing landholders’ confidence and trust in RegenCo’s role as project manager, while allowing them to focus on their expertise as farmers.

Tim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science in Pasture and Rangelands from the University of Queensland.