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Melissa Rebbeck
Executive Board
Melissa Rebbeck
Director
Melissa Rebbeck is a nationally recognised leader in biochar, carbon removal, sustainable land management, and multi‑sector industry development. With more than 25 years’ experience across agriculture, climate resilience, carbon markets, and regional innovation, she is known for bridging science, industry, and policy to deliver practical, evidence‑based solutions and projects.
Melissa is the Chair of the Australia and New Zealand Biochar Industry Group (ANZBIG), where she leads governance, strategy, and national advocacy to accelerate the adoption of biochar and carbon‑drawdown technologies. She also serves as Business Development Lead at Metamorf Engineering, driving commercial partnerships, technical outreach, and sector integration delivering advanced pyrolysis and thermal‑energy systems projects, and biochar use applications.
Her career spans senior roles in applied research, agricultural systems, climate adaptation, and circular‑economy commercialization. She has worked extensively with farmers, NRM groups, government agencies, mining companies, engineering companies, forestry and timber processors, and regional development organisations. Melissa is widely regarded for her ability to synthesize complex technical information into clear, actionable strategies for industry, boards, project developers and policymakers.
Melissa has chaired and served on 13 boards, including elected leadership roles a term within the Murray-Darling Basin, an elected member for Alexandrina Council and multiple agricultural and environmental organizations'. Her governance expertise includes strategic planning, risk management, commercialization frameworks, and multi‑stakeholder program delivery.
A skilled communicator and sector connector, Melissa is deeply committed to empowering regional communities and industry partners through evidence‑based adoption pathways, extension programs, and commercial models that support soil health, carbon sequestration, industrial decarbonization and climate‑positive innovation.
She is based in South Australia and works nationally across agriculture, industry, mining, forestry, water, recycling, and environmental restoration sectors.
Lynnette Terrett
Lynnette Terrett
Board Director, ANZBIG | Managing Director & Co-Founder, RapidMap Global | Founder, 3PS Global
Lynnette (Lyn) Terrett is an Australian technology entrepreneur and industry leader with more than 34 years of experience applying geospatial technology, field data and innovation to solve complex challenges across infrastructure, asset management and environmental sustainability.
As Managing Director and Co-Founder of RapidMap Global, Lyn has built a career around a fundamental belief: better decisions start with data you can trust. Her work has helped organisations capture, validate and translate complex field information into practical insights that support responsible resource management and long-term planning.
Craig Bagnall
Craig Bagnall
Public Officer
Craig is Director of Environment and Regulatory with SEATA Group based in NSW who are developing an advanced technology for biochar and carbon-negative hydrogen, and is principal consultant with Catalyst Environmental Management based in Newcastle. He is a Certified Environmental Practitioner with advanced accreditation for Impact Assessment, and an experienced environmental engineer who has worked across multiple sectors of industry and government since the early 1990’s. Craig is an active member of the ANZBIG Advisory Board, assisting the team with industry submissions for the national Bioenergy and Technology Roadmaps, responses to new methods for the Emissions Reduction Fund, and in the development of the ANZBIG Code of Practice. Craig has two young children who regularly provide his drive to to act on climate change, and he loves to work with inspired people.
Prof. Stephen Joseph
Prof. Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgical Engineering and a doctorate in Architecture and Applied Anthropology. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy, a chartered engineer and has been a senior adviser to both commercial, government and non-government organizations, in renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture and forestry. Stephen has extensive experience worldwide in all forms of renewable energy including biodiesel, oil from algae, biomass combustion, pyrolysis and gasification plant, biochar, plastic wood composite, microhydro, wind and solar energy additives for high strength concretes. He has also been involved in multi-country market research into areas related to biochar, waste recycling and renewable energy. He has written over 100 books and articles and lectured and trained other engineers and scientists throughout the world. He was the founding vice chairman of the International Biochar Initiative and co-editor with Dr. Johannes Lehmann of Biochar for Environmental Management. He served on the committee of Australia New Zealand Committee and was a founding memebr from 2017-2020. He is currently a visiting Professor at UNSW, UNE, Univ. of Wollongong and Nanjing Agricultural Univ., China
Andrew Wells
Andrew Wells
Andrew has over 25 years of experience in technology commercialization and general management, with a strong background in sustainable agriculture. He has extensive agribusiness experience across national, Asia-Pacific, and international markets.
With a background in agricultural science, Andrew is passionate about the environment, recycling residues and biomass, water and energy generation, and their role in sustainable agriculture and urban environments. He spent a long career in the crop protection industry, working in Australia, the USA, and globally. His roles spanned new business and market development, leading research and development teams, and business management. Since then, he has helped a range of agriculture-related businesses develop and implement commercial, growth, and business strategies.
Andrew is particularly interested in commercializing pyrolysis technologies and sees tremendous potential in biochar, recognizing its role in productive agriculture, landscape management, and its critical contribution to carbon sequestration.
Matthew Griffin
Matthew Griffin
Matt is the Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Energy Tech (AET) based in Central Victoria. AET is a waste and energy solutions business that develops projects in regional and rural communities, converting waste into resources. Matt has extensive experience in the energy and resource industry, having worked in senior roles within ExxonMobil for over a decade, including within Europe. He has a proven track record of leading high-performing teams across the manufacturing, business development, global projects, logistics, biofuels, sales and marketing, and trading functions. With a strategic mindset and an innovative and collaborative approach, Matt has consistently delivered exceptional results. Matt is known for his ability to manage complexity, drive continuous improvement, and deliver projects while ensuring safe, reliable, and profitable operations. He is a life-long learner and holds degrees in Engineering (Chemical) and Science, as well as an MBA with distinction from Melbourne Business School. He is passionate about using his skills to improve the world and make it a better place for future generations to enjoy. Matt is looking forward to helping scale the biochar industry in Australia and delivering on its promise of being an important negative emissions technology.
Phil Stevens
Phil Stevens
Phil has been involved in the production, application, research, policy, and commercialisation of biochar for nearly a decade. As one of the founding members of the Biochar Network New Zealand, he has taken the lead on numerous initiatives to bring biochar into greater prominence in agriculture, forestry, waste minimisation, and climate mitigation and adaptation policy. His “day gig” is software development and systems, and in between IT consultancy posts he has also worked as a carbon and energy management analyst advising large institutional clients on emissions reduction and energy optimisation.
Phil puts biochar to work at Slow Farm, his family’s smallholding in the Manawatū. Regenerative methods to increase biodiversity, enhance soil life, and manage excess biomass all involve biochar as a key ingredient and serve the mission of community outreach and education.
Brian Scott
Brian Scott
Experienced legal practitioner in the energy and infrastructure sector with over 15 years in Asia Pacific including time based in Jakarta Indonesia and over 10 years as a partner in a major international firm. Currently engaged in roles in a number of independent, energy sector businesses seeking to play a leading role in the transition of how we make, store and consume energy across a range of sectors.
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