Stewart McGlashan

Executive and Director in the Clean Technology and Energy Sectors

Summary
I have two clear goals:
1. To operate at a strategic and leadership level that best uses my broad skills, capabilities and experience, and
2. To advance and influence the uptake of innovative clean technologies, to support the wider investment and
commitment into new energy initiatives and promote the development of sustainable, resilient businesses for
our carbon constrained developing economies.

Specialties
Executive and Non-Executive Directorship in technology, agribusiness and energy sectors.
Innovation, general management, negotiation, risk indentification and opportunity development in clean energy
and technology.

Experience
Non-Executive Director at Australian Nanotechnology Alliance
July 2009 - Present (3 years 5 months)
ANA is an industry-led, research supported membership-based alliance comprising organisations that
underpin Australia's current and future economic growth in diverse industry sectors including mining,
manufacturing agriculture, construction, biotechnology, marine, aviation and microelectronics.
Principle at Thixo Pty Ltd
November 2008 - Present (4 years 1 month)
Thixo has been operating for two years as an entity that supplies services in business and strategy
development, investment procurement and facilitation services for expert panels and Boards. Thixos service
strengths are innovation and business risk within emissions trading, clean energy, environment sectors of
energy, manufacturing and agri-business industries.
Networks: access to an international network of business and technical experts. Facilitation of
collaborations on a national and global level (particularly NZ, USA, China and Singapore).
Executive and Non-Executive Directorship: risk, technology and strategy focus.
Business improvement and new business development: investment procurement, identifying market
failures, new industry opportunities and under-utilisation of current opportunities.
Improved market access: develop action plans to remove barriers to business and industry development.
Project management: experienced in complex and parallel projects management.
Leadership: advise and report to company boards, government entities and strategic oversight committees
on strategy, policy, risk and business resilience including corporate responsibility.
Commercialisation of new technologies. Identify pathways for commercialisation of R&D outcomes.
Marketing and communication strategy development and execution as well as media liaison.
Energy and emissions auditing, benchmarking and compliance reporting e.g. NGERS
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Managing Director at AnthroTerra Pty Ltd

December 2009 - March 2011 (1 year 4 months)
AnthroTerra is a world leader in the development and commercialisation of gasification, pyrolysis and
torrefaction equipment for the production of renewable energy, soil amendments and renewable fertilisers.
We are active in the Australian, New Zealand, US, Canadian and Costa Rican markets and are developing
projects in Israel, Malaysia and the EU.
AnthroTerras primary shareholders are a US-based CleanTech VC firm and an Australian individual. The
VC firm provided the financial backing to start the company.
I report to the Board and am responsible for company strategy, financing activities, business and technology
development in all markets and all regulatory approval for technology and products.
Project manager at The University of Queensland
January 2009 - December 2009 (1 year)
Queensland-China Alliance in Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Technologies.
The project aims to develop innovative materials that underpin emerging technologies for clean coal,
hydrogen production, energy storage and hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. The alliance builds upon the existing
expertise and strengths in Queensland in nanomaterials development, and those in the Chinese Academy of
Sciences in energy storage and fuel cell research.
Senior Consultant at Johns Environmental
January 2009 - December 2009 (1 year)
Consult to food and fibre sectors on technical and strategic issues realting to Australia's Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme (Carbon Trading Scheme) and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme
(NGERS).
Innovation Development Manager - Environment at Meat and Livestock Australia
July 2007 - October 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Manage the development of strategy and innovation capability in environment, bioenergy and water.
Facilitate the up-skilling of the Red Meat Industry via enterprise-level innovation capability building and
commercialisation and dissemination of research outputs. Identify research investment opportunities that
enable the acceleration of the development and adoption by industry of close-to-commercial processes and
technologies.
Manager Environment and Co-Products at Meat and Livestock Australia
August 2004 - June 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Manage the development and implementation of R&D strategy on behalf of the Red Meat Industry.
Manage the Environment and Co-Products R&D portfolio.
Attract world class researchers and investors and secure funding from sources external to MLA to meet
program objectives.
Develop a new MLA role in environment innovation development and capability building.
Report to the Managing Director and Board of MLA, MLA Donor Company and the Australian Meat

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Industry Council on strategic issues in water, (bio)energy and (bio)fuels.

Coordinate with MLA International Marketing and Economic Planning and Marketing Services to add value
to the Co-Products R&D portfolio and turn research outputs into industry outcomes.
Facilitate a supply chain approach to addressing industry wide energy and natural resource management
priority areas.

Skills & Expertise

Strategic Planning
Business Strategy
Negotiation

Education
Queensland University of Technology
Executive MBA, Leadership and Doing business in China, 2008 - 2010
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Diploma, AICD Company Directors Course, 2006 - 2006
The University of Queensland
PhD, Chemical Engineering, 1994 - 1998
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, 1990 - 1993
Activities and Societies: International exchange at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) USA, Spring
1993;
Resident of International House college 1990-1993

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Stewart McGlashan
Executive and Director in the Clean Technology and Energy Sectors

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