Our People

Martin Kneebone has deep experience in the management,  supply and analysis of fresh food categories across fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood. He has worked at senior management level in supermarket retail, and developed the first large-scale direct buying links between growers and retailers.

Martin has been engaged in projects with specialist retailers, suppliers and producers in the various segments.  He has also conducted many consumer and trade channel studies and brings a detailed working knowledge of the “sharp end” of the supply chain.

Steve Spencer has significant experience in the strategic analysis of industries in a number of agrifood sectors and their category supply chains. Steve is recognised within Australia and internationally as one of Australia's leading dairy consultants and analysts, with experience in global industry development, industry dynamics and outlooks, and the commercial feasibility of investment projects.

Steve has worked across other sectors of the Australian food industry in horticulture, livestock, and poultry industries; as well as in the analysis of industry capacity and structure aspects of innovation, trade and competition

 

Jodie Coulter is a senior analyst with the team.  She has gained over 11 years’ experience in Australia and New Zealand as an industry and market analyst, with strong experience in the development of industry strategy and in economic research and analysis.  Jodie has tertiary qualifications in economics, management, environment and sustainability.

 

Matt Evans is an agribusiness analyst with the team with experience in meat and horticulture categories, with exposure to a wide range of clients and a range of consulting and analysis assignments.  He is a graduate of Marcus Oldham Business Management College.

 

Sam Mishra is an experienced writer and analyst who is involved in the production of a number of Freshlogic’s information services and products, including the Dairy Globe and Veginsights newsletters and reports. Sam has tertiary qualifications in writing, editing, publishing, and sociology.

 

John Kyriakopoulos is an experienced software designer and programmer who assists in the development of modeling and data management applications used by the business.  John has strong experience in innovative applications of MS Access and Visual Basic programming to create efficient data management applications.

Romano Delbeato has significant experience in consumer and market tracking studies across a number of retail sectors and channels, as well as business-to-business applications.  Romano manages Freshlogic’s Mealpulse consumer panel as well as providing insights on the analysis of consumer trends tracked with the survey tool.