Case Studies

Terragen

Galvin-Rowley Executive partnered with Terragen to help develop the structure and build a high-performing team.

Terragen is changing the face of global agriculture through innovative biological solutions.

The company has been operating for approximately ten years, developing critical regenerative farming products to reduce farmers’ reliance on chemical-based fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics. Terragen has invested heavily to create a small range of excellent ‘organic’ products and is poised to scale its operations to drive strong growth across Australia, New Zealand and the US.

Operating in the agribusiness sector, Terragen has successfully developed and commercialised a range of biological products that use live microbes to address soil health and help boost farm production animals’ growth, quality and resilience.

Terragen

Terragen is changing the face of global agriculture through innovative biological solutions.

They currently have two products on the market in Australia and New Zealand: the soil conditioner’ Great Land’ and microbial feed supplement ‘Mylo®’. Terragen is also developing veterinary medicines: Lactolin, a teat conditioner to maintain and improve the udders of lactating production animals; and Halo, an anti-inflammatory product to assist dairy cattle with mastitis and companion animals such as dogs with mobility impairments.

Terragen’s Growth Strategy

Terragen reached out to Galvin-Rowley Executive to help find a suitable team to implement their growth strategy, which focuses on increasing the scale and distribution networks for Great Land and Mylo® in Australia and New Zealand. There was also the opportunity to roll out Terragen products in crucial dairy markets in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Finally, they also wanted to assess market potential in selected countries of the European Union.

Terragen has identified the dairy sector as a key platform for growth due to the large addressable market.

Company Structure

Terragen company structured:

Board
Travis Dillon, Non-Executive Chairman
Science, R&D, Production and QA; located in Coolum.
Corporate roles; located in Melbourne
Salespeople; located in specific regions

Galvin-Rowley Executive’s Role

Galvin-Rowley Executive has partnered with Jim Cooper, the Managing Director & CEO, since 2020 to help develop the structure and build a high-performing team. The roles that Galvin-Rowley Executive have placed so far include:

Chief Financial Officer
General Manager, Sales & Marketing
Finance Manager
Area Sales Manager, Western District, Victoria
Area Sales Manager, Eastern Gippsland, Victoria
Area Sales Manager, Tasmania
Veterinary Specialist

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