About Us
Our Goal
AgriChain’s vision is to be the largest industry-wide platform for managing the agricultural supply chain; connecting sellers and buyers, providing full paddock-to-plate traceability and allowing bulk logistics companies to manage and grow their operations.
AgriChain was developed with the aid of growers, brokers, logistics providers and buyers from across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and beyond. Our purpose is to provide a simple and intuitive software platform to manage all aspects of the agricultural supply chain, enhanced by the power of blockchain.
Meet the AgriChain Team
Caile Ditterich
Chief Executive Officer
Born on the family farm near Swan Hill (Victoria), Caile has 15 years' experience in the grains industry. Planting his first crop at the age of 12, he has worked in key positions with a variety of agricultural companies, including GrainCorp (Australia's largest grain handler). With an MBA from Bond University, Caile has been the driving force behind AgriChain since its inception.
Prior to AgriChain, Caile has run multiple businesses and worked as a strategy consultant to start-ups and IT companies.
Ian Dalgliesh
Business Development Manager
Drawing on 35+ years' experience in the agricultural industry, Ian confidently builds relationships with farmers and the broader agricultural sector. Ian has championed and developed numerous successful agricultural IT.
projects and has held several key positions in grain supply chain management including Origination Manager for Cargill Australia, Accumulation Manager for Noble Grains and General Manager for Australian Grain Accumulation.
Dorothy Teng
Business Coordinator
Since identifying food security as her main interest, Dorothy’s agribusiness pathway led to a BSc (Agricultural Science) and a Master of International Business, both from the University of Melbourne, and Cargill internships in trade, sales and finance.
Dorothy now works to amalgamate her scientific and business knowledge of the agricultural industry, whilst ensuring that AgriChain is able to meet its goals.
Laurence James
User Experience Designer
Laurence has over 8 years’ experience in the design industry with a broad set of skills from print and video, through to digital user experiences, web and mobile interfaces. He has a creative and curious mind with a passion for problem-solving and designing intuitive user experiences.
Laurence works closely with organisations and end-users to deliver high-quality, user-friendly product designs.
Professor Baden U'Ren
Chief Finance Officer
As an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Bond University, Baden is a thought leader in the Australian entrepreneurship community. Baden is also the Director of the Bond Business Commercialisation Centre.
Prior to this, he was the Head of Structured Finance for Atlantic 3 Funds Management where he successfully conducted multiple capital raising activities for business acquisitions, managed pooled investment funds, and helped to launch QIC's Private Equity Program.
Meet the AgriChain Advisors
Simon Spencer
Artificial Intelligence Advisor
Analyst, strategist, CTO and now host across Asia for the #1 online radio show Breaking Banks, Simon has had a diverse career as a senior executive, CIO, CTO, Founder and Co-Founder across a range of sectors including banking, telecom, digital media and internet startups.
Simon draws together the best of agile, dynamic, innovative 'startup' approaches to help enterprises, large and small, deliver new capabilities and emerge as leaders in rapidly changing business landscapes.
Gerard Toscan
Agricultural Advisor
Gerard is a fifth-generation farmer from Coleambally in the Riverina (NSW). Utilising his 35+ years' experience in agriculture, Gerard revolutionised the popcorn industry by developing a market-leading supply chain operation and marketplace for his operation to export popcorn and grain directly to end users in Australia and Asia.
Gerard was also a key founder of a $28M (USD) greenfield cotton gin that transitioned from idea to production in under 12 months.
Brendan Stewart
Agricultural Advisor
Brendan is a highly-experienced agricultural expert and former Chairman of AWB, Australia's largest agricultural company and largest grain handler/ exporter.
Brendan is a multifaceted, results-driven business leader with comprehensive experience in senior management within the agricultural industry.
Don Telford
Supply Chains and Logistics Advisor
Don currently serves as Chairman of the Australian Logistics Council and served for many years as the Chief Operating Officer of Asciano Group. Don was also the Divisional General Manager of Pacific National Intermodal.
Prior to that, he served as Director of Logistics at Toll Holdings Ltd. Don's expertise in transport and supply chains is highly regarded throughout the industry, and he has held advisory management positions at both Monash University and RMIT University.
Christian Mischler
Market Entry and Growth Advisor
Christian is a highly-experienced serial entrepreneur and has spent many years building high-growth tech startups. He has founded and exited numerous companies, including HotelQuickly and Foodpanda.
Christian also spends much of his time helping traditional companies adapt to emerging technologies.
Jing Su
International Markets Advisor
Jing has been managing her family business for over 10 years and is CEO and Managing Director of her own Shanghai-based clothing empire. Jing has been involved in a broad portfolio of businesses throughout Asia and the United States and provides BlockGrain with major pathways of expansion into these markets.
Jing holds an MBA from Bond University, and is also a Board Member and early- stage investor of Lalabobo Clothing (which has received significant investment from Sequoia Capital China).
Alex Saunders
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Advisor
Alex Saunders has been living and breathing cryptocurrency since 2012. Alex has invested in dozens of quality projects and his portfolio has outperformed leading funds 100-fold. His ability to pick projects that will gain real world traction and explain these in easy to understand terms is second to none.
He now runs Australia's largest crypto YouTube channel, has over 100k followers across social media and is fast becoming the most trusted voice in the Australian crypto community.
Jamie Skella
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Advisor
Formerly Director of UX at Tatts Group and the Australian Football League. Jamie devised and directed development of MiVote's world-first blockchain voting MVP.
Martin Davidson
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Advisor
Martin is a passionate entrepreneur, educator and community leader in the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
He has successfully exited a Bitcoin business and helped raise $5.9M for a blockchain mining company. Martin is the Global Director and CEO of the world's first blockchain knowledge hub and coworking space, Blockchain Centre.
Suryanata Wongtomo
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Advisor
With over seven years' experience in cryptocurrency and blockchain, Surya is highly-regarded as a leading Australian blockchain specialist.
Surya has a deep understanding of cryptocurrency and was a key architect behind Australia's second-largest token offering to date. He was also a Co-Founder of the Brighton Peak digital currency trading platform.
Anouk Pinchetti
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Advisor
Anouk is a leading Education Consultant at the Blockchain Centre Melbourne and a Founder of Intraverse Blockchain Technologies.
Anouk specialises in developing token economies that deliver value to real-world blockchain applications that solve global issues.