our people

Freeman National Account Manager

Petuna/Sealord - 20 years and 4 months

Role and what I like most about it:

A great team of people from the farm, processing & sales Teams. There is always success, challenges and changes & no day/week/year seems to be the same which keeps the work environment exciting.

Seeing the company & industry grow over the years and how the technology evolves has been interesting as well. There is always great collaboration and continuous improvement.

Career history:

I completed my commercial cookery cert III (Chef) after leaving grade 10 at high school and worked travelling on island resorts throughout Queensland.

I then returned to Tasmania and started working with Petuna, taking local wholesale orders and doing deliveries in the Petuna van to restaurants across

Launceston and the Northwest Coast.

Since then, I have had multiple different roles in the company. QA Coordinator, Harvest/Demand Planner, Sales Coordinator, Business Development Manager, Supply Chain & now current role as National Account Manager. I feel extremely lucky to have had great mentors along the way.

Hobbies: Sport and adventures with family, and going to the family shack on Tassie’s east coast, fishing, recreational diving, old cars, side-by-side vehicles, boating, travel, food and wine experiences.

Favourite band: Linkin Park and anything country for easy listening.

Favourite movie: The Rock

Role and what I like most about it:

I am currently working as a Compliance Coordinator in the Southern Zone – Dover.

My favourite part of the job is the people I work with. There is a positive and resilient culture towards safety which creates happy people.

I also really enjoy the place I work. I get to see beautiful sunrises over the water every day. Not one day is the same and challenges keep coming which allows development and continued interest in this ever-evolving industry.

Career history:

I started my aquaculture journey in QLD, where I completed my degree in Marine Biology at JCU.

My first job in AQ was in a prawn farm in Ayr, Queensland as a Water Quality Technician.

Cooke – 5 years

I then moved on to working on a barramundi nursery and when I was done with the heat I moved to Tasmania to start a job with Tassal as a Fish Health Technician.

Over the past three years I have been working in WHS compliance.

I am currently doing a Nuffield Scholarship which has fast tracked my professional development immensely. I am researching how other countries address and improve their social and environmental issues.

Hobbies:

Hiking, camping and exploring the hidden gems of the world with friends.

Favourite band: Hollow Coves, City of the Sun.

Favourite movie: The Untouchables

Huon Aquaculture/JBS - 9 years

Role and what I like most about it:

While I love the variety and challenge of marine operations, the people that I get to work with in marine operations are probably what I love most of all.

Huon Aquaculture provides the opportunity to learn new skills and develop professionally.

I never thought I would end up working in Aquaculture but it’s been a great career choice. I am just about to leave on a two month research fellowship to look at seaweed farming in Northern Europe and the USA.

Career history:

I came to Huon Aquaculture as a diver and then worked on the ROV crew. Previously I was at Flinders University studying and teaching. I also worked as a diver at Marine Produce Australia’s Barramundi Farm.

I started with Huon as a diver and then applied to work in the new Marine Operations ROV team. I started work with a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV in a crate and a 10ft shipping container strapped to the deck. We had two boats, one from Diveworks with Kelsey Treloar and the other was Huon (me).

We spent the time inspecting nets and grids and developing reporting processes. From that we built it up to more crews, more ROVs and better boats. It was great to be involved in setting this part of the company up. It gave me the opportunity to work with some great people both at Huon and at other companies that supply equipment to us.

Hobbies:

Bushwalking with my family.

Favourite band: Too many to list – Alexisonfire (my daughter is named after them).

Favourite movie: Night at the Roxbury