Jayne Gallagher

Jayne is our CEO and resident market development strategist.

A keen observer of human behaviour and fascinated by stories of people overcoming odds and defying challenges, Jayne is naturally curious, a lifelong learner and a proud member of the “perennial generation”.

Jayne is always on the lookout for new (and old) ideas. She spends her spare time scouring bookshops, and the internet!

Jayne is also a keen traveller and, while waiting for time travel to become an affordable reality, currently splits her time between Brisbane, Tasmania, Singapore, Shanghai and London.

Passionate about connecting people to where their food comes from and who produces Honey and Fox helps fishers, farmers and small food businesses find and grow the most profitable markets for their products. Experienced in launching, growing and scaling food businesses in Australia and internationally with particular skills in identifying and commercialising new opportunities, developing market entry strategies, building innovation ecosystems, communicating and presenting complex ideas so that they can be understood, multicultural and multilingual negotiations and more recently, like many people, quickly learning to lead and work remotely across multiple time zones and with varying degrees of connectivity.

Experience

• Honey & Fox Pty Ltd -Founder & CEO
  • Jul 2015 – Present
  • Brisbane, Australia
• Australian Seafood CRC - General Manager Trade and Market Development
  • Jul 2014 – Jun 2015
• *Australian Seafood CRC - Manager Product and Market Development *
  • Jul 2008 – Jun 2014

Responsible for developing, facilitating and communicating the outcomes of a national seafood research program that focuses on product and market development opportunities for the company's shareholders.

• International Association of Seafood Professionals - President
  • Sep 2005 – Oct 2009

President of an international association with members from over 100 countries. IAFI is responsible for conducting the World Seafood Congress every two years and in my role as President I organised and hosted three of these: Sydney in 2005, Dublin in 2007 and Morocco 2009.

• *Seafood Services Australia - Business Development Manager *
  • 2001 – 2008
  • Brisbane, Australia

Developed a portfolio of products and services to assist the development of the Australian seafood industry. Key initiatives include SeaQual (a quality management initiative), Seafood EMS (an environmental management initiative), Supply Chain Innovation (an award winning set of "how to guides" for key seafood supply chain management issues), the Seafood Trade and Market Access Forum (enabling development of defensible trade negotiation positions)

• Strategic Advantages - Owner
  • Sep 1998 – Oct 2001
  • Canberra, Australia

Business and project planning and implementation advice and services for small and micro businesses

Education

• Executive education, Harvard Business School (2010)
• MBA, QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (2008-2009)
• BSc, The Australian National University (1979-1989)