Our Team

Warwick Powell

Chairman

Warwick began his career in academia, teaching Chinese history and European cultural history at Griffith University. He graduated with First Class Honours and is the recipient of the prestigious University Medal for Academic Excellence. Warwick was also awarded a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade scholarship to undertake postgraduate studies at People’s University, Beijing. He deferred his studies to begin work for Kevin Rudd in the Queensland Government.

He is the chairman and founder of Sister City Partners Limited, a not-for-profit investment bank focusing on developing links between regional Australia and the markets of Asia. Through this work, Warwick has experience in diverse industries including cattle and sheep production and processing, information and communication technology, infrastructure, energy, natural resources, travel and tourism and property development.

He is a director of a number of funds management companies responsible for funds established under an ASIC-approved Australian Financial Services License. He is a member of the Central Highlands Accelerate Agribusiness Advisory Board and was the founding Treasurer of Innovation NQ Inc., a not-for-profit innovation incubator in North Queensland.

He continues to teach professional courses in areas such as innovation, creativity, regional economic development and blockchain technology with James Cook University, QUT and Edith Cowan University.

Charles Morris

Director

Charles has over 30 years of experience in Financial Services, Sales and Accounting. Originally from the UK, he has spent the last 15 years Australia. He is a Director SCP Capital Pty Ltd. Charles has an in depth supply chain knowledge which was developed in the UK and expanded upon through activities in Australia, China, Africa and the Americas.

He has been involved in the supply chain technology infrastructure space for the last 5 years, travelling extensively through Australasia and forming partnerships globally in Africa and the Americas.

Charles’ experience straddles the finance and customer engagement side of STN’s activities, and is fully involved with the partner engagement side of the business, enabling new partners to onboard and utilise the STN infrastructure globally.

Patrick Wu

VP Asia

Mr Wu brings extensive experience at senior executive levels in market development and strategic business growth in the electronics, information technology and corporate finance arenas. He has held senior and pivotal roles for companies such as:

Advisory Partner, Guidon Investments Limited, Shenzhen
General Manager China, General Electric Lighting (based in Shanghai)
General Manager Asia Pacific, Greater China, India and ME Regions, Traxon / Osram of Siemens
VP Marketing, Diodes USA (based in Hong Kong)
In these and other roles, Mr Wu has built and overseen expansive sales and customer support teams, and successfully maintained high level strategic relationships with key stakeholders.

Ross Honeyman

Director

Ross Honeyman Director @ Smart Trade Networks; Senior Industry and Community Engagement Specialist Experienced in Financial Services Product Design Expert in FinTech & RegTech.

Claire Pink

Brand Strategist & Export Specialist

Claire has years of experience as a brand strategist and export specialist. Claire’s roles with The China Collective & AU Life has enabled her to learn first hand what is needed to make it in both the domestic and export market space.

Claire has assisted many businesses to establish a presence in the Asian marketplace.

Thomas Miller

CTO

Thomas is a solutions architect specialising in blockchain / Web3 and peer-to-peer technologies. He works in Solidity, Holochain and Cargo amongst other coding languages and ecosystems.

Thomas was the first in Australia to work with ConsenSys and built out the ConsenSys blockchain team in Australia. He has worked globally, and is passionate about the possibilities of peer-to-peer platforms to support more sustainable social, ecological and economic outcomes.

Thomas is the chief co-ordinator of the development team driving the R&D associated with BeefLedger’s Project Kratos implementation, in which multi-sig procedures anchor collective data proposal and validation processes.

Santiago Del Valle

Android & Web Developer

Santiago is a native Android and web developer with strong knowledge on AWS Linux-based systems, SQL and NoSQL databases, PHP and RESTFUL web services. He is also skilled in blockchain technologies with experience in Ethereum (Solidity) development, Web3, and Holochain.

Lucas Cullen

Solutions Architect

Lucas is a well-known and highly regarded member of the national and international blockchain communities. Lucas’ focus is on expanding our community-level consensus mechanisms. This is inspired by the foundational game theory work from the late Professor Thomas Schelling. He is also working on tokens architectures that enable multi-directional hierarchies to be developed, deployed and tracked.

Barry Earsman

Full Stack Developer

Barry comes to the project having spent recent years with global blockchain leader Consensys as a Solutions Architect. He is a full-stack developer with experience in diverse sectors. These include working in machine learning, blockchain, anti-malware, debt control, digital health, fraud detection and psychology.

Amanda Reid

Social Media Strategist

Amanda is a leader in the digital marketing space. She has been involved with multiple industries and businesses to advise on engagement with the consumer through a digital means.

Her insights has led to millions of dollars of revenue generated by the companies that have engaged her services. A specialist in Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok, her approach has enabled many businesses to make the change from offline to online.

Natalie Engel

Founder AgFinity Data
Joint Venture Partner
Livestock Digitalisation Partner

Natalie is the Founder of AgFinity Data and our joint venture partner in the protein sector. She is our go to expert for all things livestock and related digital forms. She is an experienced cattle producer with a desire to bring digitalisation to the industry.

Her experience of both real world activities and technology implementations make her a valuable member of the team.