Our food system needs change to support a future with 10 billion mouths to feed nutritiously and on a healthy planet.

William is an agricultural systems, open innovation, strategy and policy practitioner. His quest is to unleash the potential for agriculture to be the leading force for good.

William is Director of Beanstalk whose mission is to influence and build resilient, ethical, and responsible food production systems that feed our people nutritiously and regenerate our planet. William's work is focused on enabling emerging tech and scaling impactful business models across food production in Australia, South East Asia, and South Asia (in particular India, Singapore and the Greater Mekong region). Prior to Beanstalk, William worked extensively across senior Government policy roles focused on agriculture development, resource management, climate policy, and Asia relations.

Will is an Asia Society Asia21 Fellow. In 2023, Will was winner of the Asia Society Game Changer Awards - Business Category. In 2019, Will was selected as "40 under 40: Most Influential Asian-Australian" by the Australian National University, Asialink and PwC. He recently served on the Steering Committee of the Australia-India Youth Dialogue over the last 2 years.

Will is also alumni of:

Australia Vietnam Leadership Dialogue 2021 delegate

Foundations of Directorship, AICD 2019

Australia India Youth Dialogue 2019 delegate

Asialink Leaders Program 2015

Hamer Scholarship Program 2013