AgTech Leader Appoint Chair & CFO to Drive Business US Expansion and Growth

Leading Australian ag-tech firm, The Yield announced recently two ‘rock star’ appointments to help drive next phase of business expansion and growth.

One time CFO and technology veteran, Tim Ebbeck was this week appointed as its new independent chair. Tim has extensive board, executive and advisory experience. He was formerly ANZ CEO at SAP and Oracle and Chief Commercial Officer at NBN Co. He held CFO roles at a number of multinational technology companies and board positions with ReadyTech (ASX.RDY), Tymlez (ASX.TYM), CPA Australia and Nextgen Distribution. With his impressive digital and technology pedigree, Tim has over a decade of board level experience across global IT, education, media, public sector, services and finance industries.

Concurrently, The Yield also recently appointed Patrick Maguire as Chief Financial Officer, who will play a key role in the company’s expansion plans for the US.

Patrick is an experienced Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary with a global career gained in both public and private businesses. He has led all aspects of the finance function as well as leading strategy development and risk management in order to deliver business growth.

Before joining The Yield, Patrick was CFO of QSR International supporting the software company through a successful sale process to a US-based Private Equity firm. He then spent the last two years in the US supporting the subsequent business transition. Prior to this, Patrick held a number of executive positions in Food, Telecoms, Financial Services and FMCG with businesses such as Digicel, Euronet Worldwide, Hallmark Cards, PZ Cussons and Coca-Cola HBC. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (A.C.M.A.) and holds a Bachelor of Business Studies Degree.

Ros Harvey, Founder and Managing Director of The Yield, said that she was delighted to welcome Patrick to The Yield’s Executive team. “The Yield is at an exciting stage of growth which will be driven with the completion of a Series A capital raise this year. This will lay the foundation for next year’s planned Series B capital raise to support entry into the US market,” Ms Harvey said. “Patrick brings a wealth of experience and will be instrumental in helping to lead the company through these important financial milestones, as well as for driving the development of the business as we prepare to expand overseas.” “Patrick’s knowledge and experience will be instrumental to our company’s growth and future business aspirations,” she said.

New CFO Patrick Maguire said, “I am excited to be joining The Yield at this important time in its development and I look forward to working with the Board and Executive team in accelerating the Company’s growth strategy.” Maguire will report directly to Founder and Managing Director, Ros Harvey.

Based in Sydney, The Yield is a highly awarded Australian agricultural technology company on a mission to transform food and farming practices with scalable digital technology. The Yield uses Internet of Things (IoT), data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to power its technology to solve real challenges at farm level and throughout the food chain. It works with some of Australia’s largest food corporations in intensive irrigated crops.