appointed Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the
University of Sydney. In 1977 David established Biotechnology Australia Pty Ltd,
which was Australia's first, and for over 20 years largest private sector
biotechnology company, and was Chairman and Managing Director until
1982.
In 1985 David co-founded Agritechnology Pty Ltd with Mary MacLennan, and was Chairman and Managing Director until 2006, when he stepped down as Managing Director. The Company or its principals have founded several new R&D/technology-based companies in which David has been Chairman/CEO in their formative years.
For over 15 years David had a broadacre farm in Central West NSW, specialising in grain production, a 500 head cattle feedlot, a superfine sheep stud and cattle grazing.
David has been a Director of the Australian Co-operative Research Centre for Aquaculture, a consultant in biotechnology and waste treatment to the United Nations and multinational corporations on various occasions, a member of the NSW CSIRO Advisory Committee, and a member of the Selection Committee for the Australian Special Rural Research Council. He has some 25 publications and patents, and is a Chartered Chemist (Royal Australian Chemical Institute).
In 1985 David co-founded Agritechnology Pty Ltd with Mary MacLennan, and was Chairman and Managing Director until 2006, when he stepped down as Managing Director. The Company or its principals have founded several new R&D/technology-based companies in which David has been Chairman/CEO in their formative years.
For over 15 years David had a broadacre farm in Central West NSW, specialising in grain production, a 500 head cattle feedlot, a superfine sheep stud and cattle grazing.
David has been a Director of the Australian Co-operative Research Centre for Aquaculture, a consultant in biotechnology and waste treatment to the United Nations and multinational corporations on various occasions, a member of the NSW CSIRO Advisory Committee, and a member of the Selection Committee for the Australian Special Rural Research Council. He has some 25 publications and patents, and is a Chartered Chemist (Royal Australian Chemical Institute).
Chairman and Research
Director
David has worked in the areas of biotechnology, fermentation and agriproduct/food processing chemistry and engineering for over 30 years. After establishing and managing the Biotechnology Research Department at ICI Agricultural Division, Teesside, UK, which developed and patented one of the world's largest fermentation processes (producing animal feed proteins from methanol), he was
David has worked in the areas of biotechnology, fermentation and agriproduct/food processing chemistry and engineering for over 30 years. After establishing and managing the Biotechnology Research Department at ICI Agricultural Division, Teesside, UK, which developed and patented one of the world's largest fermentation processes (producing animal feed proteins from methanol), he was
David MacLennan
B.Sc. UNSW (Chemistry, Biochemistry); M.Sc. UNSW
(Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering); Ph.D. London (Microbiology);
MRACI, C.Chem., MAIFST, AMASVO
