Alison Stewart

Alison Stewart currently works at BLIS Technologies Ltd., as Chairman from 2025, New Zealand Ministry for The Environment, as Chairman-Governance Council, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, as Chairman-Tissue Culture Partnership Governance, Seed & Grain Readiness & Response, as Chairman-Governance Group, Lincoln University (New Zealand), as Professor-Emeritus, The Ministry for Primary Industries, as Member-A Lighter Touch PGP Governance, Government Industry Agreement, as Council Member-Brown Marmorate Stink, Vegetable Research & Innovation, as Member-Governance Group, and New Zealand Good Agricultural Practice, as Member-Governance Group.
Dr. Stewart also formerly worked at Foundation For Arable Research, as Chief Executive Officer from 2018 to 2025, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd., as Deputy Chairman, the University of Adelaide, as Director-Waite Research Institute, Pro Farm Group, Inc., as CTO, Senior Vice President-Research & Development from 2014 to 2015, The Australasian Plant Pathology Society, Inc., as Vice President, and New Zealand Plant Protection Society, Inc., as Vice President.
Dr. Stewart received her undergraduate degree from the University of Glasgow and doctorate degree from The University of Stirling.