Plant Varieties
Emma Brown
General Manager Plant Varieties
As Manager Plant Varieties, I lead the strategic protection and commercialisation of intellectual assets leveraging plant varieties from Plant & Food Research’s breeding programmes together with our commercialisation partners, joint ventures, and licensees. I completed an MSc in Horticultural Science at Massey University and went on to become the inaugural graduate of the CIOPORA Academy with a certificate in IP Competence. I started with Plant & Food Research in 2010 in the role of IP Coordinator, and after several years moved into a Business Development Manager role, before being appointed Manager Plant Varieties in 2019.