Lindsay Falvey has considerable experience in corporate governance, academic leadership and international research spanning changes in organizational governance, the social and technological sciences in livestock including animal welfare and human-animal interactions. He is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne. An Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) commissioner, recipient of the Crawford Medal, Centenary Medal of Australia, a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences, and of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, Falvey holds three doctorates (universities of Queensland, Melbourne and Thaksin).