After four years leading the Australian alternative proteins think tank Food Frontier, Thomas King is stepping down as CEO to become its executive chair.
King launched Food Frontier as the plant-based and alternative proteins sector started to gain momentum. Since then it has established itself as a key facilitator and educator in the category.
In the last two years it has delivered a series of reports, policies, and research. Its State of the Industry report is the industry go-to for the latest on the Australian market.
King said he will still provide strategy input but move to a more guiding role.
“Since its inception, Food Frontier has taken a nimble yet wide-reaching approach to executing our mission of growing the young and promising field of alternative proteins. This key hire will enable us to further accelerate our reach and impact during the organisation’s next critical phase of evolution.
“I will continue to provide considered input to Food Frontier’s strategy, while at the same time gaining more space for deep work and thinking to help guide our new CEO and highly capable team,” King said.
The new CEO will expand Food Frontier’s capacity to deliver a continually increasing scope of projects, partnerships, and thought leadership engagements, as well as furthering the organisation’s fundraising and development, it said.
The new CEO will gradually assume key responsibilities as King transitions to executive chair within six months, ensuring a smooth changeover that best serves Food Frontier’s partners across the agriculture and food industries, government and others engaged in Australia and New Zealand’s alternative proteins ecosystem.
