ABOUT US
Biocentric Partners is all about life - bio means life and the food and fibre we grow and consume is both life-sourced and life-giving. Safe, clean, nutritious, high-quality food products are what the world wants and Australian food producers are in a unique position
to sustainably provide the best of them.
We are also about quality of life - our clients, their customers, our planet and us.
Our call on sustainability is a practical one: Financially Sustainable is about making enough real profit to pay the bills, invest in the future, and set aside something for tough times.
Ecologically, minimising waste and pollution are two key values in any genuinely sustainable process that minimises our "footprint" on the earth,
but they are also excellent business disciplines that optimise cost and profit outcomes
in any genuinely sustainable business.
biocentric - life centric is good business.
Brendan Ryan
Founder and Principal
Brendan has a career that commenced in Perth in 1987 as an Accountant and Farm Management Advisor with Chartered Accountants Bird Cameron. Before that, he graduated with a Business Degree in Rural Management, majoring in Farm Management, from Queensland Agricultural College, now University of Queensland (Gatton). He has lived and worked extensively in Queensland and regional NSW, with brief stints in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Hong Kong. His career has spanned Executive and Business Development roles and Directorships across a range of industries including Accounting and Business Advisory, Food & Agribusiness, Banking and Finance, Retail, Information Technology and Sport (Rugby Union). Brendan is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Organic Limited (formally Biological Farmers of Australia), and a number of other regional and professional groups. Brendan is passionate about transforming agri-food businesses through strategic value innovation and growth.