Our Team

We’re a diverse, skilled team of professionals united by our passion for fresh produce.

Kalfresh Owners & Board

In February 2026 Kalfresh finalised co-investment from Wollemi Capital and the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) to support the landmark expansion of our existing food and farming business and to deliver the Scenic Rim Agricultural Industrial Precinct and Bioenergy Facility.

The Hinrichsen, Gorman, Krause and Stainlay families remain majority owners of the business and guide day-to-day operations.
Wollemi and QIC representatives sit on the Kalfresh Board to support Kalfresh’s next growth phase.

Robert Hinrichsen

Shareholder, Non-Executive Director & Kalfresh Grower

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Kalbar

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Rob is the founding director of Kalfresh, a business he started in 1992 with his parents. He’s a third-generation farmer who had a vision to unite Scenic Rim farmers and their produce under one brand.
By uniting smaller family farms, Kalfresh gained economies of scale, allowing investment in technology in the paddock and packing shed to improve productivity and deliver better, fresher produce to customers.
Rob is a former AUSVEG Grower of the Year and now leads his family farming business AEH Farming, a major supplier to Kalfresh.
Rob is passionate about soil health and improvement and is demonstrating many innovative practices on his farms.

Richard Gorman

Shareholder, Executive Director & Kalfresh CEO

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South East QLD & North QLD

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Richard is an accomplished industry leader in Australian agribusiness. Together with Kalfresh’s founding directors Robert and Barry Hinrichsen, Richard has overseen the growth of Kalfresh into an innovative vertically-integrated horticulture business.

Richard has been hands-on in many facets of the organisations and understands the supply chain from paddock to packet.

Richard has led Kalfresh’s move into value-adding, organics and bioenergy.

David Krause

Shareholder, Executive Director & Kalfresh CFO

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South East QLD & North QLD

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David joined Kalfresh in 2015 as the CFO and as a director and shareholder in 2016.
David grew up on a family dairy farm and has interests in the beef industry.
He started his corporate finance career with BDO as a business graduate and later as a chartered accountant, progressing to partner in the Corporate Finance division and national leader in the Food and Agribusiness sector.
David oversees Kalfresh’s financial management and business operations and has played a crucial role in delivering the Agricultural Precinct and Bioenergy projects.

Angus Stainlay

Shareholder

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Kalbar

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Angus began his career on a NSW sugar cane farm and studied agribusiness at University of Queensland.
He first joined Kalfresh in 1998 as a manager of the carrot production facility. He left for roles overseas and in the Central Markets, before returning in 2006 to run Kalfresh’s onions farming and packing operation.
Angus now plays a key role in Kalfresh’s farming operations and his business acumen, combined with his hands-on horticultural knowledge, means he is a highly-valued member of our management team.

Tim Bishop

Board Member & Wollemi Capital Co-CEO

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Tim brings over 30 years of investment experience in climate, renewables, infrastructure and technology, with a track record of founding, building and scaling global businesses.
Before co-founding Wollemi, from 2012 to 2019 Tim served as Global Head of Macquarie Capital, the firm’s principal investments group, and sat on Macquarie Group’s 12-member Executive Committee. Tim was responsible for the early push into green energy, including offshore wind, solar and battery.
Tim’s diverse global experience has given him a unique ability to identify opportunities, define a strategy and turn ideas into thriving, global, multi-billion-dollar businesses. He brings deep expertise in the financing and delivery of large energy and infrastructure projects to the vital challenge of scaling emerging climate solutions for a more sustainable future.

Michael Perak

Board Member & Wollemi Capital Director, Investments

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Michael brings more than 11 years of investment banking experience, working across a wide range of engagements including M&A, IPOs, capital raisings, strategy development and capital management. Michael has primarily covered industrial sectors, with a particular focus on the built environment.
Michael joined Wollemi from Macquarie Capital, where he was a subsector specialist and project lead on a number of marquee transactions. While at Macquarie, Michael successfully prosecuted more than A$10 billion worth of transactions across 25+ engagements, including multi-billion dollar cross-border acquisitions, the formation of market-leading businesses through joint ventures, providing equity and debt funding to large marquee transactions and floating leading Australian businesses to the Australian Stock Exchange.

Benedetta Cursi

Board Member & Wollemi Capital Senior Vice President, Investments

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Benedetta’s experience in investment banking and principal investment in the infrastructure and energy space spans Italy, UK and Australia.
Benedetta began her career in Milan as part of Barclays’ M&A Italian coverage team, when she was involved in the buyout and delisting of Enel Green Power by the Italian utility Enel in 2016.
Prior to Wollemi, she spent six years at Macquarie, where she worked on acquisition, development, selldown and debt financing for renewable transactions representing more than 2.0GW installed capacity including the £2.3bn acquisition of the UK Government’s Green Investment Bank in 2017.
After relocating to Australia in 2018, she worked on a number of landmark wind farm projects in Victoria.

Jonathan Crombie

Board Member & QIC Senior Investment Director

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Jonathan brings more than 25 years of global investment expertise across European, North American and Asian markets. Since joining QIC in 2015, he has held senior roles across both real assets and private markets, with deep capability in originating, structuring and managing investments across a range of sectors.
Jonathan’s background spans private equity, corporate finance and operating businesses, with extensive involvement in capital raising, acquisitions, divestitures, start-ups, restructurings and financing.
In his current role, Jonathan is responsible for the development and delivery of investment programs aligned to long-term economic and state development priorities, including critical minerals and agricultural productivity.

Vee Jays-Kalfresh Board

Jamie Jurgens

Shareholder, Executive Director, Co CEO

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Bowen

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Jamie is a 4th generation producer, whose family has been farming in the Bowen region since 1915.
Jamie studied a Bachelor of Applied Science (Horticulture) at the University of Queensland, where he first met Robert and Richard.
Jamie, supported by Melita, is a courageous leader who is not afraid to try new things on farm, always seeking a better outcome for the environment.
Jamie was North Queensland’s first Reef Guardian farmer and led the family’s move into Certified Organic cropping, starting the journey in 2007 and achieving full organic status in 2018. The Jurgens now farm 200ha of organic land.
Adopting sustainable methods has led to significant gains in soil organic carbon, soil fertility and enhanced soil structure.
In recent years the Jurgens have trialled new technology on farm, including drones and farm management software systems for water and nutrient management and crop-growth forecasting.

Richard Gorman

Shareholder, Executive Director, Co CEO

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South East QLD & North QLD

Melita Jurgens

Shareholder

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Bowen

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Melita hails from an agricultural family and studied Bachelor of Applied Science (Horticulture) at the University of Queensland.
Melita has been instrumental in many of the innovative and bold projects VJK has undertaken, including organic field-grown sweet baby capsicums and breeding beneficial insects.
In 2025 Melita was presented with the NAB Women in Horticulture Award at the national Hort Connections industry conference.
Melita leads by example to empower young women to advance in horticulture and champions sustainable farming practices, including natural pest control and Reef-wise farming. Her leadership reflects a deep commitment to future-focused regenerative and environmentally-conscious agriculture.
The Jurgens are now joined in the day-to-day business operations by son Jacob and daughter Jess.