Our Team

Advancing New Zealand agriculture.

Meet the Team

  • Matt Johnson

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Matt has dedicated his career to advancing agriculture in New Zealand. Leading large scale commercial farming businesses for over a decade.

  • Suzie Clifford

    FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT (BCom, CA)

    A Chartered Accountant with a background in commercial and farm accounting, Suzie helps to drive Focus Genetics’ financial performance.

  • Digby Philip

    EXTENSION MANAGER

    Digby leads the Sheep of the Future programme, working to connect farmers with the insights and genetics they need to future-proof their flocks.

  • Hine De Clifford

    SERVICE MANAGER

    Hine’s multi-faceted role sees her managing our administration, animal data, branding and marketing, all while liaising with customers and suppliers.

  • Dr. Natalie Pickering

    HEAD SCIENTIST (PhD, BAppSc(Honsl))

    With a PhD in quantitative genetics, Natalie leads and collaborates with both our research community and commercial farmers across both Pamu and industry.

  • Dr. Ana Marshall

    ANIMAL BREEDING SCIENTIST - TERMINAL SHEEP AND DEER (PhD, MSc, BVSc)

    Managing genetic breeding programs for Pamu Deer Herds and Terminal Sheep Genetics Flocks, as well as supporting methane research trials.

  • Anna Shortall

    ANIMAL BREEDING ASSOCIATE

    Anna assists with the management of our breeding programmes across sheep, deer and cattle.

  • Dr. Duncan McLean

    DATA ANALYST

    Strong expertise in recurrent selection, prediction accuracy, and balancing genetic gain with inbreeding over long breeding cycles.

  • Dorothy Schmidlin-Wilson

    ANIMAL BREEDING ASSOCIATE

    Dorothy brings specialist knowledge in animal breeding, quantitative genetics and data analysis to her role as Animal Breeding Associate.

Genetics to shape the future of your farm