Director
Tress Walmsley
CEO InterGrain, member of Grains Australia Barley and Oat Councils, Deputy Chair of Grains Industry Association WA, Director of Chemistry Centre WA
Tress Walmsley has been CEO of InterGrain, a national cereal breeding business, since 2012. Having joined the business at inception in 2007 as the first staff member, Tress played an integral role in building the company. She has an extensive understanding of plant breeding and over 25 years of agribusiness experience.
About
Tress previously worked at DPIRD for ten years. During this time, she played an industry leadership role in the development of the Australian grains industry End Point Royalty collection system which has enabled cereal breeding in Australia to become commercially sustainable.
Tress is well networked and engages with industry through her industry roles including Chair of Australian Crop Breeders, the Chemistry Centre of Western Australia and the Grains Industry Association WA. She is also a member of Grains Australia Barley and Oat councils.
In 2020, Tress was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women’s Award, in 2015 she won WA Rural Woman of the Year, and in 1999 she won the WA Young Business Women’s Award. Tress is based in WA and holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
