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Peter Amer
Peter brings innovation, problem solving, strategy development and analytical skills to the
AbacusBio team in the areas of animal breeding, statistical, genetic and economic analysis.
Peter’s specialty areas include:
- strategy and implementation of sheep, beef, dairy, deer and aquaculture genetics
- statistical, genetic and economic analysis of breeding strategies
- development of multi-trait economic selection indexes
- breeding value prediction
- mate selection and allocation
- maximizing genetic gain and minimizing inbreeding
- strategies for, and economic benefits of using genomic technologies in livestock breeding programs
Peter completed a BAgSci (Hons) at Lincoln College and subsequently a PhD involving economic analysis of cattle
genotypes at the University of Guelph in Canada. Peter then took up a post-doctoral fellowship at the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Here he continued work in cattle genetics, researching economic
aspects of dual cattle production. Subsequently, he researched economic selection indexes in beef cattle breeding
as a post-doctoral fellow at the Scottish Agricultural College before taking a job as a scientist at AgResearch,
Invermay. His primary role at AgResearch was in the economic evaluation of major genes and breeding strategies to
incorporate them. He also developed industry genetic improvement initiatives for farmed deer.
In 2001 Peter joined AbacusBio Ltd and since that time the company has grown into a multi-disciplinary team with
Peter focusing his strengths on providing clients with sound statistical, genetic and economic analysis of breeding
programs. He is also involved in the application of genetics, particularly tactical manipulation of breeding scheme
designs for commercial breeding programmes (sheep, beef, dairy, deer and aquaculture), in a wide range of farmed
species both within New Zealand and internationally.
Peter remains closely involved in beef, sheep and dairy breeding developments in the UK and has major input into
developments in the New Zealand sheep industry, including research into development, delivery and commercialisation
of novel genetic technologies. He has an ongoing role as a consultant to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation,
with significant input into their development of economic indexes for beef, dairy cattle and more recently sheep.
This has included a key involvement in industry stakeholder meetings involving large groups of farmers, meat
processors, as well as government and industry representatives. Together with partners in Brazil, Peter has
developed a performance recording and genetic evaluation system for sheep breeders in South America.
It is this innovation and ability to deal with complex issues that Peter applies so well in a multitude of
disciplines to help you exploit state of the art technologies in practical and commercial livestock breeding
programmes at either national, corporate or farm level.
Contact Peter
P: +64 (0)3 477 6375
M: +64 (0)21 452 274
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 Peter Fennessy
As a business consultant, Peter works with clients in development of business strategy,
business investment and intellectual property strategy, and in the evaluation and valuation of technologies.
This is mainly in the agri-bio, biotechnology and agri-tech areas.
Peter’s specialty areas include the commercial development of agricultural, and other biologically-,
or biotechnologically-driven areas, including:
- investment strategy and intellectual property strategy
- research and development strategy
- governance of technology-based businesses
- development of technology-based businesses
- mentoring management of technology-based businesses
- valuation and evaluation of technologies and technology-based businesses
- genetic improvement strategy including the application of genomic technologies
Current and recent examples of contracts for clients include consultancy in New Zealand,
Australia and Ireland in the following areas: strategy development (including group facilitation)
for corporates, R&D organisations, not-for-profit organisations, and Universities; technology
evaluation, company & intellectual property (IP) valuation, IP assessment and strategy development,
and investment analysis, especially in biotechnology (including applications of genomics in agriculture,
novel products and pharmaceuticals) and agribusiness; research, technology development and transfer of
technology; project development and project management; expert technical advice in biotechnology, animal
and genetics, genomics and breeding, animal nutrition, management and health.
Currently, Peter is chair of BLIS Technologies Ltd, and
of the Advisory Board for the Applied Science Programme
(University of Otago); he is also a member of the board
of directors for the National Research Centre for Growth
and Development and of several private companies.
Previous roles include NZBio Inc (director and chair),
bioSouth Inc (chair), Ovita Ltd (board of directors and
chair of the Scientific Advisory Board) and the NZ
Expert Science Panel on Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy. Peter also has a keen interest in horse
racing and was previously chair of the NZ Thoroughbred
Racing Graded Stakes Committee and of Pattern of Racing
Committee.
Peter completed a MAgrSc at Lincoln College in New Zealand and a PhD at the University of Adelaide. He then worked
as a research scientist at Invermay in New Zealand and went on to become general manager of AgResearch at Invermay
and of the Sheep and Deer Division. Peter worked in this role for five years until 1997 when he left R&D management
to pursue a long-term interest in developing his own business interests. In 2000, Peter became managing-director of
AbacusBio.
Contact Peter
P: +64 (0)3 477 6375
M: +64 (0)27 226 5418
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