Ms Larelle McMillan

Larelle is Research Director of CSIRO’s Agriculture and Food Sustainability Program and passionate about building innovation pathways & evidence-based systems that support more sustainable, equitable and healthier food in Australia and South-east Asia and Pacific region.

Larelle is a leader in co-design and evaluation of innovations to support sustainable agri-food systems – including track record and skillset that has applied this in unique international and cross-cultural settings; where challenges are complex and require multi-scale and cross-institutional partnerships and approaches.

Larelle has led and been part of significant projects in the area of complex monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) that has pushed boundaries and enabled significant growth in this science direction for CSIRO, building a pipeline of investment across programs. As a Research Impact Broker – she has particular agency in building relationships and partnerships for research impact. Her mix of research leadership, project management, partnership brokering, writing and communication skills are in growing demand across the business unit. This reflects Ag & Food’s strategic and cultural change agendas around delivering science excellence and impact for society. Larelle’s demonstrated ability to deliver value and impact across externally focused projects and internal organisational development and change agendas is complemented by her growing social science research skills.