Dr Steven Lapidge is the Founder, inaugural CEO and now Non-Executive Director of End Food Waste Australia. From its commencement in 2018 the organisation has grown into one of the world’s largest public private partnerships solely dedicated to ending food waste and food insecurity and involves over 200 industry, government and university partners. The organization is the lead agency in Australia’s fight to halve food waste by 2030, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.
Steve’s 20+ year career has focussed on fostering innovation, collaboration and knowledge transfer to address societal challenges, generally at the nexus of industry, academia and government. His qualifications include a PhD and MBA. He is a Fulbright Professional Business/Industry Fellow, a Fellow of the Governors Leadership Foundation Program and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has previously been a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology and of WRAP Asia-Pacific.