Our Board

Iain Evans - Chairman

Iain has served on boards for over 40 years including Lenswood Cold Stores Co-operative Ltd, Citrus Australia Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fisherman’s Association, Flinders University Council, and the Pika Wiya Indigenous Health service. He is also an Associate Director on the Voyages Indigenous Tourism Board which operates Ayers Rock Resort. Iain was in the SA Parliament for 21 years and served as the Liberal Party Leader. He was a Minister for 5 years including the Minister for Trade and the Minister for Environment and brings a trade and sustainability background to a Board. Iain is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Course. He has also completed the AICD Chairman’s Course and Subsidiary Boards Course and has an Applied Science Degree.

Mr Michael Blake

Michael is the Tasmanian Manager of the South Australian Lobster Company. He has previous experience as a lobster fisher and is currently based in Hobart. Michael is also the executive officer of the Australian Southern Rock Lobster Exporters Association (ARLEA) and provides the company with valuable insights into the supply chain and logistics of SRL export.

Mr Wayne Dredge

Wayne is a commercial fisher from Lakes Entrance in Victoria. In 2014 he received a Nuffield Scholarship, supported by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and Woolworths. Wayne researched various methods of fishing for species such as Gummy Shark and assessed the environmental outcomes of the techniques on fish stocks and broader environment. He also has experience fishing in the Commonwealth Southern Shark Fishery and the Tasmanian and Victorian Southern Rock Lobster Fisheries.

As owner/operator of the “Opal Star”, Wayne spends up to eight months a year at sea, with annual harvest averages of around 15 tonne of Southern Rock Lobster and 25 tonne of primarily Gummy Shark. Other catch includes Octopus, some scale‐fish and crabs.

Dawn Jordan

Dawn lives on King Island and purchased her first Rock Lobster fishing licence in 1984. She is a founding member and life member of the TRLFA.

Dawn has spent more years on the TRLFA Board than off it, and whilst having retired about 6 years ago, this year, she was elected as president. She has always been passionate and fair about the fishery and have represented industry, on the Crustacean Fishery Advisory Committee and the previous committees providing advice to the government.

Dawn was involved with SRL promotions of large lobsters into the USA market and is a member of Women in Seafood Australia's Honour Roll having been awarded this position in 2019.

Dawn's family own Tasmanian Rock Lobster and Giant Crab quota and vessels and have interests in other fisheries.

Nathan Kimber

Nathan is the sole Director and Principal Consultant, of Kimber Consulting Pty Ltd, and provides executive, extension/communication, and co-management services to commercial fisheries in South Australia. Nathan currently holds the position of Executive Officer of the South Australian Rock Lobster Advisory Council Inc (SARLAC Inc) and Executive Officer of the South Eastern Professional Fishermen’s Association Inc (SEPFA Inc).

Nathan has a Bachelor of Technology (Aquaculture) from Flinders University and has worked within the primary industries sector, specialising in the seafood industry, for 20 years. Prior to establishing Kimber Consulting, Nathan worked for 13 years as a Senior and Principal Consultant for Rural Solutions SA, a consultancy organisation working on a range of government and commercial projects, with a focus on primary industries and regional development.

Gary Ryan

Gary is a commercial lobster fisherman based in Warrnambool, Victoria. He has fished out of Warrnambool for 23 years and has a passion for protecting the environment in his area, near the famous Twelve Apostles, with a focus on plastic pollution.

Gary has begun working on a plastic-free lobster pot in his brother's shed. He is one of six fishermen along the Victorian coast searching for a solution as part of a trial that's received the support of state authority Fisheries Victoria

Terry Toumazos

Holding a Bachelor of Pharmacy (University of South Australia), Masters of Business Administration, Advanced (University of Adelaide) and Master 5 (Australian Maritime and Fisheries Academy), Terry is also the Fishing Operations Manager/Director of Southern Fisheries Group Pty Ltd and a board member of Seafood Industry South Australia (SISA).

His family fishing company operates commercial vessels in various fisheries in Southern Australia.
Currently operating 3 vessels in the SESF (shark), 3 vessels in the NZRL (lobster), 1 vessel in the SZRL (lobster) and 2 GSV prawn trawlers. The company has interests in numerous vessels, Commonwealth Shark Quota, Lobster Quota (Northern Zone) and in the South Australian Marine Scale fishery.

Mr Thomas Cosentino (Executive Officer)

Holding degrees in Law and Commerce, Tom is a consultant working in agribusiness advisory and project management.

He is also engaged as a consultant by the strawberry and livestock industries, predominantly in research fund management and advisory roles.

Tom was admitted to the Supreme Court of South Australia as a barrister and solicitor in 2016 and prior to project management he worked as a business advisory, tax and insolvency accountant at PKF Australia.

Tom owns and operates a beef cattle operation on the Fleurieu Peninsula producing Murray Greys.