For almost 30 years, Peter J Batt was Professor of Food and Agribusiness Marketing at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Today he is the Principal of Peter J Batt and Associates, an international agribusiness marketing and rural development consulting practice that links smallholder farmers in Asia and Africa to high value markets.

Through various international aid agencies, Peter has worked in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Viet Nam. Clients to date include ACIAR, CTA, FAO and the World Bank.

Peter is the newly elected Chair of the ISHS Commission for Horticultural Economics and Management.