Wide Open Agriculture Limited has announced the appointment of Joanne Ford to the board. Joanne is an experienced ASX director, with over 30 years' experience in ASX and overseas listed groups, start-ups and not for profit companies. From 2008 to 2015 Joanne was part of the executive team (CFO) at market disruptor Nestlé Nespresso.

Due to success in Australia, Joanne was approached to lead the turnaround of Nespresso USA's Finance team, where she drove the completion of the 3-year Acceleration Plan, delivering a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 30%. Aside from her extensive experience in the food and nutrition sectors, Joanne brings a strong focus on finance and governance, having worked as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Director of Finance and Company Secretary across multiple listed and unlisted companies including the previously ASX listed Navitas, Mycolivia Group and Delica Therapeutics. The WOA board had previously identified both finance and advanced governance skillsets as a priority at board level.

The company announced the resignation of Stuart McAlpine. Stuart McAlpine has been a Non-executive Director of Wide Open Agriculture since 2015.