Director, FaBA
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Director (former) | FaBA | FaBA (23 Jun 2026), FaBA (28 Oct 2025), FaBA (28 Aug 2025), FaBA (1 Feb 2023) |
| Director and Chair (former) | Institute for Food Technologists (IFT) | FaBA |
| General Manager for Crop and Food Science (former) | Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | FaBA |
| Member of the Advisory Board (former) | High Value Nutrition | FaBA |
Stories naming Dr Chris Downs. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
FaBA profiles Nourish Ingredients, a Canberra startup using precision fermentation for dairy-style fats, recounting a co-investment project with Queensland academics that readied its Creamilux ingredient for commercial dairy customers.
FaBA commits $740,000 in matched funding to SeaStock, advancing its algae-derived red pigment through extraction research, co-product assessment and regulatory data for novel-food approval.
FaBA appoints Dr Chris Downs, a veteran agri-food scientist and executive from CSIRO and Queensland government, as Director of the national food and beverage accelerator.