Dr Ian Brown has successfully led industrial programs to develop technologically-advanced innovative products which meet commercial, customer and consumer needs. He has applied existing science and fostered research collaborations to substantiate the health value of food ingredients he has developed. Himaize?, the world?s first commercial resistant starch ingredient, developed under his leadership, is used in bakery and other consumer products worldwide to enhance bowel health. Latterly, he has introduced an innovation culture into the food ingredients company Clover Corporation, turning around its financial performance, with novel products utilising advanced ingredient encapsulation technology now constituting more than 50 per cent of its sales.