Vagif Soultanov is the principal founder of Solagran and led the Bioeffectives® research team in St Petersburg in the 1980s. He has doctoral qualifications in both organic chemistry and biochemistry, and is a registered medical practitioner in Russia. He first came to Australia in 1990 to work with the CSIRO Division of Forest Products as part of an inter-governmental scientific exchange program. He has published over 60 scientific papers in Russia and internationally and holds a number of patents.

David qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1993. Mr. Croll then moved to the United Kingdom where he spent two years working as a Finance Manager for a division of Prudential Financial Services. Upon returning to Australia in 1996, he spent 12 years in Sydney in a variety of financial and managerial roles with Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup), Hartley Poynton and the Rivkin Group. His last role was as a portfolio manager of a boutique investment manager trading Australian and international equities.

Alexander Kurganov is General Director of SibEx Limited based in Tomsk Siberia, 85% owned subsidiary of Solagran, Australia. He has been a lecturer in science at the Tomsk Polytechnic University and has 5 patents (Russian Federation) and 21 publications. He directed the construction of the world’s first facility to produce polyprenols from conifer species.

Andi Solaiman is a senior executive with the Salim Group with over 20 years commercial experience in a diverse range of businesses within the Group. Andi is currently the President Director and Chief Executive Officer of PT Indokemika Jayatama, a leading distributor of chemicals and additives to the food, oleo and cosmetics, industrial chemicals and plastics and rubber industries. Andi is also a director of AsiaMedic Limited, Interflour Holdings Limited and Universal Integrated Corporation Consumer Products Pte. Ltd. Salim Group has significant interests in the nutrition, food processing, animal husbandry, agriculture and distribution sectors worldwide.