Jonathan Forrest Wilson is the president of the Asia-Pacific region at Alltech. With more than 25 years of experience living and working throughout Asia-Pacific and Oceania, his career has focused on leading industrial businesses and agri-businesses to help them reach their full potential.
Prior to joining Alltech, Wilson served as the chief operating officer and an executive director of GODACO Seafood in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He was also a senior advisor to Navis Capital Partners Private Equity in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously, he served as the group CEO and a board member of Hong Leong Industries.
Wilson earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He also earned a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance from Rutgers University. Wilson speaks French and Bahasa Malaysia and is a student of Mandarin Chinese.
Dr. Ronan Power is vice president and chief scientific officer at Alltech. Since 2002, Dr. Power has been based at the Alltech Center for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition in Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA. He maintains a broad range of research interests related to the application of Alltech products in animal nutrition and human health, with an emphasis on preventing syndromes and diseases associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and gastrointestinal stress.
Dr. Power joined Alltech in 1991 as its European director of research and was initially based on the campus of the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he was an adjunct professor in the department of biochemistry. During this time, he also directed Alltech’s regulatory affairs division in Europe. In 1998, he re-established Alltech’s European Bioscience Centre at its new headquarters in Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland, where he maintained an active graduate student program, through which many doctoral and master’s candidates have successfully obtained their degrees.
Dr. Power earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a doctoral degree in biochemistry from the National University of Ireland. Afterward, he completed his postdoctoral training in cell biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he studied aspects of steroid hormone action in reproductive physiology and disease.
Matthew Smith currently oversees Alltech’s operations in the U.K. He is also in charge of Alltech E-CO2 and the company’s global rumen function platform. He previously served as Alltech’s vice president of Asia-Pacific from 2011 to 2019.
Having worked in the feed industry for more than 27 years — 22 of which have been with Alltech — Smith has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe and North America. He relocated from the U.K. to become the general manager of Alltech New Zealand in 2009 before being promoted to the role of regional vice president. In 2018, Smith returned to live in the U.K., taking on his current role with Alltech. He also continues to oversee parts of Alltech’s Asia-Pacific network.
Smith began his working career on a dairy farm in the U.K. before earning a business law degree from Coventry University and a solicitor’s final qualification from the University of Law in Chester, England.
Dr. Kyle McKinney is the vice president of innovation at Alltech. Previously, he led Alltech’s global Enzyme Management platform, which focuses on feed efficiency and drives Alltech’s development of enzyme technology to provide innovative solutions for producers.
Previously, Dr. McKinney worked for three years in Costa Rica on a project focused on utilizing the Alltech Crop Science portfolio to control disease and reduce chemical applications. This project allowed the Alltech team in Costa Rica to establish a fermentation lab, where they can evaluate more sustainable microbial solutions for disease control.
Dr. McKinney also worked with the Alltech applications research program for more than a decade and was part of Alltech’s Farm of the Future project from 2007 to 2008. Additionally, he and his team designed Alltech True Check™, an in vitro digestion system developed to evaluate diets and the impacts of feed technology in monogastric animals.
Dr. McKinney earned his bachelor’s degree in agricultural biotechnology from the University of Kentucky, his master’s degree in brewing and distilling fermentation technology from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and his doctoral degree in agricultural biotechnology, which focused on the development of microbial fermentation systems to produce complex enzymes to improve monogastric feed and nutrition, from Harper Adams University.
Nick Adams is the global director of the Mycotoxin Management platform at Alltech. Adams joined the feed industry in 1996, taking a position with Hanford Feeds Ltd. in Southwest England as a ruminant feed specialist. After three years with Hanford Feeds, he accepted a position with Alltech, where he has been for the past 23 years, starting first in the U.K. and then spending eight years in California. For the past 10 years, Adams has focused on supporting the mold and mycotoxin side of Alltech’s business.
Adams earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Reading, where he majored in ruminant nutrition. He is also a graduate of the Alltech Advanced Management Program, run in conjunction with the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit School of Business.
Steve Elliott is the global director of the Sel-Plex® and Bioplex® product division at Alltech. He is also a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS), as well as the National Mastitis Council (NMC). He has spoken to groups around the world about the benefits of trace mineral nutrition and their impact on health and immunity.
Elliott earned an undergraduate degree in animal science from the University of Florida, where he also completed graduate work in animal nutrition. He has authored and/or co-authored numerous articles for both professional journals and trade publications focusing on how trace mineral status affects the well-being of local populations of both animals and humans.
Dr. Will Lin is a monogastric nutritionist involved in commercial feed mill and livestock production, research and industry training. In his current role as the research manager for the Asia-Pacific region at Alltech, Dr. Lin services a wide client base across a broad spectrum of livestock species. He has worked with almost all of the top 20 feed enterprises, livestock producers and integrators in China, providing them with technical support, co-research, seminars and workshops. Lin can condense his research findings into practical technology with commercial applications and also provides tailored solutions for specific customers and needs.
Lin received postdoctoral training in quality and safety for feed/food and a doctoral degree in animal nutrition and reproduction. He has served as a peer reviewer for many top scientific journals.
Dr. Ghazanfar Naseer is the ruminant and mycotoxin technical manager for Southeast Asia at Alltech. He is currently based in Bangkok.
Naseer was one of three people selected to participate in the Alltech Dairy Career Development Program in 2015. His current role with the company has taken him to countries around the world. Naseer has vast international experience and expertise in ruminant nutrition and management. He has worked with various dairy and beef producers across the globe, from small farms to large operations.
Born in Pakistan, Naseer earned his doctoral degree in veterinary medicine from PMAS-Arid Agriculture University in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, with a gold medal distinction. He is also certified as a Cow Signals Master Trainer in Thailand.
Dr. Lokesh Gupta is the senior regional technical manager for poultry in South Asia at Alltech. He has 20 years of experience in poultry nutrition and management. Dr. Gupta’s expertise falls within in the areas of feed formulation, enzyme technology and mycotoxin management. He has extensive experience working on-farm and at feed mills across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Dr. Gupta earned a master's degree in animal nutrition from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar, India.
Dr. Khor Chin Lee has over 20 years of experience in the livestock industry with a focus on poultry. He joined Alltech in 2019 as a regional technical manager covering Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Dr. Khor is passionate about biosecurity management, vaccination programs, gut health, minerals, mycotoxin management and broiler breeder management. Prior to joining Alltech, he served in various positions across the agriculture industry, including as general manager of broiler-breeder grandparent stock for Leong Hup Philippines, as general manager of layers and pigs for Imbasan Tenggara, Malaysia, and as assistant general manager for Dindings Tyson Malaysia. He also spent more than eight years with Leong Hup Malaysia as a broiler-breeder technical veterinarian and five years with Gold Coin Feedmills as a technical veterinarian.
Dr. Khor earned a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine from University Putra Malaysia. He earned a master’s degree in business administration in 2011.
Henry Wong is the commercial development director for aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region at Alltech. He currently manages Alltech aquaculture business, including strategic business development, sales and marketing, as well as research and development.
Wong has been involved in the animal nutrition industry in Asia for 25 years. Prior to joining Alltech, he held various management positions in animal nutrition and health companies in China, Singapore and Indonesia. He joined Alltech in 2013 as a regional general manager covering Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore and providing technical support for aquaculture in China and Southeast Asia. In 2018, he moved into the role of regional commercial development director with a focus on developing Alltech’s aqua business in Asia.
Wong earned a bachelor’s degree in fishery science (aquaculture) from University Putra Malaysia and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Cross University in Australia.
Dr. Yufan Zhang is the business development manager for aqua in China and technical manager for aqua in Southeast Asia at Alltech. He has published papers about the nutritional requirements and immune responses of snakehead fish, tilapia, bass and freshwater prawns. Previously, Dr. Zhang served as a nutritionist and provided technical support at INVE Aquaculture and the Haid Group, the biggest aquafeed group in China. He joined Alltech in 2019.
Dr. Zhang earned a degree focused on aquaculture nutrition from the joint training program at South China Normal University and Texas A&M University.
Gustavo Sa Ribeiro is the regional technical manager for monogastric animals in Southeast Asia for Alltech. He has more than a decade of experience in various capacities and fields, including R&D, marketing and technical support for monogastric operations. He also has an array of international experience, having worked in numerous global markets, such as the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
A native of Portugal, Sa Ribeiro earned degrees in zootechnical engineering from the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro in Portugal and in international livestock production from CAH Vietnam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
