Joe Dales
jdales@bacorporateadvisors.com |
Ag Technology, Agribusiness Manufacturing and Distribution
Joe Dales is an advisor and associate of B&A Corporate Advisors who has over 35 years of Agribusiness experience. In addition to his role with B&A, Joe is a Co- Founder of RH Accelerator Inc. and leads their value adding early stage investments in the agriculture and food innovation sector.
Joe has gained extensive agriculture industry domain knowledge beginning his career working with leading companies such as Pfizer, Cyanamid Crop Protection (BASF), First Line Seeds (Monsanto), and NK Syngenta Seeds (Syngenta). In 1998, he co-founded Farms.com Ltd. and AgCareers.com which have grown to become leading suppliers of innovative solutions to farmers, agriculture and food companies around the globe. He left the company in 2019 and remains a major shareholder and director. Joe has been involved in successfully launching over 40 agri tech innovations ranging from crop protection products, seed varieties, biologicals, start up companies like Farms.com and AgCareers.com and a range of ag & food technology products and services. He is passionate about bringing innovation to agriculture and helping farmers improve productivity to feed the world. Joe has gained extensive corporate governance experience with several companies such as Canterra Seeds, Vive Crop Protection, Farms.com Ltd and as the Chair of the Board of Governors for the Western Fair Association in London, ON, where he lives with his wife Sandy and children Michael and Rachel. Joe has an Honours BSc in Chemistry from Western University and a Masters In Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. |