Dr Nigel Crump

General Manager,
AuSPICA

Dr Nigel Crump is a potato pathologist with over 20 years’ experience working in the Australian potato industry. Nigel is the General Manager for the Australian Seed Potato Industry Certification Authority (AuSPICA), an industry-based organisation that operates the seed potato certification Scheme in South Australia, Victoria and northern New South Wales.

Nigel holds adjunct roles including Deputy Chair of the UN Economic Commission specialised section on seed potatoes. Recently, Nigel was appointed as a director of the World Potato Congress Inc. Research includes involvement in international projects in Vanuatu, Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Zealand. Nigel is also the PotatoLink regional representative for eastern Victoria.