Three companies sharing the same goal of conservation
our structure and leadership
The Group consists of three entities.
Thylation Foundation, is the non-profit charity and parent company that raises funds to support conservation, including developments led by Thylation R&D.
Two commercial divisions, Thylation R&D Pty Ltd and Thylation Operations Pty Ltd, are responsible for development of products, intellectual property, commercialisation, manufacturing, marketing, and selling or leasing Thylation products.
The Groups’ board members are largely voluntary skill-based individuals with national expertise across conservation, ecology, engineering, science, zoology, ethics, business, information technology and communication, manufacturing and innovation. Their combined expertise and knowledge provides exceptional governance, credibility and strength for our vision: to enable conservation through innovation.
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Our founder and ceo
Visionary, driven, and passionate about environmental and animal welfare issues, John Read established the Thylation group in 2018.
With a PhD in Ecosystem Management and 25 years experience in establishing and managing nationally-significant and research-based conservation projects, John recognised a need to brainstorm, develop and commercialise conservation innovations.
Many of these concepts were conceived and initially tested on his own property, South Australia’s largest privately-managed nature reserve, to protect the endangered malleefowl and rare marsupials. John’s determination to integrate emerging technologies to protect threatened species and ecosystems exemplifies the core vision of the Thylation Group.
Photo: Ben Parkhurst
What We Do
We use creativity to provide technology and tools to save threatened wildlife.
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Why We Do It
The need to think outside the square to achieve conservation outcomes for Australian wildlife is real.
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What we've done
Our tools are used to aid and monitor the reintroduction of culturally important and threatened mammal species.
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