About
How We Started
MacField Farms (MFF) was established in 2018 by Henrik Christiansen, who has over 20 years’ experience in agricultural production, agribusiness supply chains and the fast-moving-consumer-goods (FMCG) sector.
MFF part-owns and operates Fitzroy River Plantation, a large-scale macadamia orchard located near Rockhampton in Central Queensland, Australia.
MFF works with direct investment partners to provide access to the agriculture sector, with a skilled and experienced operating team, who are well versed in providing services to maximise returns and capital growth for investors in agrifood supply chains.
Henrik is a member of the Australian Macadamia Strategic Investment Advisory Panel (SIAP), charged with advising Horticulture Innovation Australia, Australia’s horticulture industry peak body on R&D investment priorities for the sector. Henrik is part of the macadamia industry’s plant breeding group and represents the SIAP on the industry’s marketing committee.
In previous roles Henrik had responsibility for two macadamia processing operations and branded consumer goods, one operation located in Australia the other in Hawaii, including the groups 4,000 acre macadamia orchard. Among other fresh produce categories, Henrik previously managed Australia’s largest mango business with over 700 Ha of mangoes
across 6 sites in the Northern Territory and Queensland. His wealth of experience spans the entire value chain including farming operations and developments, value adding, supply chain management, export & sales channel development, marketing, brand development and R&D.
