Patrick is a Director of AustCham’s Board of Directors and Chair of the Greater Bay Area Committee for The Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong.

Patrick leads private equity and venture capital investments in the sustainable agri-food sector globally for Franklin Templeton.

Immediately prior to his currently role, Patrick Vizzone was ANZ International’s Head of Food, Beverage & Agribusiness. He is responsible for sector leadership across Asia, North America and Europe, and a key connector with our home markets in Australia and New Zealand. Patrick was born in Australia and has resided in Greater China and Japan since 1994.

Throughout his career, Patrick has held numerous senior corporate and investment banking leadership positions including most recently as Head of Institutional Banking, Asia and Head of Food & Agribusiness, Asia at National Australia Bank. Patrick has also served as Managing Director and Head of Food & Agribusiness, Asia at Rabobank. He is a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of China Agri-Industries, the flagship listed subsidiary of the COFCO Group, China’s largest food and agribusiness enterprise. He is currently serving a two-year term as Chairman of the International Board of the Produce Marketing Association (an industry association which represents 38 percent of all food consumption) and is the past Chairman of its Global Strategy Task Force.

Patrick is the inaugural Member of the Advisory Board of the Australia-Sino 100 Year Partnership (“ASA100”) and a Member of the Advisory Board of Agfunder, an online investment marketplace enabling accredited investors to invest in agriculture and agriculture technology companies. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Patrick has a BA in History and Political Science from Monash University and an MBA in finance from Manchester Business School.