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Our People

The Source Certain scientific (technical) team comprises forensic scientists, analytical chemists and geochemistry specialists.

Our scientists are all regarded as leaders in their field. All are highly experienced having worked in a complex scientific investigation area for over 10 years. They are actively involved in cutting-edge scientific research and education and collectively hold over 300 peer-reviewed publications. Our experts have published extensively in the disciplines of forensic science, analytical chemistry, geochemistry, forensic chemistry, food science and forensic entomology.

The technical team pioneered and commercialised provenance science and over the past 40 years have published scientific articles about the application of this science to food and non-food products. This includes; meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables, Australian native fruits, art media and artwork, diamonds, precious metals including gold, cannabis, tea, coffee, chocolate, ceramics, glass and textiles.

Meet our Executive Team below.

  • Cameron Scadding CEO & Managing Director
    Cameron Scadding CEO & Managing Director
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    Cameron Scadding is a forensic and analytical chemist. He is a globally recognised and respected expert in his discipline and has extensive experience in forensic investigation. Cameron has specific experience and expertise in supply chain integrity, security, and risk management.

    Cameron’s supply chain and forensic skill set have made him a leading consultant in many sectors, including agriculture, seafood, cannabis, critical and strategic minerals, gold, and diamonds. He is invited to speak regularly on global trends in supply chain integrity, specifically around agri-food, the integrity of food, food fraud, transparency, trust, traceability and provenance. 

    Cameron is a vocal advocate of connecting customers to food and product sources by developing tools, systems, and platforms that mediate transparency within the supply chain.

    In addition to his role as Managing Director of Source Certain, Cameron was a founder of Source Certain and a founder and the CEO of TSW Global and TSW Analytical.

  • Roger Young CEO (UK)

    Roger leads the Source Certain UK team following the acquisition of Agroisolab UK Ltd in 2024. Roger developed UK’s first commercial food origin authentication service in 2006, delivering origin authentication of traded pork using stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA). Following that success, he went on to develop similar contracts in most retail food categories, servicing food brands and retail multiples.

    Roger and his team had significant commercial success in the timber origin traceability market (UK, Europe and Australia), which Roger was instrumental in creating.

    Roger founded World Forest ID (WFID) in partnership with the US Forestry Service to develop a reliable global timber reference database for timber authentication and verification purposes. WFID is currently managed at Kew Gardens, London.

    Roger has a science background and, prior to working in traceability, had an earlier career in agriculture. He is a Nuffield Scholar and was a member of the Agricultural Reform Group, the team that redefined EU farm subsidies away from production quotas to sustainable environmental principles.

    Roger and his wife Irene live in North Yorkshire, where Roger’s life revolves around family, squash, and his lifelong love of wildlife.

  • Anthony Shields Executive Director
    Anthony Shields Executive Director
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    Anthony Shields is the Managing Director of Asymmetric Investment Management Pty Ltd, a Perth-based investment manager specialising in private debt. Prior to this, Anthony established and managed an investment portfolio for a large family office in Perth, Western Australia. He was responsible for asset allocation and portfolio management, risk management, investment and macro-economic analysis.

    He currently sits on the board of another Perth-based family office, advising on investment strategy and portfolio management and is also a non-executive director of Carnegie Clean Energy Limited (ASX:CCE). Prior to his family office investment roles, Anthony worked for Deutsche Bank in equity and derivatives sales and trading and for Macquarie Bank as an equity analyst and institutional equity sales and trading.

  • Rachel Scadding Chief Operating Officer
    Rachel Scadding Chief Operating Officer
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    Rachel is Source Certain’s Chief Operating Officer. She ensures the right solutions are designed for our clients so they can solve the problems preventing them from moving forward in their businesses.

    Rachel’s areas of expertise are forensic investigation, trace evidence analysis, and multivariate statistical interpretation. She has over 16 years of experience as an analytical and forensic chemist and helped found the company in 2016. She was previously a Director and co-founder of TSW Analytical.

    Rachel is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society and served on its committee between 2006 to 2020, and served as Vice President from 2011 to 2012.

    Rachel is a mother to three very active young boys and spends a lot of time assisting in local community matters and committees. She is a self declared North Melbourne Kangaroos ‘tragic’ and supports Manchester United. 

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