Leaf Energy Limited announced that its Chairman, Dr. Mel Bridges is retiring after 10 years at the helm, and will be replaced by Dr. Jay Hetzel as the incoming Chairman. In forward succession planning, Dr. Hetzel was appointed to the board as a Non- Executive Director in August 2011. Dr. Hetzel has had a distinguished career in research and an outstanding commercial career in building companies both at executive and board level.

More recently Dr. Hetzel was the co-founder of Catapult Genetics.