William R. McGilvray

Bill McGilvray is the founder and owner of the Australian Essential Oil Company in New South Wales, Australia and Co-Director of Plant Extracts International Inc. in Hopkins, Minnesota. Bill McGilvray's initial business involvement with essential oils and plant extracts was in the Tea Tree oil industry in 1986, as a consultant in production and distillation. Soon after, as a member of a family partnership, he purchased several properties in the Northern New South Wales area and began to develop a substantial Tea Tree oil business. He designed, constructed, and commissioned one of those properties as a Certified Organic Tea Tree plantation.

Since then he has been deeply involved in all facets of the industry, from distillation to plantation development and management (both conventional and organic), through to research, sales, and marketing. He has developed a network of buyers and agents in over twenty countries around the world.

McGilvray served as Chairman of The Australian Tea Tree Industry Association from 1993 to 1996 inclusive. Prior to being elected Chairman, he was deputy chair, and before that a director. His companies' product portfolios have gradually expanded to include other Australian native essential oils and extracts. Over the past several years he has been involved in the development and marketing of several other Melaleuca oils, as well as Oil of Callitris intratropica (Australian Blue Cypress Oil), several Eucalyptus oils, many other natural extracts of Australian origin, and innovative products containing these plant oils and extracts.

Since 1993, he has been involved with research and development of essential oils and formulated products for remediation and fragrancing in the built environment, in areas as diverse as hospitals, surgeries, libraries, industrial, commercial, domestic buildings, road vehicles, yachts and cruisers. Proprietary treatment and fragrancing products are manufactured for several Australian and international companies.

In 2006 he and his wife and partner, Jill Rivard, established Plant Extracts International Inc. in Hopkins, Minnesota, to distribute essential oils and related products to the North American market.

Fields of Expertise:
Australian essential oils research and development
Distillation and extraction
Domestic and international sales of essential oils and plant extracts
International marketing of essential oils and plant extracts
Plantation development and management
Remediation and fragrancing of the built environment using essential oils

Current Directorships:
Managing Director, The Australian Essential Oil Company Pty. Ltd.
Australian Cypress Oil Pty. Ltd.
Australessence Pty. Ltd.
Australian Cypress Holdings Pty. Ltd.
Essential Oil Consulting Services Pty. Ltd.
Plant Extracts International Inc. (Minneapolis MN)

Previous Directorial Positions 1986 - 1994:
Chairman, T Tree Property Holdings Pty Ltd
Managing Director, The Organic Tea Tree Oil Company Pty Ltd

Previous Positions: 1994 - 2002
Director, Australian Essential Oils International Ltd. (UK)

Professional Organisations:
Member, past Chairman - Australian Tea Tree Industry Association Ltd.
Member, past Director - Biological Farmers of Australia
Member - Essential Oil Traders Association of Australia Pty Ltd.
Member - Australian Aromatic Medicine Association

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