About Us

Our Team

Carmine Callisto

Sales Director

As Sales Director, Carmine works closely with our valued partners, customers and suppliers to ensure we can offer a comprehensive range of high quality services. Carmine has travelled abroad and interstate extensively over the years and therefore has been instrumental in building a dynamic logistics network on a global scale, which enables Global Axis Substrates to navigate multiple import requirements.

Andy Swan

Sales Director

Currently Sales Manager at Global Axis Substrates, Andy specialises in berry crops and nursery substrates, with a focus on innovative coir and peat blends.

With over 30 years of experience spanning the protected cropping, nursery, sports turf, environmental, and retail horticulture sectors, Andy is passionate about sustainable horticultural solutions.

His varied expertise lies in product development, technical support, and problem-solving, particularly in developing growing media and hydroponic substrates for food, flower, and ornamental plant production.

Andy has collaborated with local and international industry leaders, driving projects that focus on environmental conservation and water sustainability. And has been awarded the PCA Chairman’s Award for “Service to the Industry” and is a former PCA member and active participant in horticultural trade shows.

Michael Callisto

General Manager

As General Manager, Michael takes pride in the seamless running of operations over all aspects of the organisation. This includes leading the team while also being involved with business development and customer service. He values the importance of high-quality service and understands the significance of providing superior products on time, every time. Michael continually strives to build upon the growth experienced by our business over the last 30 years, and ensures we can
continue to offer seamless solutions to our valued network of partners, customers and suppliers.

Samiko Callisto

Director

Rudi Moraw

Director

Aspa Callisto

Administration Manager

Annette Munro

Director

Madeline Hnoudis

Operations Coordinator

Beverley Dsouza

Operations Coordinator

Partner’s & Associations

Global Axis Substrates are strong advocates of Australia’s mushroom and horticulture industries, and are proud members of the Australian Mushroom Growers Association (AMGA).

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As an Australian family run business, we are so proud to operate within a global market, and contribute to the growth and strengthening of our economy. Working in a family business sometimes comes with its challenges, however we work hard (but have fun while we are at it!), and our relationships working together are stronger than ever. We appreciate the advocacy of Family Business Australia.

SUPPORT FAMILY BUSINESSES

Global Axis Substrates are strong advocates of Australia’s mushroom and horticulture industries, and are proud members of the Australian Mushroom Growers Association (AMGA).

SEE AMGA

As an Australian family run business, we are so proud to operate within a global market, and contribute to the growth and strengthening of our economy. Working in a family business sometimes comes with its challenges, however we work hard (but have fun while we are at it!), and our relationships working together are stronger than ever. We appreciate the advocacy of Family Business Australia.

SUPPORT FAMILY BUSINESSES

Corporate Responsibility

As an Australian family run business operating in a global market, we take our corporate social responsibilities very seriously. We are committed to supporting various community and environmental initiatives, including playing our part wherever possible to reduce carbon footprints and engaging in sustainable environmental practices.

Global Axis Substrates are proud supporters of the charity organisation Foodbank, and align with their aim to fight hunger by sourcing food for people in need. Members of the Global Axis Substrates team and our families volunteer at Foodbank’s community initiatives and events on a regular basis.

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What Our Partners Say About Us

"We have been dealing with Global Axis Substrates for nearly two decades and have found their service and products extremely reliable. We have NEVER been without product. The availability of purchasing the majority of products needed for mushroom production also gives us peace of mind. These products include Casing Soil, Supplement, Picking Knives, Growing Nets and Champi Lights. They have also provided services such as shipping new machinery and organising Duty and Customs paper work. Global Axis Substrates’s experience paves the way for another twenty five years of great service."

Nick Femia | Managing Director, SA Mushrooms

"Global Axis Substrates is one of our key strategic partners and has been for the last twenty years. We cannot fault them or their professional attitude towards business and our relationship. The product that they supply us is always of the highest quality and is delivered on time, every time. Global Axis Substrates works in with our production scheduling so that we can always be confident that there will be no shortages. Through having a strong alliance with Global Axis Substrates, we can focus on other parts of the business and safely know that our business is being managed successfully."

Ben Grange | National Sales & Marketing Manager, Grange Growing Solutions

"Global Axis Substrates’ fairness in business, their due diligence dealing with the, at times, hostile volatility in the money market and their ability to negotiate good freight rates have ensured that we, as a mushroom producer, were not unnecessarily disadvantaged. It has been a pleasure to me to have a supplier who is able to take the worry out of our dealings and at the same time be fair, reasonable and perform to the ultimate. Furthermore, their ability to obtain cultural information and negotiate change of mixtures and structures with suppliers overseas, was faultless. Being so far from our raw suppliers it was imperative for us to have trust in Global Axis Substrates and they never let us down over the thirty year period. Global Axis Substrates’ professionalism and fairness which melded into friendship, certainly has been an integral part of our own continued success over the years. I cannot speak too highly of Global Axis Substrates and their dedication and service to us, their customer over the past 30 years and thank them most sincerely for their tireless efforts."

Douglas Schirripa | Chairman/Director, Adelaide Mushrooms & Mushroom Business Advisor, Costa Exchange

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