Board

John Keniry

Chairman

• Chairman, Ridley Corporation Limited and Australian Biodiesel Group Limited
• Chairman, Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation
• Chairman, WoolPoll 2006
• Chair or participant in a range of Commonwealth Government inquiries, including inquiries into regional development, livestock exports and biofuels.
• Previously, Chairman of a Regional Business Development Analysis Panel
• Owner of a wool growing and cropping enterprise based in the central west of NSW

David Anthony

Director

• Managing Director and CEO of Auscott Ltd., one of Australia’s largest integrated agribusiness organisations with extensive irrigation and cotton processing operations
• Chairman, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC
• Member, NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ministerial Advisory Council for Primary Industries Science
• Member of the CSIRO Agribusiness Sector Advisory Council

Charles Armstrong

Director

• President of NSW Farmers' Association
• Previously, a Director of Wool International, Australian Wool Testing Authority, Australian Wool Exchange
• Previously, President of Wool Council of Australia
• Owner and operator of an extensive broadacre farming enterprise at Nyngan, NSW

Mike Carroll

• Board Positions include Meat and Livestock Australia, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, Select Harvests, Sunny Queen Farms and the Rural Finance Corporation
• Former member of the Wheat Export Marketing Consultation Committee
• Participated in a review of the Victorian Department of Primary Industry
• Owner of a property in western Victoria.

Mick Keogh

Executive Director

• Executive Director, Australian Farm Institute
• Previously, General Manager Policy, NSW Farmers’ Association
• Worked for ten years as an agricultural management consultant, for both private and public sector clients
• Previously, research officer at University of NSW
• Obtained a BSc and MSc in agriculture at University of NSW
• Grew up on, and continues to be involved in a mixed-farming enterprise based in southern NSW