Key Speakers

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Anna was appointed Managing Director of Woolworths new stand-alone protein business Greenstock in April 2021.

Barry is Executive Chairman of Bega Cheese, one of Australia's largest dairy and food companies with revenues exceeding $3 billion.

With six generations of sheep breeding in the Taylor family, Chad and Louise have combined traditional farming experience with cutting-edge breeding technologies to produce the modern Mumblebone Merino.

Charlie was the 2022 Australian recipient of the Zanda McDonald Award.

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Dawson and wife Greta along with son Dawson, and his wife Lisa, and grandsons Jack and Michael, own and manage Hillcroft Farms a 12,500 acre property 165 kms SE of Perth in the 450mm rainfall zone.

Don is a fifth generation north Queensland cattle producer with two stations and running 8,000
head of cattle on the lower Burdekin River.

Eric Flanagan is the General Manager of MSD Animal Health Australia and New Zealand.

Ginny spent most of her childhood on a farm in Northern Tasmania and has always been passionate about agriculture, keeping active and farming communities. She combined these three loves when she founded Active Farmers in 2015.

Howard is the founder and CEO of Pollinate, one of Australia’s leading strategic research consultancies which was awarded AFR Sustainability Leader 2022 in recognition of 15 years investment in research to understand consumer attitudes and behaviour to the environment.

Jake is a public speaker, the youngest #1 bestselling author in New Zealand history, and a passionate educator on the power of resilience.

Jarek joined the Westpac Group as a Senior Economist in 2021.

Jason Strong has more than 30 years’ red meat and livestock experience, knowledge and connections from the farm through to the end consumer in both domestic and international markets.

John has held numerous senior agribusiness roles over the past 25 years including CEO of Hancock Agriculture, Hassad Australia and Clyde Agriculture.

Never really living in the moment but always being excited about the future is what drives Julia. Change is inevitable and she works hard to help others have confidence in navigating an uncertain future.

Lucinda and her family run a performance recorded herd of 2,300 cows on two aggregations in Southern NSW at Bowna and Culcairn.

Mark is a Central Queensland Cattle producer and advocate for beef, the product and the production system.

Mark lives in Christchurch in New Zealand but grew up on the family farm in the Victorian Mallee. He has spent his career in the sheep industry working throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Nadia Campbell is the co-owner of Goondicum Station in Central QLD, winner of the QLD Landcare Farming Award.

Kerin Agriculture is a family-owned business situated at Yeoval in the central west of NSW, 80km south of Dubbo.

Oli is the Founder of Humans of Agriculture, a storytelling platform that looks to connect, engage and inspire those within and towards agriculture.

Pip Band has over 20 years of experience as a sustainability and corporate affairs specialist.

Prue and her husband David operated Palgrove Charolais and Ultrablack stud and associated commercial cattle enterprise on several properties across Qld and NSW for over 34 years.

Rhys is the 2021 New Zealand recipient of the Zanda McDonald Award.

Richard has Chaired The Zanda McDonald Award since 2015.

Rob was the Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Company until 20 April 2021.

Rozzie was the recipient of the Australian Zanda McDonald Award in 2021.

Shane is the Patron and founder of the Zanda McDonald Award created in 2014. The Award was created with the support of the Platinum Primary Producers Group (PPP) in honour of close friend and Queensland cattle baron, the late Zanda McDonald. Shane was the founder and Chairman of this group from 2006 through to 2019.

Shannon is the founder and CEO of Black Box Co an innovative SaaS (Software as a Service) product that ingests raw data across the beef supply chain to inform prediction, forecasting and key production insights.

A past recipient of the Zanda Macdonald award (2018), Thomas is passionate for the primary sector in New Zealand with a focus on developing new high growth pathways to market.

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Trent is a Partner at Hamilton Locke and the co-leader of its Food and Agribusiness group.