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Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Manage a suite of livestock and cropping farms for a range of clients, alongside building a portfolio of farms to lease in southeast Australia.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The Sheep Sustainability Framework presents evidence to our stakeholders that Australian sheep meat and wool has been produced responsibly in order to build trust and confidence in the industry.It demonstrates that Australia has a commitment to improvement and a clear path towards more sustainable practices where needed.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Sheep Producers Australia works to enhance the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian sheep and lamb industry

Wagga Wagga, Australia

Achievements included being the Riverina member on Rabobank’s Beef Sector Group; Growing a large portfolio of sheep, beef and cropping clients; Hitting commercial targets and high customer satisfaction (NPS); Selected to travel to the Netherlands for a Global Rabobank conference; And managing the prudential requirements for my portfolio, including annual.

Melbourne, Australia

Prepare and analyse credit papers in Rabobank's Southern Victoria & Tasmania region. Primary focus was on large Country Banking exposures covering dairy, horticulture, beef, sheep and cropping.

North Sydney

Achievements included:Leadership and direction on industry insights and economic analysis and publicly commentating on red meat and livestock market trends;Chief economic analyst and author/presenter of MLA’s Cattle and Sheep Industry Projections;Present market information at industry events and to international red meat importing delegations;Improved the.

North Sydney, NSW, 2060

Lead a small team that wrote and presented market insights for the entire red meat supply chain

Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada

Responsible for the sheep and cattle management of an intense rotational grazing operation, while also assisting the dairy and hay making enterprises.

Riverina; Central NSW; & North West NSW

From Jackaroo to Livestock Overseer on numerous stations around western NSW that had merino, cattle, cotton, rice and broad acre cropping enterprises. During this time achievements included:Bachelor of Rural Science at UNE;Represented Australia in the Intercollegiate Meat Judging team that toured the US;Recipient of an Australian Wool Innovation Scholarship

Bachelor Of Rural Science, Agriculture

Company Directors Course, Graduate

Director duties, responsibilities and best practice governance to be a valuable board member.

Master Of Agribusiness, First Class Honours

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