Headquartered in New Zealand, Prime is a professional management consulting group providing specialised services to an international market. The company has subsidiaries in Afghanistan, Australia, Fiji, United Arab Emirates, United States and Zambia. Prime's strength is that it offers global knowledge and expertise combined with local networks and experience. It has extensive and proven management capacity in supporting all aspects of the program/project lifecycle. The company’s core competencies include strategic planning, solution integration and operational implementation, with particular technical expertise in the agriculture/food, renewable energy and water sectors. Prime multi-faceted skillset has been honed through a wide portfolio of work across more than 50 countries over the past 30 years, with clients ranging from governments and statutory bodies through to small and medium sized private enterprises and large corporates.

Prime Consulting International (Australia) Pty Ltd is a professional consulting group offering specialised services to the international agribusiness and food sector, both locally and globally. We place a high value on business experience and proven results, accordingly our people have been chosen from a wide variety of business backgrounds and generally have worked at senior levels in their fields for a number of years. Prime Consulting is strongly outcome-driven and we seek long-term business relationships with our clients, whereby we may be involved in the entire project or business lifecycle, providing specific input and expertise in focused areas where required.Key consultancy roles include:Afghanistan Agriculture Value Chains Program - Prime Project and Technical Director Programme Director - Zambia Dairy Transformation ProgrammeAgribusiness Advisor - Private Sector Development, Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and LivestockLead reviewer - Development of a code of practice for on-farm biogas production and use, AustraliaReview and establishment of slaughterhouse practices, MongoliaReview of biogas regulations for the Australian livestock industriesDevelopment of agribusiness initiatives covering horticultural production, livestock farming and development of the cold chain distribution system, India

This key leadership appointment involved providing independent governance to the board of directors and other strategic advice as required.Negotiated an AU$250 million 5 year produce supply contract with a large Australian supermarket retailer

Manufacturer/ Wholesaler of Mexican artefacts and the wood-fired Koala Oven range

Retailer of Mexican artefacts and the wood-fired Koala Oven range.

Principal responsibility for implementing policies developed by the board of directors, and ensuring the vision of the organisation is met by developing, resourcing and implementing an operational plan, which underpinned the strategic plan.

Overall responsibility for sanitary-phytosanitary market access issues for the export red meat industry. Sole responsibility for Halal slaughtermen recruitment. Provision of administrative services to the Meat Industry Standards Council and direct involvement in the implementation of HACCP and other quality systems within the export meat processing industry.

Responsible for purchasing of all pigs and other livestock used in manufacturing; involvement in purchasing of other associated livestock; quality control of stock purchased; logistics associated with the inwards transport of hanging meat; overseeing boning room operations; also responsible for export product logistics.

Sales management for a large portfolio of products and services to both broadacre farmers and livestock producers.Southern NSW Area Manager for Agribusiness Products Pty Ltd, acquired by Provimi S.A. in 2001. Cargill acquired Provimi in 2011.