John Maher Email & Phone Number

John is a high performing Chair, Director and Senior Adviser with extensive board and business leadership experience across several publicly listed and private companies. He has proven success developing and leading teams to generate superior organizational performance and growth while applying a strategic focus and capability in financial discipline and capital allocation; innovation, strategic planning and execution; governance, sustainability and risk; safety and people systems; M&A, negotiation and equity markets. He is a strong advocate for Australian agribusiness, international trade and regional & remote communities being awarded Sydney University’s Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award for services to these causes. He continues to contribute as a director of Autism Awareness Australia, Agribusiness Australia and as a mentor for the ARLP and MLA. Presently John serves as Chair/ Director on several private and public agribusinesses and is also a Senior Adviser to BGH Capital. Previous roles include long-term Managing Director and Chief Executive of the ASX listed rural services company, Ruralco Holdings Ltd, for nine years. During this time Ruralco expanded to become a major Australian agribusiness being the fastest growing and one of the highest returning agribusinesses in the sector, increasing profit, revenue and enterprise value exponentially. Prior to Ruralco, John was a Senior Executive at Wesfarmers Ltd for 10 years and AWB Ltd for two years where he led the $5 billion Landmark (now Nutrien) rural services business to then record profit and ROCE levels. Most recently John was Group CEO of the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) responsible for the oversight of $3 bill of assets and 2.5 mill ha of land for mainly agricultural and tourism purposes. During this time, he led a major company transformation, greatly improving key performance outcomes for Indigenous Australians and the organisation's financial position. He also led the establishment of the Indigenous Land and Sea Future Fund. He has previously served on a number of boards and industry organisations including Wesfarmers Landmark Ltd, Landmark Operations Ltd, Australian Live Export Corporation and AuctionPlus.John has an honours degree in Agricultural Science from Sydney University, an MBA from AGSM (University of NSW), completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD Business School in France, studied global agribusiness at Harvard Business School, is a Graduate of the AICD and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

Listed skills include Business Strategy, Business Planning, Agribusiness, Strategic Planning, and 18 others.