Contact
Agribusiness Association of Australia Ltd (AAA)
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PO Box 504, FARRELL FLAT SA 5416 email: agri@agribusiness.asn.au
Phone: 0448 840 232 Fax: 61 8 8127 8052
National Contacts
Executive Officer: Deborah Baum - agri@agribusiness.asn.au
Deborah has a Grad Dip in Business Management and a Diploma of Agriculture. Both degrees have served her well in the business of farming with her husband and as the former Executive Officer for the South Austrailan No-Till Farmers Association (SANTFA). Deborah coordinates and administers the business of the AAA from her home at Farrell Flat on the family farm in the Mid North of South Australia. Deborah will help you with your enquiries about the Agribusiness Association and will link you with the network of the agribusiness supply chain.
President: Dr Theresa Craig
Theresa brings the perspective of science and practical business implementation to the Board. Theresa has a PhD in nutrition, across all species. She has both domestic and international experience in twelve countries in operations, research, and management in both animal and human nutrition. Raised on a ranching/ feedlot operation in Alberta Canada, Theresa has always been associated with agriculture; her first business was raising purebred Suffolk sheep. For the past 14 years, Theresa has owned the Australian production management and consulting company, Tara – Technical Assistance and Research Analysis Pty Ltd. Together with her husband, Clif Hefner, she owns and operates a purebred Charolais stud in, Queensland. In addition, she is currently on the Queensland committee for the Charolais Society of Australia. Theresa completed the Company Directors Course through the Australian Institute of Company Directors in November 2008. She is passionate that agriculture and the food industries need to attract the best and brightest to help feed the world, and that agribusiness needs to be better understood by the general public.
Vice President - Travis Morgan
Travis has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, University of Adelaide 2000. Born and raised on a mixed farm near Yongala, in South Australia’s Upper Mid north and involved with a family seed grading business, Travis has been working directly in the agribusiness sector for over 11 years. This involvement began as an agronomist within IAMA Agribusiness, then later with National Australia Bank in a number of finance, product and marketing management roles based in SA, NSW and VIC. In 2006, Travis joined Landmark in Melbourne, as a Financial Services Product & Marketing Manager and continuing with ANZ when they acquired the Landmark Financial Services business in March 2010. Member AAA and Director since 2007.
State Contacts
The Agribusiness Association acknowledges the assistance of those who have volunteered to act in the role of Director.
South Australia
Geoff Lucas
Simon Venus
Michael Blake
Tim Burrow
Hon Caroline Schaefer Past President ex Officio to the Board
Victoria
Travis Morgan, Vice President
Rob Salmon
New South Wales
Lucy Purcell
Russell Caird
Queensland
Dr Theresa Craig, President
Brian Healey
Charlie Blomfield
