Dr Bruce Standen - Chair

Dr Standen is the principal of a consulting business based in Sydney. He is also a Director of several companies including Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd and adviser to a number of national and international companies and agencies. Dr Standen was Managing Director of the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation (AMLC) for almost a decade. He has a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics from UNE and a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has served on the national Trade Policy Advisory Council (92-93), the Executive of the Australian Committee of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (89-98) and the Board of the International Meat Secretariat (96-00).



Mr Gill Stassen – Managing Director


Mr Stassen has over 17 years experience as a Chief Executive Officer in the telecommunications, banking, mining and manufacturing industries. With over 15 years in the finance industry as a Senior Analyst then as CEO, Mr Stassen gained sound knowledge of most industries, enabling him to launch and grow very successful business ventures in widely different markets. In the process he has worked extensively overseas including the USA, Bermuda, France, China and Hong Kong. He was also responsible for successfully establishing markets in most parts of Europe, UK, USA, and Asia.



Dr Arthur Rickards, OAM


Dr Rickards is the foundation Director of the ABRI (Managing Director since ABRI's incorporation in 1993). Dr Rickards is also Manager of Australia's National Beef Recording Scheme, Executive Director of the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders Association (the peak industry Council for beef and dairy cattle breeds) and leader of a national program for improvement of ruminant species in the Philippines. The Rural Press Group has listed him in the top ten acievers in Agribusiness.

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Mr Scott Williams
Scott Williams is a member of the UNE Council; the governing body of the University of New England and is Chair of the Finance Committee and a Member of the Audit and the Remuneration Committees. He owns and operates Petals Network which is a floral order clearing house with its own operations in Australia, New Zealand and Britain and which trades in 70 other countries. Previously he has been a consultant with the FAO of the United Nations, AusAid and with the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources. He also worked for several years with The Rural Development Centre at UNE in the areas of rural adjustment and declining country towns. He has academic qualifications in agriculture, accounting and computing science
 
Professor Peter Flood
Professor Flood is a UNE alumnus (Wright College 1964-1967), graduating with First Class Honours in Geology. Subsequently he worked for the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources (1967-1970), including a secondment to the Papuan Department of Lands Survey and Mines (1968), and later as a mineral exploration consultant 1970-1972, during which time he completed an external Master of Science degree through UNE. He then accepted a lecturing position at the University of Queensland (1972-1980) where he completed a PhD part-time. He returned to UNE in 1980 and almost immediately took leave to accept a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Miami, Florida.
Professor Flood has served UNE as Head of School, Dean of the Faculty of The Sciences, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, and in his current position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research. He has published extensively on topics as diverse as the geological development of the Great Barrier Reef, the origin of mid-Pacific seamounts, geology of eastern Australia, NZ, PNG, Newfoundland, Hong Kong, etc.
Mr Ian McIvor AM


A trade consultant and primary producer Ian is Chairman of the Australian Livestock Export Council. Ian is a former Director of the Australian Wool Exchange. also previously he was a Director of the Australian Wheat Board, Dalgety Futures Ltd, Port Phillip Wool Processing Ltd and Dalgety Germany G.mbH. He retired as General Manager (International) of the Dalgety Group in 1994. Ian resides in Orange, NSW and is a member of the Finance and Audit Committee.

Mr. Alex McDonald


Alex McDonald is the industry representative on the ILRIC Board for the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders Association. He is currently the General Manager of the Australian Limousin Breeders’ Society and has previously worked for the Victorian Department of Agriculture, the Animal Breeding and Genetics Unit and the Agricultural Business Research Institute.

Mr Robert Barwell
Mr Barwell is a sheep and cattle producer who is a part-time consultant and is involved in cattle industry matters through NSW Farmers and the Cattle Council of Australia. Previously he was the National Co-ordinator of CATTLECARE and Flockcare. He has also been the General Manager of a diverse agricultural company with properties throughout rural New South Wales.