MDH director announced as new chair of Beef Australia

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BEEF Australia right now introduced the appointment of a brand new Chairman and Board of Administrators, following the corporate’s 2024 Annual Normal Assembly held right now in Rockhampton.

Following member elections, the Board of Administrators appointed Adelaide McDonald as new Chair of Beef Australia, succeeding Bryce Camm from Camm Agriculture who served two phrases as chairman.

Ms McDonald mentioned she was honoured to have been chosen by Administrators to guide the crew for Beef 2027.

“I stay up for working with the Board and the broader Beef Australia crew to ship a groundbreaking occasion in 2027 and construct on the success that we noticed at Beef2024,” Ms McDonald mentioned.

Ms McDonald is a director on the board of McDonald Holdings, a big scale northern pastoral and lotfeeding operation primarily based out of Cloncurry.

Beef Australia’s members elected Cameron Hewitt and Wendy Mayne as new Administrators, and re-elected present Administrators Claire Mactaggart and Russell Hughes.

Adelaide, daughter of the late Bob McDonald, brings a wealth of expertise in agriculture and finance and is well-positioned to guide the Beef Australia Board into its subsequent part of development.

Adelaide is at the moment a director of a number of entities together with MDH Pty Ltd, considered one of Australia’s largest family-owned pastoral operations encompassing 3.36 million hectares and 150,000 head of cattle.

As well as, Adelaide has been appointed a Director of the Zanda McDonald Award and is a revered monetary providers skilled with a background in company finance, accounting, mergers & acquisitions, and technique.

Filling the opposite government positions are Elisha Parker and Jess Webb as vice chairs, Kay Becker as Treasurer, and Claire Mactaggart as Secretary.

Beef Australia CEO Simon Irwin mentioned the brand new Board of Administrators deliver a wealth of abilities and expertise which will likely be invaluable as planning begins for Beef2027.

“We stay up for working with the Board to construct on the successes we noticed at Beef2024 and advancing our strategic initiatives,” Mr Irwin mentioned.

Two of Beef Australia’s long-serving administrators retired from their roles on the AGM, with previous chair Bryce Camm and previous treasurer Richard Brosnan stepping down from their roles.

Adelaide McDonald mentioned each retiring administrators have been instrumental in guiding the corporate via important development and innovation.

“On behalf of Beef Australia’s new Board of Administrators and the broader crew I wish to thank Bryce and Richard for his or her unwavering dedication and dedication to delivering profitable Beef Australia occasions over time,” Ms McDonald mentioned.

New Administrators:

Cameron Hewitt

Cameron is a fifth-generation grazier and is the present Operations Supervisor of his household’s cattle enterprise, Hewitt Pastoral Enterprises. He’s additionally the Director of HP Wagyu, is a part of the Australian Topstock Collective the place he works with US meat firms to provide Australian beef and was a Member of the 2018 Beef Australia NextGen Committee. Cameron has a powerful ardour for beef genetics, reside animal and carcase efficiency knowledge, and enjoys working from the plate again to paddock to enhance herd efficiency, effectivity and high quality. He was a Co-Founding father of the Queensland Meals Future and has been concerned with varied trade associated advocacy efforts to assist form the way forward for Australia’s beef trade.

Wendy Mayne

Born and raised on a seedstock cattle operation within the Riverina of NSW, Wendy has a deep ardour for the meat trade. She is at the moment a Director at Texas Angus, a beef cattle operation that she operates alongside her husband. Wendy has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Melbourne College, has beforehand labored within the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Beef Export Advertising and marketing crew, and was a sole cotton purchaser for the Swiss firm Volcott Cotton. Wendy at the moment serves on the World Angus Discussion board Committee, has accomplished a number of management applications, was a part of Angus Australia’s Genetic Analysis Consultative Committee, and has judged at a number of Royal Agricultural Exhibits.

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