Lyndon Mickel
Chair, GIWA Board and Deputy Chair, GIWA Barley Council
Lyndon is a broadacre cropping farmer in the Beaumont region east of Esperance. Farming 6,000 ha with his wife, Nikki and his parents, they crop barley, wheat, canola and field peas.
Tress Walmsley
Deputy Chair, GIWA Board; Deputy Chair, GIWA Wheat Council and Independent
Tress was appointed as the InterGrain CEO in 2012. InterGrain is a national cereal breeding business. Having joined the business at inception in 2007 as the first staff member, Tress played an integral role in governance, developing operating systems and building the company’s commercial platform.
Ashley Wiese
Chair, GIWA Oat Council
Ashley owns and manages a family farming operation in Narrogin WA, with his wife Jo and a team of wonderful staff. Originally beginning his career as an accountant, Ash went on to pursue his passion of growing food on his property which has been in his family for four generations.
Peter Bostock
Chair, GIWA Oilseeds Council
Peter grew up on a family farm in the Upper Great Southern where his interest in canola & agronomy began. After completing studies at Muresk and a few years back on the family farm, Peter began working in commercial agronomy at Landmark where he worked for many years in the Central Wheat and Midlands region, of which, the last 3 years were spent managing the WA Agronomy team.
Stephen Powles
Chair, GIWA Pulse Council
Stephen Powles has a lifetime of experience in agricultural education, crop production, herbicides and herbicide resistance. Stephen is Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering.
Peter Rees
Chair, GIWA Wheat Council
Despite growing up in the city, Pete stumbled in to agriculture at UWA and discovered he loved it. He now has over 15 years’ experience working in grain trading, fertiliser and agricultural research.
Eamonn Lanagan
Treasurer and Independent
Eamonn is a Director at Byfields Business Advisers. He is a Certified Practising Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor, and provides business advisory and accounting services to clients across the value chain in agribusiness throughout the wheatbelt and pastoral regions of WA.
Kerry Regan
Independent
Kerry manages the Grains Research and Industry Innovation branch’s R&D sections with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), which focus on improving grain productivity and profitability for sustainable farming systems in WA.
Kellie Todman
Independent
Kellie is Manager of Government and Industry Relations at the CBH Group, liaising with local, state and federal Government and grain industry organisations to advocate for good outcomes for CBH and the grain growers of Western Australia.
Mark Narustrang
Independent
Mark is Principal Consultant and Director at Pivotal Point Strategic Directions (PPSD). He works with Boards and Executive in improving their business performance and resolving complex problems through strategic and commercial analysis and independent advice.