GrainGrowers’ members have elected two Directors to the Board – representing the Northern Region – at the Annual General Meeting 2024 held today.
Nigel Corish and Ian Gourley, both previous Board members, were re-elected after retiring in accordance with the constitution.
Mr Corish, a fourth-generation farmer from Goondiwindi, is the managing director of New Leaf Ag. This family-owned company operates 4,000ha of cultivated land near Condamine. The business produces summer and winter crops, including wheat, barley, chickpeas, sorghum and cotton.
He was first elected in 2018 and has served as Deputy Chair of the organisation. As a Board member, he has focused on policy, leadership and sustainability. He was recently appointed to the Grain Sustainability Framework Council.
Mr Gourley is a second-generation grain grower in northwest New South Wales, farming over 6,000ha, producing wheat, durum, chickpeas, faba beans, canola, cotton and sorghum.
He was first elected in 2021, having previously been a member of the GrainGrowers National Policy Group for nine years.
GrainGrowers Chair Rhys Turton congratulated Mr Corish and Mr Gourley on their re-election to the Board.
Mr Turton said the re-elected members bring a wide range of knowledge and experience to the Board.
“Having worked with both previously, I look forward to their ongoing contributions as members of the GrainGrowers Board. It is a real strength that as an organisation, we are well served by members with wide-ranging skills and experience, and that have the dedication to put aside time from their business interests to help develop the wider industry.”
“As a board, we are well equipped to address those issues that we know are holding back the future development of our industry.”
Mr Turton said the election had again highlighted the depth of talent in the organisation.
“We again have a strong and experienced Board, and this, combined with our management staff and the input from our National Policy Group and our members and supporters, gives us the opportunity to deliver meaningful results across key policy areas,” he said.
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