Board of Directors & Policy Council

Murray Jones | Chairman

Chairman since April 2005. Chairman of the Queensland Land Protection Council since 2000. Former President of AgForce Grains and former Shire President of Wyalkatchem, WA. Advanced Diploma of Agricultural Economics. Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 48 years' experience as a grain grower in WA and QLD.

Jamie Smith | Deputy Chairman

GCA Director and Policy delegate of GCA since 2008. Fifth generation farmer and Ag Contractor from Maitland, South Australia, with corporate experience in the Finance Industry and Risk Management. Acting Chairman, SAFF Grains Council. Vice Chairman, Board of Rural Financial Counselling Service SA. Fellow FINSA (Financial Service Institute of Australasia). Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Lyndon Pfeffer | Treasurer

GCA Director since Oct 2006. AgForce Grains President since May 2005. AgForce Grains Board Director since 2001. AgForce Director since 2004. Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Farmer for 38 years at Pampas on the Darling Downs.

Ian Hastings | Director

Deputy Chairman since 2006. GCA delegate from 2003, then inaugural board director when it was formed in 2006. Served four years as VFF Grains President, member of VFF Board and also on the VFF finance committee 2003-2007. Farmer at Ouyen, north west Victoria since returning from service in Vietnam in 1969. Established spray contracting business in 1987.

Geoff Nalder | Director

GCA Director since April 2008. President of VFF Grains Group. Board member of Victorian Farmers Federation. Managing director of "Meatian Park"- a 5000 Ha dryland cereal production property in the Eastern Mallee of Victoria. 20 years experience in grains production/membership organizations. 30 + years actively involved in Grains Industry.

Doug Clarke | Director

GCA Director since October 2008.

Bruce Piper | Director

GCA Director since October 2008. Independent Chairman of COGGO. External advisory board of the Institute of Agriculture at UWA. Director of Canola Breeders Australia and Australian Grain Technology Western Australia (AGTWA).Grows cereals, oilseeds and pulses on his Bindi Bindi farm.

John Agnew | Policy Council

GCA Policy Council delegate since 2005. Vice President/Treasurer AgForce Grains. Special interest issues around bio fuels and biosecurity in the grains industry. Has been a farmer all his working life.

Peter Treloar | Policy Council

GCA Policy Council delegate since 2008. SAFF Grains Council member 2003-05. Elected chair of SAFF Grains Council in February 2008. Eyre Peninsula Natural Resource Management Board 2005-08. Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Nuffield Scholar 2002. 30 years experience as a grain grower in South Australia.

Russell Amery | Policy Council

GCA Policy Council delegate since 2008. Member of VFF Grains Council since 1998. Vice President VFF Grains Council 2005-2007. Deputy President VFF Grains Council 2007-2008. Actively involved in family farming operation base in central Victoria since 1984. Sole manager of the farming enterprise since 1996.

Donald Wallace | Policy Council

GCA Policy Council delegate since 2008.

Bruce Eyres | Policy Council

GCA Policy Council delegate since 2008. Board member of COGGO. Grows cereals and some pulses on his Kulin farm 'Ardeer'.