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Structures
and Members
Board of Directors | Citrus Australia
Staff
The
Citrus Australia Board consists of two growers from each of South
Australia, Victoria (including the 40 km zone on the NSW side
of the Murray River), New South Wales and Queensland, and one
grower from Western Australia and one from the Northern Territory.
The Board meets at least quarterly and at the Citrus Australia Annual Conference.
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Tania
Chapman
Citrus Australia
Chair
Tania manages a citrus and grape growing business, and
provides specialised bookkeeping services to horticulturists
in the Sunraysia region. In addition, she has been Secretary
to the Sunraysia Table Grape Growers Association and
the Murray Valley Table Grape Growers Council. Tania
holds a Diploma of Accounting, Advanced Diploma in Business
Management, MAICD and MAIM. |
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Kevin
Parr
Citrus
Australia
Deputy Chair
Kevin’s business is one of the largest citrus growing
operations in Australia and the largest in Queensland. He
has 30 years of experience in citrus growing, packing, exporting
and marketing. Kevin has extensive experience in industry
leadership roles, and served previously as a board director
of ACG and a board member and treasurer of Queensland Citrus
Growers Inc. He is also chairman of Sweetee Citrus and managing
director of Central Fruit Packers, a horticultural packing
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Greg
Dhnaram
Board
Director
Greg is an independent Director and brings expertise in retailing
and fresh produce. Greg has 30 years experience in retail
through a variety of senior roles with Woolworths Australia.
He is presently Chief Executive Officer of the Favco Group,
a fruit and vegetable marketing company. He has a Graduate
Certificate in Management, a Diploma in Finance and a Diploma
in Business Knowledge.
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Kevin
Cock
Board Director
Kevin has a citrus
growing business in the Sunraysia region and was previously
a director and vice president of ACG. He has extensive
experience in citrus production over the past 40 years
and has been an active representative of the industry through
a variety of industry committees and boards, media relations
and government and trade delegations, and in advancing
industry policy issues with government.
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Michael McMahon
Board Director
Michael is the managing partner
of Abbotsleigh Citrus, a large citrus growing business in Queensland.
The
business grows, packs, transports and markets its own produce
within Australia and overseas. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce
degree and is a director of Gin Gin Fruit and Vegetable Growers.
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Michele Phillips
Board Director
Michele
is an independent Director and brings strong marketing and
board expertise. She has 20 years experience working in Australia
and Asia in both strategic and operational marketing roles
for major firms including Electrolux Asia Pacific, Nestle Australia/NZ,
Kellogg Australia and Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific. Michele
is the President and Chair of a company that manufactures and
markets a range of branded consumer food products and is executive
director of a private equity firm. Her family owns a fruit
farm in the Tweed Valley. She holds a Bachelor of Business
degree, an MBA and is a member of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors. |
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