About

Peter was previously the CEO and Managing Director of a public listed company for 18 years. In this role he was responsible for a global group employing over 1,000 people across a dozen countries, with revenues over $300 million per annum. He was formerly a partner in corporate and taxation law with a leading Australian legal firm.

Over the past 25 years Peter has developed extensive interests in the wine sector through the Fogarty Wine Group (FWG), which has grown into Margaret River’s largest wine producer. FWG now owns and operates a portfolio of wine assets and vineyards across Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

For 13 years Greg lived in Singapore, and worked as the CEO/MD of the Interflour Group (one of Asia’s largest grain processors and agri-port companies) which operates across 6 countries and employs 1,600 staff. On his return to Australia in 2018, Greg was the inaugural CEO of Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s agricultural investment vehicle Harvest Road Group, which operates across meat processing (Harvey Beef), aquaculture (Leeuwin Coast), and ag-tech investments (Future Feed).

Privately, Greg was the Global Chairperson of the Food Fortification Initiative for eight years, which gave him deep first-hand knowledge of the global strategies and trends that will determine the future of the food industry, and the importance of clean and green food to all consumers.

Mark is a Director and Company Secretary of the Fogarty Wine Group (FWG) companies where he has been actively involved in the strategic growth of the FWG business.

In addition, Mark is a Director of Pendulum Capital, a Western Australian based corporate advisory business, where he has worked on a range of capital markets and corporate finance activities, including due diligence and business reviews, initial public offerings, capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions for clients in industries extending from technology, mining services through to agriculture.

Mark is also a Director and Company Secretary of The Wine Collective, a leading digital wine marketplace based in Sydney, NSW and Company Secretary of RLR Holdings Pty Ltd, the developer of The Lodge Wadjemup on Rottnest Island.

Daniel grew up on a family farm in the South West of WA and studied Agricultural science before becoming an Agronomist in the Great Southern region of WA. He then spent several years on the East Coast working as a cotton trader before moving back to WA as a foreign exchange trader for CBH and ANZ bank.

Previously Daniel was the General Manager for Giovi Ltd, one of the largest corporate farming operations in WA, where he oversaw multiple properties, with to 40 staff over 60,000 hectares producing grain, cattle and sheep. Daniel managed all aspects of the business from farm purchases through to the day-to-day operations. Daniel brings extensive experience to his position as General Manager of PenAgri Farms.

Having grown up on a wheat and sheep farm in the central Wheatbelt of WA, Grant then completed degrees in both Law and Commerce at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He then joined the EY and later Hartleys corporate finance teams and gained five years transaction experience in the mining and mining-services industries. He also worked in the health services sector as a business analyst for the ASX-listed Advanced Personnel Management.

Grant stepped back into the agricultural industry in a commercial partnerships role with agricultural startup consultancy AgriStart, followed by three years as a commercial analyst at ASX-listed Alterra Ltd, a horticultural development company that owns a large avocado development in WA’s South West, where he focused on debt and equity capital raisings, financial forecasting and business modelling, and market analysis.

Grant also holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from KAPLAN.

Mark began his career with an international accounting firm before moving into funds management where he was involved in the finance and administration of a number of listed funds, now part of the ING Bank group. He subsequently held executive roles in merchant banking in Sydney and Perth, where he specialised in project and commodity financing and capital markets.

Mark was previously a senior executive for a public listed group where he was responsible for M&A and treasury activities, including capital and debt raisings, and investor relations and was a director of a number of group companies. During this time he managed raisings exceeding $500 million, working in Perth, Brussels and Rome.

He is currently CEO for Universal Biosecurity, which is focused on commercialising a sustainable fumigation technology in container logistics and bulk commodities for invasive pests. Tom is also Managing Director of SeaStock, an innovative producer and supplier of methane reducing feed concentrates. He has also held senior positions at Harvest Road Group, Co-Operative Bulk Handling (CBH) and Craig Mostyn Group.

Tom’s wheat export marketing strategy work positioned CBH as the largest Australian wheat exporter. Other highlights include the creation of an investment strategy and project delivery for Blue Lake Milling, and delivery of a modern oat milling plant in Western Australia from concept design to production, as well as a renewable energy power plant feasibility to commercial contract award.