AWTA Board
Appointment of Directors
AWTA Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee. As described in the Company's Articles of Association, each Member Guarantor is entitled to appoint a Director to the Board. Additionally, the Member Guarantors may appoint two Independent Directors. The Board may appoint a Director having special scientific and/or technological qualifications. The Chief Executive of the Company is also a Director.
The following organisations or their nominees are the Member/Guarantors constituting the Company:
Directors
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Chair
Gordon Dickinson
- Appointed as an independent director by the members of AWTA Ltd on 18 March 2005
- Appointed as Deputy Chair on 15 April 2005 and as Chair on 21 October 2022
- Chair of Remuneration & Appointments Committee
- Chair of Rubicon Water Ltd and Nareen Station Pty Ltd
- Director of DFP Management Pty Ltd
- Trustee of Hamilton Gallery Trust Fund
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Deputy Chair
Alexandra Gartmann
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Managing Director
Michael Jackson
- Managing Director of AWTA Ltd since 21 May 2001
- Member of Environment & Safety Committee
- Director of New Zealand Wool Testing Authority Ltd and JinAo Testing Company Ltd
- Chair of the Australian Wool Education Trust
- Vice President of the International Wool Textile Organisation
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David Ritchie
- Appointed as the nominee director for Wool Scourers and Carbonisers of Australia Group of Australian Wool Processors Council Inc on 25 February 2011
- Member of Audit & Finance Committee
- General Manager of Victoria Wool Processors Group
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Scott Williams
- Appointed as the nominee director for Wool Textile Manufacturers of Australia Group of Australian Wool Processors Council Inc on 1 June 2023
- Executive Director of Australian Council of Wool Exporters & Processors Inc
- Executive Director of Private Treaty Wool Merchants of Australia Inc
- Principal of Forest Hill Consulting
- Director of Central Highlands Water
- Director of the Sovereign Hill Museums Association Ltd
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Neville Armstrong
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David Webster
- Appointed as the nominee director for Australian Wool Innovation Ltd on 25 November 2008
- Member of Remuneration & Appointments Committee
- Director of Australian Wool Innovation Ltd, Lambda Pty Ltd and Carbon Agri Metrics Pty Ltd
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John Colley
- Appointed as the nominee director for National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia Inc effective 1 May 2021
- Member of Audit & Finance Committee
- Director of National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia
- Managing Director of AWN Food & Fibre Holdings Pty Ltd
- Director of AWN Rural Pty Ltd, Australian Wool Exchange Ltd, Premium Wool (WA) Pty Ltd, Dyson Jones Wool Marketing Services Pty Ltd, Australian Pastoral Investments Pty Ltd, AWN Pastoral Pty Ltd, AWN Property Pty Ltd, Colley Pty Ltd, Arlia Pty Ltd and Jemina Pty Ltd
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Steve Harrison
- Appointed as the nominee director for WoolProducers Australia Ltd on 14 November 2022
- President WoolProducers Australia Ltd
- Director of Australian Wool Exchange Ltd
- Principal of Bindawarra Merino Stud
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Josh Lamb
- Appointed as the nominee director for Australian Council of Wool Exporters Inc on October 2020
- Chair of Environment & Safety Committee
- President of Australian Council of Wool Exporters and Processors Inc
- Managing Director Endeavour Wool Exports Pty Ltd
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Corporate History
Chair
Bill Lempriere |
1957 - 1964 |
Ian McLaren |
1964 - 1965 |
Max Scott, (Acting) |
1965 - 1966 |
Lindsay Yeo AO |
1966 - 1992 |
Alan McGregor AO |
1992 - 2005 |
Donald McGauchie AO |
2005 - 2022 |
Gordon Dickinson |
Since 2022 |
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Chief Executives
Alec Dixie |
1958 - 1964 |
Jim James, (Acting) |
1964 - 1965 |
James Campbell |
1965 - 1966 |
David Ward OAM |
1966 - 2001 |
Michael Jackson |
Since 2001 |
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