AWTA Board

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

Deputy Chair

Alexandra Gartmann

• Appointed as an independent director by the members of AWTA Ltd on 21 October 2022
• Appointed as Deputy Chair on 21 October 2022
• Chair of Audit & Finance Committee
• Chair of the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council
• Non Executive director of Nufarm
• Director of the Australian Farm Institute and One Basin CRC
• Member of Selection Commitee of Grains Research & Development Corporation

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

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

Scott Williams

• Appointed as the nominee director for Wool Textile Manufacturers of Australia Group of Australian Wool Processors Council Inc on 1 June 2023
• Member of Audit & Finance Committee
• 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

John Colley

• Appointed as the nominee director for National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia Inc effective 1 May 2021
• Member of Remuneration & Appointments 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, 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
• Alternate Director of the Australian Wool Exchange Ltd

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
• Director of Nelyambo Wool Pty Ltd

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

Gary Turner

• Appointed as the nominee director for Private Treaty Wool Merchants of Australia Inc on 20 October 2023
• Member of Environment & Safety Committee
• Managing Director of Reeashbro Pty Ltd
• Managing Director of Reeashbro (Wool) Pty Ltd
• Director of Stocturn Holdings Pty Ltd

Michelle Humphries

• Appointed as the nominee director for Australian Wool Innovation Ltd on 20 October 2023
• Director of Australian Wool Innovation Ltd
• Director of Livestock Breeding Services Pty Ltd
• Director of Brookvale Jerilderie Pty Ltd
• Director of Nanshore Pty Ltd
• Director of Dunchurch Pty Ltd

Chair

Chief Executives