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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

 

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

  • Trustee of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust

 

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
  • 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

 

Neville Armstrong

  • Appointed as the nominee director for Private Treaty Wool Merchants of Australia Inc October 2017
  • Member of Environment & Safety Committee
  • President of Private Treaty Wool Merchants of Australia Inc

  • Managing Director of Chopper Pty Ltd 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

Chief Executives

Alec Dixie 1958 - 1964
Jim James, (Acting) 1964 - 1965
James Campbell 1965 - 1966
David Ward OAM 1966 - 2001
Michael Jackson Since 2001