Ms Walmsley, who steps into the Chair role from Deputy, replaces outgoing Chair Lyndon Mickel. Mr Mickel, a grower from Beaumont, voluntarily vacated the position to focus more on his farming enterprise. He will continue as GIWA Barley Council Deputy Chair, and will remain on the GIWA Board.
See updated Board and Commodity Council lists below.
Ms Walmsley has more than 20 years of agribusiness experience and prior to joining InterGrain, spent more than ten years with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (then Department of Agriculture and Food, WA) in a variety of roles. During this time, she played an industry leadership role in the development of the Australian grains industry ‘End Point Royalty’ collection system which has enabled cereal breeding in Australia to become commercially sustainable.
Ms Walmsley was appointed to CEO of InterGrain during 2012. InterGrain is a national cereal breeding business, where she has played an integral role in governance, developing operating systems and building the company’s commercial platform.
Ms Walmsley is also the Chair of Australian Crop Breeders, a member of Grains Australia Barley and Oat Councils, and Director of Chemistry Centre WA, and during 2020, was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women’s award and in 2015, the WA Rural Woman of the Year.
At the GIWA 2023 AGM, Peter Bostock was appointed to Deputy Chair of the Board.
Mr Bostock is the Sales and Technical Manager – Southern WA at Pioneer Seeds, as well as the Technical Lead for WA. He has a keen interest in farming systems, particularly soil health, crop nutrition and resistance management to support sustainable profitability.
The GIWA Board and Staff congratulate Ms Walmsley and Mr Bostock on their appointments, and thank Mr Mickel for his invaluable contribution to the WA grains industry.
In addition to changes at a Board level, there were some movements in the GIWA Commodity Councils. GIWA welcomes new Wheat Council Chair, Tracy Lefroy and Deputy Chair, Dion Bennett, and thanks outgoing Chair Peter Rees and Deputy Chair, Tress Walmsley, for their leadership. Alan Meldrum also returns to the Pulse Council as Deputy Chair.
2023-24 GIWA Board
Tress Walmsley – Chair, GIWA Board
Peter Bostock – Deputy Chair, GIWA Board; Chair, GIWA Oilseeds Council
Tracy Lefroy – Chair, GIWA Wheat Council
Lyndon Mickel – Deputy Chair, GIWA Barley Council
Ashley Wiese – Chair, GIWA Oat Council
Stephen Powles – Chair, GIWA Pulse Council
Eamonn Lanagan – Treasurer; Independent
Kerry Regan – Independent
Kellie Todman – Independent
Mark Narustrang – Independent
2023-24 GIWA Commodity Council Members
Wheat Council
Tracy Lefroy – Chair – Grower, Bindi Bindi
Dion Bennett – Deputy Chair – Wheat Breeder and WA Manager, AGT
Michael Ahn – Wheat Trader, CBH Group
James Foulsham – General Manager Marketing and Trading, AAAX
Simon Gellert – Wheat Trader, Viterra (Glencore)
Peter Henning – Grower, Dowerin
Rebecca Kelly – Grower, Mingenew
Chela Lamond – Grower Services Manager, GrainCorp
Dick McCagh – WA State Manager, Louis Dreyfus Company
Mark Pontifex – Grain Marketing Adviser, MarketAg
Peter Rees – Independent
Michael Schmidt – Head of Commodity, Mauri
William Syers – Director, Bunge
Tress Walmsley – CEO, InterGrain
Tremayne Watts – Grains and Oilseeds Manager, Cargill
Guests (non-voting)
Larisa Cato – Wheat Quality Technical Markets Manager, AEGIC
Vince Moroney – Export Planning Manager, CBH Group
Dion Nicol – Research Officer (Merredin), DPIRD
Dale Paddon – Country Quality Manager Australian Grains Centre, CBH Group
Barley Council
David Moody – Chair – Barley Breeder, InterGrain
Lyndon Mickel – Deputy Chair – Grower, Beaumont
James Allen – Grain Marketer, GrainCorp
Alex Barber – Trader, Bunge
Mark Basic – Regional Technical and Quality Manager (APAC), Boortmalt
Mal Bennett – Customer Relationship Manager, Emerald Grain
Amanda Box – Barley Breeder, Seednet
Ben Cotsford – Grain Marketer Team Lead WA, Cargill/AWB
Chayce Creedy – WA Procurement Manager, Mauri/Weston Animal Nutrition
Linda Hewson – Grower, Broomehill
Grant Marshall – Grower, Lakes District
Drew Robertson – Senior Barley Trader, CBH Group
Paul Telfer – Barley Breeder, AGT
Mike Tempone – Director, GAPRA
Sarah Woolford – Regional Manager (WA), Nufarm
Guests (non-voting)
Dale Paddon – Country Quality Manager Australian Grains Centre, CBH Group
Blakely Paynter – Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD
Mary Raynes – Barley Markets Manager, AEGIC
Georgia Trainor – Territory Manager, InterGrain (proxy member)
Oat Council
Ashley Wiese – Chair – Grower, Highbury
Anna-Lisa Newman – Deputy Chair – Grower, Varley
Andrew Bolt – Deputy CEO, Balco
Lachlan Briotti – Specialist (Commodity Trading), CBH Group
Trent Butcher – Agronomist, ConsultAg
Will Carrington-Jones – Grower, Kojonup
Brent Hope – General Manager Operations, Unigrain
Chris Maughan – Supply Chain Manager, Quaker Oats Australia Pty Ltd
David Oates – Director, Demeter Grains
Jackson Morris – Trader, Premium Grain Handlers
Garry Page – Organic Oat Grower, Pingelly, and Certified Organic and Biodynamic WA
Allan Rattey – Oat Breeder, InterGrain
Guests (non-voting)
Larisa Cato – Wheat Quality Technical Markets Manager, AEGIC
Sabori Mitra – Oat and Barley Technical Manager, AEGIC
John Orr – Director, Premium Grain Handlers (proxy member)
Dale Paddon – Country Quality Manager Australian Grains Centre, CBH Group
Blakely Paynter – Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD
Georgie Troup – Research Officer, DPIRD
Michael Vaccari – General Manager Commercial, Unigrain (proxy member)
Oilseeds Council
Peter Bostock – Chair – Pioneer Brand Products Sales and Technical Manager (Southern WA)
Jon Slee – Deputy Chair – General Manager, Alba Edible Oils
Matt Aubert – Lupin Breeder, AGT
Reece Curwen – Grower, South Stirlings Tooraweenah Pastoral Company
Paula Eley – Grain Marketer, GrainCorp
Nick Goddard – CEO, Australian Oilseeds Federation
Andrew Heinrich – WA Canola Technical Specialist, Advanta Seeds
Michael Lamond – CEO Research Agronomist, SLR Agriculture
David Peake – Commercial Manager (Broadacre), SeedForce
Chris Tonkin – Director, Ten Tigers
Hugh Trenorden – Regional Sales Manager, Nuseed
Jane Wardle – Grain Quality and Sustainability Manager, CBH Group
Guests (non-voting)
Jackie Bucat – Canola Research Scientist, DPIRD
Dale Paddon – Country Quality Manager Australian Grains Centre, CBH Group
Pulse Council
Stephen Powles – Chair – Grower, Kojonup
Alan Meldrum – Deputy Chair – Independent
Matt Aubert– Lupin Breeder, AGT
Henry Davis – Commodity Manager, Mauri/George Weston Foods
Nick Goddard – CEO, Pulse Australia
Barry Mansfield – Trader, Demeter Grains
Jackson Morris – Trader, Premium Grain Handlers
David Tabah – Pulse Breeder, InterGrain
Jane Wardle – Grain Quality and Sustainability Manager, CBH Group
Ben Webb – Grower, Boyup Brook
Anne Wilkins – Grower, Badgingarra
Guests (non-voting)
John Orr – Director, Premium Grain Handlers (proxy member)
Dale Paddon – Country Quality Manager Australian Grains Centre, CBH Group
Mary Raynes – Markets Manager, AEGIC
Mark Seymour – Senior Researcher, DPIRD
Greg Shea – Senior Researcher, DPIRD
