Duncan has substantial legal and corporate governance expertise, with over 30 years experience in senior leadership positions, including roles with Lion Nathan, Pepsico Australasia/Africa, and Tricon Restaurants. Currently a director of Endeavour Group Ltd, Curing Homesickness Ltd and Wirrabilla Pastoral Pty Ltd.

Tanya is CEO of the Australia Food and Grocery Council. She has significant experience at senior executive levels in both the public and private sectors as well as experience in the food and grocery sector. She was AFGC Director of Economics, Trade and Sustainability and prior to that worked in various roles at the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission and the energy retailer ActewAGL.

Mike has over 30 years experience as a Chartered Accountant. He is also a registered liquidator and a director of an Acting Trustee entity licensed by APRA. He has been a partner of McGrathNicol for 18 years having been a founding partner in 2004. Mike specialises in forensic accounting, insolvency and governance engagements and has been a Director of Foodbank Queensland for six years.

Steve has over 40 years business experience in Australia and Internationally predominantly in branded consumer goods. Stephen has held general management and CEO roles for more than 15 years and has been a Director of Foodbank Victoria since 2018.

Ms Fiona Simson is a farmer and experienced policy, governance and strategy non-executive Director, with a career in agricultural advocacy and policy development. Ms Simson has a particular focus on good policy, governance and strategy to support rural and regional communities. Ms Simson was also the first female Chair of the National Farmers’ Federation.

Over 30 years’ experience in the financial sector, including investment management, finance, accounting, risk management and governance in both listed and unlisted financial product markets, having held senior executive and C-suite positions with Elders Finance, Bankers Trust, NSW TCorp and Treasury Group.

Jeremy is Executive Officer – Tasmania of Uniting Victoria & Tasmania, the largest community services organisation in Australia. His career has been centred on managing values-driven nonprofit organisations in social and community services. He is currently chair of Foodbank Tasmania and St Brigid’s Catholic School, New Norfolk and a director of Families and Children Tasmania.

A seasoned marketing professional with more than 20 years of global blue-chip marketing experience at brands including McDonald’s Pepsi Lipton and ANZ Bank, Mark Lollback assumed the role of GroupM Australia & New Zealand CEO in April 2016.

John is the current Chair of Lighthouse Disability, Studio Nine Architects and the Australian Wine Research Institute’s board nominations committee. He is a Non-Executive Director of Headspace (the National Youth Mental Health Network), Helping Hand Aged Care, Revenir Winemaking and a Trustee for the South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT).

A scientist by trade, he has a BSc (Hons), PhD and MBA from the University of Adelaide but secretly wishes he was a behavioural economist.

Mr La Ferla is a corporate lawyer and company director with more than 30 years’ experience. He has held senior leadership positions with some of Australia’s leading law firms and a variety of board positions with listed public companies and not for profit organisations. Mr La Ferla is currently the Non-Executive Chair of ASX-listed company Chalice Mining Ltd and until recently was the Non-Executive Chair of Sandfire Resources Ltd. Mr La Ferla is also the founder and Chair of Green Peak Energy, a private renewables energy company with a majority interest held by North Canadian Infrastructure Fund CBRE Calledon.