People: Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AAC.AX)

AAC.AX on Australia Stock Exchange

1.11AUD
22 May 2013
Price Change (% chg)

$0.04 (+3.26%)
Prev Close
$1.08
Open
$1.08
Day's High
$1.11
Day's Low
$1.07
Volume
196,359
Avg. Vol
243,908
52-wk High
$1.41
52-wk Low
$1.02

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Donald McGauchie

 62 2010 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

David Farley

 2009 Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Executive Director

Craig White

 2013 Chief Financial Officer

Troy Setter

 2010 Chief Operating Officer

Bruce Bennett

 2006 Company Secretary, General Counsel

J. Strong

 2012 General Manager - Marketing

S. Cruden

 General Manager - Northern Australian Beef

Pat Dempsey

 General Manager - Beef Group

G. Dober

 2010 General Manager - People and Culture

Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah

 49 2013 Director

Adil Allana

 2013 Director

David Crombie

 2011 Non-Executive Director

Shehan Dissanayake

 2012 Non-Executive Director

Thomas Keene

 2011 Non-Executive Director

Arunas Paliulis

 2009 Non-Executive Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Donald McGauchie

 Mr. Donald (Don) Gordon McGauchie, AO, FAICD, is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd. He was appointed as Director on May 19, 2010 and subsequently, as Chairman on August 24, 2010. Mr. McGauchie is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Member of the Audit Committee and the Staff and Remuneration Committee, and the Risk and Compliance Committee of the Company. He is currently a Director of James Hardie SE, Chairman of Nufarm Limited and Director of GrainCorp Limited. His previous roles with public companies include Chairman of Telstra Corporation Limited, Deputy Chairman of Ridley Corporation Limited, Director of National Foods Limited, Chairman of Woolstock, Chairman of the Victorian Rural Finance Corporation (statutory corporation), and also President of the National Farmers Federation. During 2011, he retired as a member of the Reserve Bank Board. In 2001, Mr. McGauchie was named the Rabobank Agribusiness Leader of the Year, was later awarded the Centenary Medal for services to Australian society through agriculture and business and in 2004 was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

David Farley

 Mr. David Dickson Farley has been Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Executive Director of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd since December 1, 2009. He has held a number of senior leadership and Board roles at high profile Australian and international agribusinesses, across a variety of agricultural commodities with a career spanning more than 35 years. Mr. Farley was formerly Managing Director and CEO of Colly Cotton Limited, Australia’s cotton producer, a position he held for more than 16 years. Mr. Farley’s executive leadership roles also include President/CEO of Calcot, a United States cotton warehousing and marketing co-operative and Farms and Development Manager at F S Falkiner & Sons. Mr. Farley was previously a director of Tandou Limited, Wool International, and Rural Industries Research and Development. Mr. Farley commenced his career as a Jackeroo on sheep and cattle stations in Queensland and the NSW Riverina. He served as Director of Tandou Limited from November 2007 until his resignation in March 2010.

Craig White

 Mr. Craig White is Chief Financial Officer of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd. He is the former CFO of Billabong International Limited and was previously Finance Director for the South Pacific & Korea Division of the Coca-Cola Company.

Troy Setter

Bruce Bennett

 Mr. Bruce Bennett has been Company Secretary and General Counsel of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd since November 22, 2006. Before joining the Company, he was Special Counsel for a law firm, where he specialized in company and property law, mergers and acquisitions and other commercial contracts. He has over 20 years of experience in legal practice, having practiced in both Queensland and New South Wales. Mr. Bennett is a Chartered Secretary and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

J. Strong

S. Cruden

Pat Dempsey

G. Dober

Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah

Adil Allana

David Crombie

 Mr. David Charles Crombie has been Non-Executive Director of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd since October 5, 2011. He is Chairman of the Staff and Remuneration Committee (appointed Chairman on 7 August 2012) and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee. Mr. Crombie is a Director of Alliance Aviation Services Limited and Foodbank Queensland Limited. He was a founding Partner and is currently a non-Executive Director of GRM International and he is also a Commissioner of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). He is the immediate Past President of the National Farmers Federation, former Chairman of MLA and a former Director of Grainco Australia, the Meat Industry Council and Export Finance Insurance Corporation. Mr. Crombie operates family properties, breeding cattle and farming in southern Queensland. He was Director of FKP Property Group until November 2010.

Shehan Dissanayake

 Dr. Shehan Dissanayake has been Non-Executive Director of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd since April 27, 2012. He is a senior Managing Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Tavistock Group, a privately held investment company. He has responsibility for portfolio strategy across 200 companies in 15 countries, and is Chief Executive Officer of Tavistock Life Sciences, an operating unit of the Tavistock Group. Before joining Tavistock Group in 2002, Shehan was a Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen with responsibility for strategy and business planning for the global legal, tax and HR Consulting Divisions of the firm, encompassing 1,600 partners and 15,000 professionals. Earlier in his career, Shehan was involved in the medical research and technology industries. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences from The University of Chicago.

Thomas Keene

 Mr. Thomas (Tom) Bodley Keene has been Non-Executive Director of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd since October 5, 2011. He is Chairman of the Risk and Compliance Committee (appointed Chairman on 7 August 2012), and a member of the Nomination Committee and the Staff and Remuneration Committee (resigned as Chairman on 7 August 2012). Mr. Keene has career in agriculture and is the former Managing Director of Graincorp Limited, where he established the company as a listed entity. He is currently a director of Cotton Seed Distributors Limited and Midway Limited. In 2007, Mr. Keene received the NAB Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award. During the past three years Mr. Keene has not served as a Director on any other listed company.

Arunas Paliulis

 Mr. Arunas Povilas Paliulis, BA, has been Non-Executive Director of Australian Agricultural Company Ltd since June 12, 2009. He is Chief Executive Officer of Felda IFFCO LLC. He is also Member of the Staff and Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management committee of the Company. He has over 35 years of experience in the global trading of grains, oilseeds and feedstuffs and in devising risk management strategies for several organizations, including Cargill Inc. (USA), Louis Dreyfus Corporation (USA and France), Woodhouse, Drake & Carey (UK) and Emirates Grain Products Co LLC (UAE). Mr. Paliulis is Member of the Board of F.I.N.A. based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Mr. Paliulis is a graduate of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Donald McGauchie

 206,315

David Farley

 1,194,850

Craig White

 --

Troy Setter

 408,998

Bruce Bennett

 359,307

J. Strong

 --

S. Cruden

 --

Pat Dempsey

 295,850

G. Dober

 207,306

Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah

 --

Adil Allana

 --

David Crombie

 --

Shehan Dissanayake

 --

Thomas Keene

 --

Arunas Paliulis

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2012

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