Board
Riverine Plains is overseen by a voluntary board of Member and Independent Directors
About the Board
Riverine Plains is overseen by a voluntary board of Member Directors and Independent Directors, which meets monthly at the group’s Mulwala office.
2021 Board members
Member Directors
Chair: Ian Trevethan, Howlong
Deputy Chair: Fiona Marshall, Mulwala
Treasurer: Murray Scholz, Culcairn
Public Officer: John Bruce, Barooga
Melissa Brown, Miepoll
Independent Directors
Alison Penfold
Brondwen MacLean
Left to right: Murray Scholz, Melissa Brown, Fiona Marshall, Ian Trevethan. Absent John Bruce.
About the Independent Directors
Alison Penfold
Alison has extensive experience in issues management, reputational risk, stakeholder engagement, policy development and communications.
Alison’s expertise has seen her work in a variety of influential roles in government and opposition, the corporate sector and representing industry. She was the CEO of the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council from 2012 to 2016, Government Relations Manager for the Woolworths Group and most recently Chief of Staff to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, the Hon David Littleproud MP.
Alison currently works with a company that helps global and ASX100 companies, industries and organisations to address their most pressing challenges and earn a social licence to operate.
Brondwen MacLean
Brondwen grew up on a Dorset Horn sheep stud in Western Victoria, before attending boarding school, then university in Melbourne.
Brondwen has considerable experience in planning, managing and overseeing investment in agricultural R,D & E. Until her retirement in July 2019 she was General Manager of Research Programs at the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). Bron has been the Executive Manager on all three of GRDC’s Regional Panels and as such has a broad understanding of the challenges facing broadacre farming across Australia. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a strong supporter of women in leadership positions in agriculture, for the past three years being a mentor in the NFF’s Diversity in Agricultural Leadership Program.
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