EastAUSmilk President and Vice President Elected

The new board of eastAUSmilk commenced its 3-year term on 1 January 2023. The board met for the first time on 30 January 2023 and at this meeting elected their president and vice president. Matt Trace from the Gympie region was elected president. Matt continues in this role that he has held for 1 year since the inception of eastAUSmilk. Matt operates 2 dairy farms and has been a director for 7 years.

Peter Graham from the Lismore region of NSW was elected the vice president. Peter joined the board on 1 January 2023 after serving as a very active district councillor of eastAUSmilk since its inception in December 2021. Although new to the board, Peter has extensive experience in board roles including previously being a local government councillor and on the Norco board. Peter has a real passion for the dairy industry and dairy farming. Peter also has long been a strong advocate for bringing NSW and Queensland together as one dairy industry through eastAUSmilk and is well known in both NSW and Queensland.

The board felt it important to have both NSW and Queensland represented in the key leadership roles of president and vice president. Matt and Peter will be able to lead their respective states and most importantly lead eastAUSmilk in the interests of all dairy farmer members in NSW and Queensland.

It is now time for eastAUSmilk to move forward under the leadership of Matt, Peter and the other eastAUSmilk board members being Ruth Kydd, Kay Tommerup, Waylon Barron and Glen Drury. The board will need to set the strategic direction for eastAUSmilk for the next 3 years. Most importantly, they will decide the key priorities that we will focus on.

Eric Danzi, Co-CEO eastAUSmilk