Donald McGauchie
Chairman
AO, FAICD (Non-executive Chairman)
Mr McGauchie was appointed a Director of Australian Agricultural Company Limited on 19 May 2010 and subsequently Chairman on 24 August 2010.
His previous roles with public companies include Chairman of Telstra Corporation Limited, Chairman of NuFarm, Deputy Chairman of James Hardie, Director of GrainCorp Limited, Deputy Chairman of Ridley Corporation Limited, Director of National Foods Limited, Chairman of Woolstock, Chairman of the Victorian Rural Finance Corporation, Chairman of the Australian Wool Testing Authority, President of the National Farmers Federation from 1994 to 1998 and Director of Reserve Bank of Australia from 2000 to 2011.
In 2001, Mr McGauchie was named Rabobank Agribusiness Leader of the year and awarded the Centenary Medal for services to Australian society through agriculture and business.
In 2004 Mr McGauchie was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to the wool and grain industries.
Anthony Abraham
Director
BEc LLB (Accountancy and Law)
Mr Abraham was appointed a Director on 7 September 2014. Mr Abraham is Chairman of the People and Culture Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee.
Mr Abraham has over 30 years’ experience in banking, finance and investment management, including 20 years specifically in food and agriculture. Mr Abraham established Macquarie Group’s agricultural fund’s management business and is currently a member of ROC Partners’ food and agricultural investment team.
During the past three years Mr Abraham has not served as a Director of any other listed company.
Stuart Black
Director
AM, FCA, FAICD, BA (Accounting)
Mr Black was appointed a Director on 5 October 2011. Mr Black is Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
Mr Black has extensive experience in agribusiness. He is a non-executive director of Noumi Limited, a former nonexecutive director of Palla Pharma Limited, NetComm Wireless Limited, Coffey International Limited, and Country Education Foundation of Australia Limited, former Chairman of the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Fund Limited, and a past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia. He was the inaugural Chair and is a past Board Member of the Australian Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board.
In 2012 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the profession of accounting, to ethical standards, as a contributor to professional organisations and the community.
During the past three years, Mr Black has served as a Director of the following listed companies:
- Noumi Limited* – appointed March 2021
*denotes current Directorship
Sarah Gentry
Director
BEc, BCom
Ms Gentry was appointed a Director on 24 October 2022. Ms Gentry is a member of the Audit, Risk and Management Committee and Nomination Committee.
Ms Gentry is a Vice President at the Tavistock Group where she manages investments in the food, agriculture, health and technology sectors. She has experience in finance, operations, investments and marketing. Ms Gentry holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland. She is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
During the past three years Ms Gentry has not served as a Director of any other listed company.
Josh Levy
Director
BA (Hons) Msc
Mr Josh Levy was appointed a Director on 25 July 2024. Mr Levy is a member of the People and Culture Committee.
Mr Levy is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Tavistock Group, and member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, where his responsibilities include investment strategy and portfolio management. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of UK-headquartered specialist business lender, Ultimate Finance. Mr Levy has deep experience in food and hospitality serving as a Non-Executive Director of Mitchells & Butlers, a FTSE 250 group, and the UK’s largest owner of managed pubs and restaurants, since 2015.
Mr Levy began his career in UK mergers and acquisitions and has worked at Tavistock Group since 2016. Prior to joining Tavistock, Mr Levy worked in investment banking at Investec Bank plc specialising in UK mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets.
Nicole Sparshott
Director
BBus (Hons), MIB
Ms Nicole Sparshott was appointed a Director on 13 May 2025. Ms Sparshott is a member of the Brand, Marketing & Sales Committee and the Board Nomination Committee.
Ms Sparshott is a seasoned CEO and Change Agent with 30 years of consumer goods and retail experience, in some of the world’s leading blue-chip organisations – Unilever, Coca-Cola Company & Procter & Gamble. She has lived and worked across international markets, with extensive time in Asia Pacific, UK, and Europe and across diversified channels. Nicky’s former Executive roles include Global Chief of Transformation for Unilever; CEO of Unilever Australia & New Zealand and Global CEO of luxury retailer, T2 Tea. In addition, she has held several regional executive roles spanning Asia Pacific. Nicky brings rounded commercial and consumer focused experience to building brands, creating demand, driving value creating transformation at scale and building high performance teams.
Ms Sparshott currently serves as the Chair of the University of Technology’s Vice Chancellors’ Industry Advisory Board and is Non-Executive Director for the World Wildlife Fund. She was formerly a Non-Executive Director on the Australian Food & Grocery Council and Chair of Global Sisters.
Ms Sparshott has a Bachelor of Business and a Master International Business from The University of Technology Sydney; and an Executive Masters in Change from INSEAD Business School.
She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
During the past three years, Ms Sparshott has not served as a Director of any other listed company.
Marc Blazer
Director
MSc (LSE), BA (UMD)
Mr Blazer was appointed a Director on 31 July 2019. Mr Blazer is Chairman of the Brand, Marketing & Sales Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
Mr Blazer is a leader in the international tourism and hospitality sector. Mr Blazer is currently the Chairman and CEO of Overture Holdings, a consumer, food & beverage, and hospitality investment group. From 2013 until 2020, he was the co-owner and Chairman of the Board of Noma Holdings, the parent company of world-renowned restaurant noma based in Copenhagen; co-founder and Executive Chairman of New York based PRIOR, a global hospitality and travel company; and Co-founder and Director of Ahimsa Partners, a venture that invests in, licenses, owns, and operates hospitality ventures in India.
In addition to his consumer and hospitality business activities, Mr Blazer has also had an extensive career in capital markets. Before becoming Chairman of Overture Holdings, he was a partner and the global head of investment banking at Cantor Fitzgerald. During his tenure, he was named one of Investment Dealer’s Digests 40-under-40 in 2006. While at Cantor, he was on the advisory board of Enertech, a clean energy venture fund. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Mr. Blazer spent six years at ChaseMellon Financial Corp. (now Bank of New York Mellon), a joint venture between Chase Manhattan Corporation and Mellon Financial Group LLC.
Earlier in his career, Mr Blazer was an advisor to members of Congress in both the US House of Representatives and Senate on tax matters, banking and securities legislation, international trade policy, and foreign relations.
Mr Blazer earned a graduate degree from the London School of Economics in 1992, and a BA from the University of Maryland in 1990.
During the past three years Mr Blazer has not served as a Director of any other listed company.
Zoe Kenneally
Director
BCom, BBus
Ms Zoe Kenneally was appointed a Director on 17 December 2025. Ms Kenneally is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Board Nomination Committee.
Ms Kenneally is an institutional investment professional with more than two decades of experience in finance, agribusiness and governance.
Most recently, Ms Kenneally served as Managing Director of Assets at Laguna Bay Group, where she was responsible for the strategic management of a large portfolio of food and agriculture investments across Australia. Prior to that, she held executive and CFO roles at Laguna Bay and served as a Director at Ernst & Young for over a decade, specialising in assurance, risk and regulatory compliance.
Zoe brings deep expertise in financial stewardship, long-term asset management and institutional investor relations, as well as strong credentials in ESG and sustainability-driven performance.
She is currently Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA), where she previously served as a Non-Executive Director.
Zoe holds degrees in Commerce and Business from the University of Queensland and is a Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ).