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Bruce Bennett - Company Secretary and General Counsel Bruce was appointed Company Secretary and Legal Counsel of AAco in 2006.  Before joining AAco, Bruce was a partner in a leading law firm, specialising in company and property law, mergers an ... > read more
 
Pat Dempsey - General Manager Wholesale Beef Pat has over 25 years experience in the meat industry, possessing a sound practical knowledge from producer through to customer. Pat has a strong focus in the area of production and marketing of beef  ... > read more
 
Andrew Jones - General Manager Business Development Andrew Jones commenced as General Manager Land with AAco in July 2006 and currently holds the role of General Manager Business Development.  Andrew’s role encompasses management of AAco’s land a ... > read more
 
Tim Gallagher - General Manager Breeding Tim Gallagher was appointed to the position of General Manager Station Operations, in November 2005, a promotion from his previous position of General Manager Growing, and currently holds the role of Gene ... > read more
 
David Bailey – Feedlot Manager Goonoo David joined AAco in 1998 as a member of the feedmill team, and progressed through the mill as a leading hand, and foreman to the position of Feedmill Manager, a position he held for five years prior to his appoi ... > read more
 
Matthew Barrett - Manager South Galway Matthew Barrett grew up on a small cattle property in Central Queensland.  Matthew attended boarding school at the Rockhampton Grammar School. Before joining AAco Matthew worked on various cattle pro ... > read more
 
Henry Burke - Manager Brunette Downs and Group Manager Northern Stations Henry is the Manager of Brunette Downs Station and the Group Manager Northern Stations. Henry’s career has been working on large cattle properties throughout the Gulf country  ... > read more
 
James Coates - Manager Dalgonally Station James Coates joined AAco in January 2004, working at Brunette Downs as the Stud Overseer. Previously he spent 2 ½ years on cattle stations on the Barkly Tablelands.  James then spent 3 ½ years in the ... > read more
 
Andrew Dexter - Processing Manager Andrew is currently the Processing Manager for the Australian Agricultural Company. After completing a Bachelor Agricultural Economics degree at UNE in Armidale, Andrew spent 5 years working in the Beef o ... > read more
 
Greg Gibbons - Group Manager Wagyu and Feedlots Greg Gibbons commenced employment with AAco in December 2002, when AAco purchased Aronui Feedlot. Greg first started working at Aronui in 1987. He managed the feedlot from 1991. During this time he was i ... > read more
 
Sam Graham - Senior Manager Anthony Lagoon Station Sam commenced working for AAco at Brunette Downs as a 3rd Year Jackeroo.  In 1989, at the completion of the season, he was awarded Jackeroo of the Year and travelled extensively in the USA study ... > read more
 
Steve Hagan - Manager Headingly Steve grew up on a station near Tennant Creek where his father was the Station Manager. During these years Steve completed his schooling through the Alice Springs school of the Air, for seven years, and finished his st ... > read more
 
Neil Harley - Manager Montejinni Station After leaving school at the age of 17 in 1985 Neil (Trumby) decided to go to the Northern Territory, to Banka Banka.  This was the beginning of his station working life. After the property was sold, Tr ... > read more
 
Ray Jansen – Manager Canobie and Regional Manager Gulf Stations Ray was born in Katherine NT. At the time, his father was the Manager of Limbunya Station in the NT.  Most of his early childhood was spent in the NT.  Ray first started schoo ... > read more
 
Rebecca Macpherson – Human Resources Officer Rebecca completed a Bachelor of Commerce at Griffith University in Brisbane. During her time at University, Rebecca gained experience in a recruitment/HR generalist role in the Retail industry, and gained ... > read more
 
Glenn McCamley – Manager Goonoo Station Glenn was born in Rockhampton where his family own a Brahman stud & commercial enterprise on 20,000 acres, situated just south of Rocky. After Glenn’s schooling he attended Emerald Pastoral College, and then ... > read more
 
Kim Morris – Training and Recruitment Officer Kim Morris grew up in Orange, NSW and had aspirations to be a jillaroo. After school Kim commenced with AAco in 2000 as a Jillaroo working at Austral Downs. When Kim first arrived she could not ride a hors ... > read more
 
Mark Neilsen – Manager Delamere Mark was born in Adelaide, SA and raised in the region south of Julia Creek, on a station called Rosevale, where his father was the Manager.  He attended Junior school at the convent in Julia Creek.  For his S ... > read more
 
Mick Richards – Assistant Manager Austral Downs Mick was born and grew up on Stations around Windorah in the Channel Country of which his parents were the Managers’, and attended High School in Longreach.  Mick started his first Jackeroos’ job wi ... > read more
 
Shane Robinson - Group Financial Controller Shane joined the company in May 2003 as Group Accountant and was promoted to his current role in May 2007. He is a Certified Practicing Accountant with over 20 years experience in accounting/finance roles in ... > read more
 
Mick Tasker - Manager Camfield and Regional Manager Victoria River Group Mick Tasker was born in Kyogle, NSW. Mick’s career in the cattle industry began at the age of 17, as a jackeroo on Banka Banka Station, north of Tennant Creek.  At the ag ... > read more
 
Ben Wratten - Senior Manager Avon Downs Ben is from a small town outside Grafton, NSW, where he grew up, always wanting to venture north.  At 15 years of age he left school and started working on a local property.  He the ... > read more
 
Bruce Wreford – Manager Brighton Downs Bruce was educated in Perth and on leaving school in 1969, went to Mount Edgar Station at Marble Bar, then Mandora Station, Port Hedland and finished up at Mount House Station, Derby (Kimberley region of Western  ... > read more
 
Craig Young – Manager Wondoola Station Craig was raised in Western Queensland, in the Quilpie district, where he was educated through Distance Education, followed by eight years of boarding school in Brisbane at Church of England Grammar School (Chur ... > read more