Directors and Senior Management
PrimeAg brings together a team that boasts some of Australia's foremost authorities on financial markets, stockbroking, funds management, agriculture, farming and supply chain management.
Peter Corish
Chairman
Peter has been actively involved in agriculture since 1973 and owns and operates 7,000 ha of irrigation land, 3,000 ha of dryland farming and 5,000 ha of grazing land spread over six properties. He was the former President of the National Farmers Federation and a Commonwealth Government appointment to the National Water Commission.
Roger Corbett AM
Deputy Chairman, Non-Executive Director
After a long career in retailing, Roger was appointed to the Board of Woolworths Limited and the position of Managing Director of BIG W in 1990. For the next decade, Roger's understanding of the Australian retail sector and changing consumer needs would define his career with Woolworths Limited. Roger possesses an unparalleled level of corporate experience and is a highly respected authority on farm-gate to point-of-sale supply chain management. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Fairfax Media Limited, the Reserve Bank of Australia and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Steve A Williams
Non-Executive Director
Steve has in excess of 23 years experience in financial markets, predominately as an institutional stockbroker, private equity investor and fund manager. In 2003, Steve successfully founded Saltbush Funds Management as an incubator of boutique Absolute Return and Private Equity Managers. Steve is currently Chairman of Saltbush Funds Management, who originated and developed the concept and intellectual property that formed the basis of PrimeAg Australia Limited.
David Trebeck
Non-Executive Director
David has worked as a professional economic adviser for over 35 years; between 1983 and 2004 with his own consultancy company, ACIL Consulting, and between 1972 and 1983 with the National Farmers Federation and its predecessors. His consulting assignments spanned natural resource management, almost all facets of agriculture, and microeconomic policy reform. He has dryland mixed farming interests in south western NSW and is a part-time Commissioner of the National Water Commission.
Stephen R Williams
Non-Executive Director
Stephen is a partner with the Sydney law firm Kemp Strang Lawyers and practices in the firm's corporate and commercial section and also in areas of commercial property development, structuring and financing. He has over 30 years practice experience acting for companies on their initial public offerings and listing on the ASX and continues in a corporate advisory role after listing.
John Stewart
Chief Executive Officer
John has been in the agribusiness industry for over 20 years. In 1985, he established his own agricultural consultancy firm, providing agronomic and business advice to 50 farmer clients in north western New South Wales and southern Queensland. Most recently, John was an agribusiness executive at PGG Wrightson Seeds, one of Australasia's largest seed companies, where he led the research and development team. John has also been a grain and cotton producer in the Moree and Goondiwindi districts.