InterGrain is responsible to a Board:

  • Mr Dale Baker - chairman
  • Mr Peter Wells
  • Mr David Falconer
  • Mr Sean Gardner (Observer)

 

 

Dale Baker has been a grain grower in Western Australia's South East for more than 40 years. He has had a long and close association with grains research and development, starting with the Kondinin Group and 11 years as a GRDC panel member, with five years as Western Panel Chairman. Dale has also been a Director of the CRC for Weed Management Systems and Chairman of the Australian Government's Managing Climate Variability Program. He has also spent time in the US, Canada, Argentina and South Africa studying their production systems. His current roles include Chairman of Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and member of the University of Western Australia (UWA) Albany Foundation. Dale is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 

 

 

 

Peter Wells was appointed to the Board in 2007. He has a strong background in financial management, business planning and governance. Peter has his own consultancy company which provides independent business consultancy services in the field of agribusiness, residential housing and co-operatives. Peter worked for the Grain Pool of Western Australia and Co-operative Bulk handling Ltd in senior executive roles for a number of years. Peter is the immediate past chairman of the Agricultural Produce Commission and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

David Falconer was appointed to the InterGrain Board in March 2011. David is Principal of AccountAg, which provides financial and succession planning services to primary production businesses, and also a director of ConsultAg, which provides a full range of technical and financial services to agricultural enterprises in WA. David is a member of the Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants (WA) and has held a number of executive positions within that organisation, including the role of President. David brings to the Board a unique awareness of issues impacting at both the farm and corporate level, combined with a strong economic, financial and analytical background.

Sean Gardner is Monsanto’s Global Wheat Lead – in charge of the global wheat commercial strategy and the US WestBred wheat seed business. Sean’s previous roles in Monsanto have included Global Chemistry Lead (with responsibility for the Roundup business), Canola Lead and Regional Lead for Canada, Sales Team Lead for Western Kansas and E Colorado, Roundup Product Director for Europe-Africa in Brussels, Country Lead Spain and Portugal and Area Lead for the Mediterranean based in Madrid, Spain. Sean joined Monsanto as part of the acquisition of the PBI Cambridge wheat seed business from Unilever in 1998 where he was Cereal Seed Business Lead.