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We have a 12-member board representing more than 4300 stakeholders. Our objectives are: - To understand the region's sustainable competitive advantage and current activity of major industries and enterprises - To identify impediments for growth and formulate strategies to overcome these - To achieve a critical mass - To market the region as a place to do business and to invest. We are: Alex Arbuthnot AM, chairman (pictured left) Nambrok dairy farmer Dr Ras Lawson, deputy chairman, Ellinbank-based former DPI Gippsland manager Chris Shearer, treasurer, Melbourne/Paynesville-based former NABAgribusiness manager Directors: Ted Benjamin, Neerim South beef farmer and former Telstra HR manager; Mark Cockerill, Lardner Park CEO; Courtney Ferguson,owns and manages farms in Omeo, Longford and Seaspray; Cr Michael Freshwater, former East Gippsland mayor and Lindenow horticultural landowner; Nikki Hellyer, Sale-based agronomist and facilitator of Southern Farming Systems; Geoff Kirton, Phillip Island-based farm consultant/livestock exports, university lecturer in China; Brian Norwood, Melbourne-based corporate director; Christine Holland, Warragul-based HR consultant, former head marketing Monash Churchill; Marie Trigg, Kernot dairy/beef farmer and adjunct professor, Deakin University.
Susan Webster, executive officer Madeline Toner, executive assistant
