Executive Chairman
John Rich is a highly experienced senior business executive with a strong background in agribusiness operations, development banking and investment.
Nationality: Australian
Joined the Board: 2006
Positions: Member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee and member of the Sustainability & International Affairs Committee
Career and prior highlights experience:
Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Science and a registered financial member of the Australian College of Veterinary Surgeons;
1990-2003: Executive Director, Austasia Pty Ltd (agribusiness conglomerate SE Asia);
1995-2002: Director AN-OSI Pty Ltd (supply chain management for feedlot beef, poultry and dairy operations SE Asia/China);
2006-2019 Senior Consulting Agribusiness Industry Specialist IFC and Agribusiness consultant to IFC invested clients until 2020;
2017-2021 Financial Board Advisor to ADM Capital and Independent Non-Executive Director at three other poultry-related companies;
Current roles:
Managing Director of Australian Agricultural Nutrition and Consulting Pty Ltd (AANC);
Recently appointed to the Food and Agribusiness Advisory Council of the London based Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC);
Non-Executive director of Zambeef Product Limited (Zambia); and
Non-executive Director of Zalar Holding (Morocco).
