Adelaide has a longstanding connection with the Australian beef industry and brings a combination of corporate, financial and industry expertise to the board. Adelaide currently serves as director of MDH Pty Ltd, her family beef cattle enterprise, one of the largest in Australia, running 175,000 head of cattle across 13 stations in Queensland.

She has held the position of Commercial Manager of the Super Butcher, one of Brisbane’s best known meat retailers. In addition to her beef industry knowledge and experience, Adelaide is a respected financial services professional with a background in corporate finance, accounting, mergers & acquisitions, and strategy.

Adelaide most recently held the role of Director within the KPMG Mergers and Acquisitions practice and has previously held roles at BDO and Wilsons HTM Investment Group. Adelaide is currently a Non-executive on a number of ASX listed companies including VGI Global Investments Ltd, Regal Partners Asian Investments Ltd, Highcom Generation Global Ltd and Future Generation Global Ltd.

Elisha is a lawyer, co-founder of Cattlesales.com.au, a non-executive Director for Nbn Co and has been a non-executive Director of Beef Australia since 2022. Elisha has volunteered on several Beef Australia committees since the 2009 event including the founding committee of the Graeme Action Beef Connections Program and chaired the 2018 Beef Australia Next Gen Committee. Her accomplishments include 2020 Queensland Finalist of AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, 2020/2021 Advancing Beef Leaders Program, 2019 NAB Agribusiness Cattle Council Rising Champion and Winner 2012 Queensland Red Meat Awards Emerging Leader.  Elisha was a former Board Member of the AgForce Cattle Board from 2020 to 2022 and the Future Farmers Network from 2012 to 2014. 

Jess has family roots within the beef industry and has served on several Beef Australia committees since 2009 including:

• Seminars and Symposium committee
• Founding committee member of both the inaugural Pitch in the Paddock event (2018) and the Graeme Acton Mentoring Program
• Next Generation Committee Chairperson

Jess has held positions with global organisations such as Austrade, Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group, and the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation, predominantly in the field of marketing and communications. She holds an MBA (with distinction) from the University of Edinburgh. With her husband, Jess owns and operates a Merino sheep and beef cattle enterprise in the New England, New South Wales. Jess is enthusiastically committed to seeing Beef Australia continue to innovate and grow its influence as the headline event for the industry on a local and global scale.

Kay was raised on a cattle breeding and fattening property near Theodore. After school, Kay worked for nine years in the banking industry, spent a short time in agri-politics and was CEO of the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service for 15 years. During this time Kay worked with sponsors, all levels of Government, many community organisations, and the community of Central Queensland. In recent years Kay managed the Rolleston Hotel and is now living on a family property which breeds, fattens, and trades cattle.

Claire is a Director of Mactaggart Pastoral, a beef breeding and backgrounding business operated by her and her husband in the Duaringa and Moura districts. After completing a Bachelor of Agribusiness, Claire worked in regional development while studying post graduate business administration.

Claire is a freelance writer who has contributed to a range of publications for the past 16 years and is currently Queensland’s contributing editor of Country Style magazine. She has been a member of the Property Tours and Commercial Cattle committees of Beef Australia and is Treasurer of ICPA Capricornian.

Rodney has been a Beef producer for more than 50 years and has represented beef producers as a solicitor (now retired) for 35 years with property acquisition, sales and leases, estate planning, succession planning and livestock and land tenure issues. He was a partner at McCullough Robertson Lawyers for more than 25 years, specialising in agricultural law and was a company director of Burnett Valley Limited and Murgon Leather Co for 10 years.

Rodney has been a public company director of numerous companies and is a longstanding member of the Agribusiness Committee at AgForce and has a in depth knowledge of agribusiness issues and challenges.

Grant is the Managing Director of GRC Pastoral, operating a beef cattle breeding and backgrounding operation, as well as an irrigated pulse, grain and cotton farming operation in Central Queensland.

He was the Vice Chair of Beef Australia for the 2021 and 2024 events and has extensive board experience as a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors.  He currently serves as an Non-Executive Director of Gladstone Ports Corporation and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF). 

Grant has extensive experience in the Tourism and Hospitality industry and Commercial Media.

Cameron is a fifth-generation grazier and is the current Operations Manager of his family’s cattle business, Hewitt Pastoral Enterprises. He is also the Director of HP Wagyu, is part of the Australian Topstock Collective where he works with US meat companies to supply Australian beef and was a Member of the 2018 Beef Australia NextGen Committee.

Cameron has a strong passion for beef genetics, live animal and carcase performance data, and enjoys working from the plate back to paddock to improve herd performance, efficiency and quality. He was a Co-Founder of the Queensland Food Future and has been involved with various industry related advocacy efforts to help shape the future of Australia’s beef industry.

Russell has enjoyed a long association with Beef Australia, first assisting in 1994 with the promotion and marketing of various aspects of event activities. He was more heavily involved with production of advertising for the ‘03, ‘06 and ‘09 expos, and joined the board in 2013.

Russell chaired the Beef 18 and ‘21 Stud Cattle Committee, which was undoubtedly his most personally rewarding role with Beef Australia, working with, and learning from a select committee of highly skilled and experienced cattlemen and women responsible for delivering our nation’s premier stud cattle competition.

Born and raised on a seedstock cattle operation in the Riverina of NSW, Wendy has a deep passion for the beef industry. She is currently a Director at Texas Angus, a beef cattle operation that she operates alongside her husband.

Wendy has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Melbourne University, has previously worked in the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Beef Export Marketing team, and was a sole cotton buyer for the Swiss company Volcott Cotton. Wendy currently serves on the World Angus Forum Committee, has completed several leadership programs, was part of Angus Australia’s Genetic Evaluation Consultative Committee, and has judged at several Royal Agricultural Shows.

Trent is a Partner at Hamilton Locke and the co-leader of its Food and Agribusiness group. He is a recognised and committed legal specialist for the agricultural sector with over 19 years’ experience acting for food and agribusiness clients in a wide range of commercial matters, including complex commercial disputes, corporate & regulatory matters, negotiations, alternative dispute resolution and major pastoral property transactions.

Trent is a current director of the AAM Investment Group, Rural Aid Limited and the Immediate Past President of the Queensland Rural Press Club. He was also a member of the Beef Australia 2021 Symposium & Seminars Committee and was the MC for the Beef 2021 Symposium.