COGGO is a Company limited by guarantee and it is run by a Board (with an independent Chair) and a Company Secretary.
Chairman
The Directors of COGGO may elect a Chairman of Directors and the Directors may also determine the period for which the persons elected as Chairman and Deputy Chairman are to hold office.
The COGGO Board
The COGGO Constitution empowers the incumbent Directors to determine their actual number, however, the Constitution also specifies that the number of Directors can be no less than four, nor greater than 10. The appointment and removal of Directors is the subject of Section 15 of the Constitution and takes place in general meeting.
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Rhys TurtonChairman Farming in York where he produces cereals, legumes and hay and runs sheep for meat and wool. Between 1991 and 2010 also farmed at Koorda on a mixed cropping property. |
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Will CarmodyDeputy Chairman Will started farming at Cascade with his family in 1977, clearing virgin bushland and developing the farm “Maryland Too”. He currently farms this property which produces canola, wheat and barley with his wife Margaret. Will has a keen interest in precision agriculture and was a member of the first WA Precision Ag steering committee. He has also completed the Rabobank Executive Development Program. Will is the Captain of the Cascade Bushfire Brigade and a senior control officer for the Esperance Shire West Zone. He has served as President on local community recreation and sporting groups and Chairperson on school council for Cascade Primary School over several years. |
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Chris WilkinsChris Wilkins has a degree in Agricultural Science and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. Chris has been operating his own consulting business since 1997 and provides agronomic and farm business management advice to farmer clients. He also provides advice on new farm investments, infrastructure purchases and succession planning. Chris is also a Director of Synergy Consulting and a past Committee Member of the Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants (WA). These positions require Chris to provide strategic advice and direction for those organisations.
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Barry LargeMr Large farms at Round Hill, Miling on a property known as "Moorlands". He has been farming since 1992 focussing on broad acre cropping. Mr Large was the vice Chairman of the PGA Western Grain Growers committee and is currently GPA Director/Bio-security spokesman, Chair of the Grains seed and hay industry funding scheme committee, Director Market Industry Access Forum, Director Western Australian Bio-security Council and is on the Grain and Plant Export Industry consultative National Committee. |
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John O'NeilDirector John currently farms a 6,400 ha mixed grains and sheep enterprise at Wialki (eastern wheatbelt region of WA). He has been on the family farm since he left the Muresk Institute in 1982. John holds a Bachelor of Business (Agriculture) degree and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. John has served on several boards including CBH, International Rural Exchange, Ninghan Farm Focus Group, Bendigo Bank Mukinbudin as well as many Community and Sporting groups. |
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Dean McKenzieAGIA CA Dean McKenzie is a qualified Chartered Secretary and member of the Governance Institute of Australia. He’s also a qualified Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He is the practice principal of Prospicio Group which he commenced in 2007 to provide corporate and management services to a range of clients. Prospicio Group has held a Certificate of Public Practice from the Institute of Chartered Accountants since 2013. Dean has more than 30 years of experience working in both professional practice and public corporate roles. His experience base includes working with agribusinesses based in Western Australia, nationally and overseas. |
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