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NH Foods Next Generation Forum Friday 11 May 2018 8.00am 12.00pm Gallagher Livestock Manager Room Ticket price: $25.

1 NH Foods Next Generation Forum Friday 11 May am 12.00pm Gallagher Livestock Manager Room Ticket price: $25.00 Networking breakfast followed by hearing from Pat Gleeson GM of NH Foods and three standout speakers Angus Barrett, Claire Dunne & Morgan Easton - learn how they expanded and restructured on and off farm, made their own start and have done business their way. Beef Australia 2018 is proudly sponsored by the following Principal Partners Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

2 8.00am 8.45am Networking Breakfast 8.40am 9.00am Introduction and presentation by Pat Gleeson GM of Nippon Foods 9.00am 9.40am 9.45am 10.30am Angus Barrett, founder of Angus Barrett Saddlery Business in the raw Claire Dunne Live interview with the founder of Graziher magazine 10.30am 10.45am Morning Tea 10.45am 11.30am Morgan Easton, New Zealand dairy farmer and 2017 PPP Zanda McDonald award winner Making your mark 11.30am 12.00pm Q&A panel with all speakers

Angus Barrett, founder of Angus Barrett Saddlery - Business in the raw Angus Barrett Saddlery has grown from a small box of tools to an industry-leading business.

3 Angus Barrett, founder of Angus Barrett Saddlery - Business in the raw Angus Barrett Saddlery has grown from a small box of tools to an industry-leading business. Angus has been doing leather work and selling his hand made goods since 1986 when he was just a boy. After many years working across Australia, on farms and cattle stations, in mines and drilling camps, Angus settled in Orange NSW with the plan to start his own manufacturing business. In 2000, Angus registered his business and started making his unique saddlery and leather goods on a larger scale. After undertaking further study and training in Europe and the USA, Angus now operates a successful Australian manufacturing business, with a flagship store in the CBD of Orange, a strong online ecommerce presence, and a mobile store that visits events all across Australia. Angus travels the world regularly researching and sourcing the best leather available and also produces award winning catalogues that are another part of his unique story. Hear from Angus on how he has developed a successful business, about his love and passion for leatherwork, and his raw and honest take on business that it aint for the faint-hearted.

Claire Dunne live interview with the founder of Graziher magazine Claire is a young female grazier who lives on Wooroona Station, Duaringa, and is actively involved with her family beef property

4 Claire Dunne live interview with the founder of Graziher magazine Claire is a young female grazier who lives on Wooroona Station, Duaringa, and is actively involved with her family beef property operations as well as being the founder and editor of the hugely successful Graziher magazine launched in Graziher aims to deliver empowerment to rural women, inspiration and education one story at a time. Hear Claire interviewed on all the ins and outs of starting a business in the bush and launching a national magazine.

Morgan Easton New Zealand dairy farmer and 2017 PPP Zanda McDonald award winner Making your mark Morgan is a 35 year old New Zealand dairy farmer from a family farming enterprise with an avid

5 Morgan Easton New Zealand dairy farmer and 2017 PPP Zanda McDonald award winner Making your mark Morgan is a 35 year old New Zealand dairy farmer from a family farming enterprise with an avid interest in managing and growing multi-generational family farming business. After returning to NZ in 2008 after studying overseas, Morgan joined the family business after acquisition of another property for re-development. Morgan and his wife now run a 50:50 share milking business with 1,750+ cows over two Waitaki Plains farms supplying milk to Fonterra owning the cows and delivering management and expertise in collaboration with his parents being the land owners, and with whom they split the milk cheque. Hear from Morgan on: Why he feels that education has been important to his dairying business Skills required for running a big business Meeting people from other industries International experience, market knowledge-respect for NZ The importance of working for others before employing staff How the structure of the NZ dairy industry has allowed him to grow rapidly in 10 years (steps to land ownership) Continuing to grow the family business- where to from here Farming into the future with external pressurespublic and consumers

Pat Gleeson GM - NH Foods Mr Gleeson is a fourth generation cattle producer from Crows Nest Queensland, who began his working life as an apprentice butcher.

6 Pat Gleeson GM - NH Foods Mr Gleeson is a fourth generation cattle producer from Crows Nest Queensland, who began his working life as an apprentice butcher. Mr Gleeson is now a Director of NH Foods Australia and is responsible for all Queensland procurement and processing. NH Foods is a Japanese public company primarily focused on the production and sale of proteins in the global market. NH Foods Australia produces Australia s largest range of beef products to 40 different countries and is widely recognised as one of the most technically advanced beef processing companies with a particular emphasis on its farm to plate traceability system. Personally, Pat has extensive experience and professional training that spans more than three decades in cattle production, beef processing as well as management across the supply chain. As an agribusiness specialist - producer and processor, Pat has applied his focus on developing people, company culture and innovation while managing financial results through strategy execution. Pat is an active member of the industry participating on many boards and advisory panels including the National Animal Welfare Steering Committee, the 457 Labour Agreement Committee on behalf of the Red Meat Industry, the Queensland Beef Industry Roundtable, Australian Meat Processing Innovation Committee, Food Leaders Australia and is also a Director of the Australian Meat Processing Corporation(AMPC). Pat will provide an insight into where the international beef industry is headed, and what this means for the Next Generation of Beef Industry Professionals.

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