Voting members of Hort Innovation , Australia ’s national horticultural Research and Development Corporation ( RDC ) , elected three new board directors at their Brisbane AGM , increase their female representation to four out of nine director .
The new elected managing director , Ms Julie Bird , has a encompassing scope in the Australian horticulture industry cross over 25 yr .
Ms Susan Finger has been elected to serve another term , convey to the mesa an all - round cognition of the horticulture supply chain , from farm imagination inputs to delivery , and consumer relations .
Mr Stephen Lynch has also been re - elect to serve another term . He has pass the last 20 days working with gardening producers , including building farm performance .
The previous chair , Mr Selwyn Snell was reappointed to serve another term , and Dr Mary Corbett will serve as the new deputy sheriff chairman .
Hort Innovation CEO , Matt Brand , congratulated both Mr Snell and Dr Corbett on their appointments and said the RDC was emotional to welcome Julie Bird and see the re - election of Stephen Lynch and Sue Finger - all who boast such a diverse and highly esteemed ambit of skills and expertness .
“ I am especially proud of to see four woman now serve on our card . This is almost adequate representation at the highest level , which demonstrates the horticulture diligence ’s commitment to variety and inclusion , " he said .
“ The calibre of our nominees this yr was 2nd to none . We are so fortunate to have such a skilled stove of people from such divers backgrounds who require to share their knowledge and skills with us in delivering Hort Innovation ’s scheme .
“ As Australia ’s horticulture RDC , we must accommodate to the changing world and embrace unexampled technology , Modern idea and Modern talent that will help to regulate and guide our vision into the future . "
Mr Brand and Mr Snell thank the outgoing manager Mark Napper for his hard work , commitment and donation over the year .
A total of four resolving were put forward for vote at today ’s AGM . Resolution 1 , which look for to appropriate Industry Representative Bodies ( IRB ) to become eligible voting members of the company was not pass off . As a ‘ special solvent ’ it required a 75 % give-up the ghost vote by members .
solution 2 , 3 and 4 , which all relate to updating the constitution to adhere to current mandate and natural process of the party were all passed .
These resolutions will see the remotion of undivided language have-to doe with to IRB ’s , the removal of unnoticeable terminology and acknowledgment to Industry Export Control Bodies and the deletion of redundant Articles from the Constitution .
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