Gavin Whiteley

Background

About Gavin Whiteley

Gavin is an experienced property, agribusiness and food sector advisor, investor, executive and non Executive Director. He has an extensive background across agribusiness having held executive roles in the agricultural property, grain, beef, cotton and chicken-meat industries. These roles extended from research and development through the production, processing, distribution and extension sectors of these industries. Gavin is the Managing Director of The Micketymulga Group. Micketymulga acquires, invests in and manages agricultural, residential and commercial property investments throughout south eastern Australia and is working as a corporate adviser to a small group of carefully selected investors in the Australian agribusiness sector on investment, strategic, corporate governance, due diligence, human resources and marketing issues. Previously he was the General Manager of South East Local Land Services and Chief Financial and Risk Officer with the Westchester Group of Australia. Westchester is the Australian agricultural management arm of TIAA-CREF, a significant US based pension fund, managing investments exceeding A$1 billion in Australian cropping land. Before joining Westchester, Gavin was the Chief Financial Officer with the Grains Research and Development Corporation and Regional General Manager—Riverina, with Bartter Enterprises. He has held other senior Executive roles with Heytesbury Beef, Clyde Agriculture and Dunavant Enterprises. Gavin holds an honours degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of New England and an Associate Diploma in Farm Management. He is a CPA, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’, Company Directors Course and the Australian Rural Leadership Program.