Our board

Matt Macfarlane has been an AEGIC Director since its inception in November 2012. Matt was appointed AEGIC Chair in November 2024.

Matt is also the Chair of icetana (ASX:ICE), an AI-video analytics company, and of PetRescue, a pet rehoming charity. He is also a non-executive director of AgriFutures, a statutory body that helps to fund research and development in Australian rural industries.

Matt is an active angel investor in early-stage tech startups, and has been contributing to the startup eco-system in Perth for over 20 years. Matt works hands-on with technology-led companies to assist in building teams, accelerating growth, achieving milestones and securing additional financing.

Karlie Mucjanko has almost 20 years of experience communicating with and on behalf of farmers across Australia.

For more than a decade of this time, Karlie built her commercial management skills as a Senior Executive for Australia’s largest agribusiness, the CBH Group. During her time with the CBH Group, Karlie in her role as General Manager External Relations, played an integral role in reducing the cost of regulation for CBH at the same time as building stronger engagement and connection with grain growers to secure supply and build competitive advantage for CBH. Karlie has also been building her Non-Executive Director career and is currently the Deputy Chair of the Western Australian Regional Development Trust and a Director of Fremantle Port, Intergrain Pty Ltd and the Guildford Grammar School Foundation.

Based in Victoria, Stuart Richardson has over 30 years’ experience in the grains industry.

A former Director of Grain Trade Australia and former Head of Trading at AWB, Stuart developed and executed expansion strategies for AWB Limited global markets, as well as managing domestic activities.

Stuart also has experience in the horticulture sector through investments in turf genetics and marketing company Turfbreed Pty Ltd which focuses grass genetics for growers in Australia, owning plant variety rights to nine high quality turf varieties marketed and sold across Australia.

He is currently one of the leading physical grain brokers in Australia and is affiliated with the McDonald Pelz Global Commodities group globally.

Terry Hill is the current Chair and former CEO of the Pilbara Development Commission and is strongly committed to supporting the sustainability and growth of regional Australia and Australian agriculture.

Terry has held a number of executive roles in federal and state government, including Director General of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), Deputy Chair of the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation, and a foundation Director of Horticulture Australia Ltd. In a previous leadership role with DPIRD, Terry managed the commercialisation of intellectual property, including the highly successful Pink Lady apple.

Terry has also worked internationally leading industry trade missions to Asia and a significant agricultural aid project in Indonesia with Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).