New Horticulture Australia Limited Chair elected

Three directors were elected to the Horticulture Australia Limited (HAL) Board on November 19 at the company’s AGM held in Sydney.
Selwyn Snell was elected and Ken Boundy and Robert Seldon were re-elected to the Board.

Following the AGM, the HAL Board met briefly to elect office bearers. Mr Snell was elected to the role of chair and Professor Rob Clark was elected to the role of deputy chair.

Mr Snell says he is honoured by his appointment to the HAL Board had made a conscious decision to look to the future and the way it operates, reflected through a new approach to the operations of the company. “I am taking up the chair’s role at a very exciting time for HAL. We have a new CEO in John Lloyd, we are in the process of developing a new five year strategic plan and we have a Board of skilled directors that are committed to HAL delivering excellent services for the industry,” he says.

A vacancy was created by the retirement of Dr Nigel Steele Scott who did not stand for re-election after six years as a director and four years as chair.

Mr Snell has a long history of involvement with agribusiness. He was previously CEO of Single Vision Grains Australia, BioProspect Ltd and Iama Ltd. He has also spent a significant period of time in Japan working as managing director of agrichemical company Zeneca KK.

Currently, Mr Snell is a non-executive director of Plant Health Australia and is chairman of Indigo Pacific Ltd, Indigo Technologies Pty Ltd and the CyberInstitute. Mr Snell also owns and operates Barawyn Pty Ltd, a consultancy business that provides advice focusing on agriculture, horticulture, bio-security, finance, biofuels and clean air emissions.

The HAL Board consists of eight directors: Mr Selwyn Snell (chair), Professor Rob Clark (deputy chair), Mr Ken Boundy, Mr David Cliffe, Ms Lisa Cork, Ms Jan Davis, Mr Graeme Hargreaves and Mr Robert Seldon.