John was appointed as CEO in June 2021. 

He has extensive executive experience in public companies and private equity in the agribusiness sector and other sectors in both Australia and South East Asia.  

Sonya was appointed in January 2022 and has a wealth of Financial and Risk Management experience gained from working across national and international companies. 

Shane joined Namoi Cotton in 1999. Shane has previously held cotton and cottonseed management positions with Cotton Trading Corporation Pty Ltd and has been involved in the cotton industry in various management capacities since 1991.

He has significant management experience in domestic marketing, commodities exports, logistics, cotton classing and commodities packing operations and brings over 20 years of specialised cotton industry experience to the senior management team. Shane was previously the General Manager Commodities for Namoi Cotton and in November 2013 became the Chief Operations Officer with responsibility for the performance of the ginning, ginning technical support services, cotton seed trading, commodities packing services, occupational health and safety and environmental business functions.

Prue joined Namoi Cotton in April 2020. She brings nearly a decade of experience across all aspects of customer management including account relationships, export management and logistics and trading.  

She has recently been based in Sydney, and operated out of Northern NSW for a number of years. She also has local connections being based at the family operations near Mungindi. Prue has  Bachelor of Business (Agricultural Commerce) from Sydney University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance  majoring in Financial Markets. 

Neil commenced in 2020 and has more than 30 years of agribusiness and supply chain experience in strategy, business development, M&A and operations. 

Milena commenced in 2020 and has more than 25 years of extensive experience across numerous industries in Human Resources specialising in culture and organisational change. 

Grant was appointed Engineering Manager in 2021. He has 17 years of experience in the cotton industry with Namoi Cotton in roles such as electrical services, maintenance and trades manager and project manager.

Dave joined our NCA team in 2014 as a Logistics Consultant, progressing through to a Commodity Packing & Logistics Manager June 2015.

Dave’s role sees him oversea the NCA Commodity Packing Sites at MacIntyre, Wee Waa and Trangie and the operations of rail and road transport providers at these sites. Prior to joining the NCA team, Dave was employed by Cleveland Agriculture, Thallon Grains, GrainCorp and Cargill in various agronomist, grain storage, logistics development, business development, strategic planning, staff development and grain trading roles. Dave’s 35 years’ experience and proven track record in the Australian grain industry allows him to provide NCA with the leadership, negotiation and management skills required to confidently and efficiently manage the Commodities Packing & Logistics services throughout the company.

Mr Watson was appointed as Chair for Namoi Cotton Limited from 29 August 2018 and was re-elected to the Board at the 2020 general meeting.

He is a member of the People and Culture Committee. Mr Watson grows cotton in the Hillston Region and has been involved in the cotton industry since 2000 and is a member of the Hillston District Irrigators Association and the Lachlan River Customer Service Committee. Currently he is also a representative of the Lachlan Valley Water Users Association. He brings with him extensive industry and commercial expertise for the cotton and general agricultural industry. He was also recognised by the cotton industry by being the recipient of the 2014 Australian Cotton Grower of the Year Award. 

Mr Green joined the Namoi Cotton Board in May 2013 and was re-elected at the 2019 general meeting.

He is Chair of the Trading and Operating Risk Committee and a member of the People and Culture Committee. Mr Green has considerable board relevant experience working as a Senior Executive and General Manager in the Australian and International agricultural industry over many years. Key areas of experience include Business Management, Operations Management and Business Development. Mr Green is also a Non-Executive Director of Lindsay Australia Limited. 

Mrs Hamparsum was appointed to the Board in June 2018 as a casual Director appointment and was elected at the 2018 general meeting.

She is Chair of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and a member of the Safety Committee. Mrs Hamparsum grows cotton and grains in the Upper Namoi region and has been involved in the cotton industry since 1998. Mrs Hamparsum has extensive financial, agricultural and natural resource management experience. She is a chartered accountant and currently a Director and chair of the audit committee of Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd. Her former positions include chair of Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee, chair of Cotton Innovations Network, Director of Cotton Research and Development Corporation and Deputy Chair of Namoi Catchment Management Authority. 

Mr Di Leo was appointed to the Board in June 2018 as a casual Director appointment and was elected at the 2018 general meeting.

He is Chair of the Safety Committee and a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. Mr Di Leo has extensive experience in the agribusiness sector in Executive and Non-Executive roles. He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of L.U.C.R.F. Pty Ltd.

Mr Wilton was appointed to the Board on 17 June 2020 as a casual Director appointment. He was elected at the 2020 general meeting.

He is also the Chair of the People and Culture Committee and a member of the Trading and Operating Risk Committee. Mr Wilton is an experienced Non-Executive Director with extensive executive experience in the agribusiness sector. He is currently Chair of Elders Limited and the Chair of the Advisory Board of MacKay's Banana Marketing.