Owen joined Namoi Cotton in 2008 based in the Namoi Valley. Having previously studied a Bachelor of Commerce/Laws, and holding a position with Elders Rural Bank as the Agribusiness Banking Manager, he quickly picked up the Namoi Cotton essentials and made his way north taking up the role of Area Manager for Mungindi and Western Qld. Owen and his family, while based in Goondiwindi, have actively joined the community, schools and are often attending and assisting with charity events. Owen’s 14 years of cotton industry and agribusiness finance experience allows him to confidently and efficiently accumulate lint bales, ginning and seed from growers in the Macintyre Valley, Mungindi and Western Qld.

Nathan is an experienced sales and marketing professional. 

Nathan joined Namoi Cotton in 2021 and has since developed and serviced grower relationships across a range of valleys. Starting as the Account Manager for the MIA and Upper Lachlan, Nathan now covers the Gwydir, Central Queensland and Northern Australian growing areas.

With an extensive background in customer engagement in the agricultural sector, he is passionate about delivering a first-class customer experience and is constantly looking for ways to improve our offering to the grower. He holds a Bachelor of Business and Juris Doctor qualifications which supports strong commercial decision-making and provides a deep understanding of grower’s farming enterprises.

Jacob is a Narrabri local with a business and agricultural Bachelor degree from the UNE. 

At the completion of University he returned home and spent 2 years learning the ins and outs of cotton agronomy. From there he has spent some time operating machinery and gaining further on farm knowledge in Narrabri and even spent some time in Kununurra, Western Australia. 

Andrew joined Namoi Cotton in March 2021 originally as an Account Manager for the Darling Downs, Central Queensland and Gwydir Valleys progressing to Lead Account Manager before moving back into a familiar trading roll as Trading Manager for cottonseed. 

Andrew over the last 15 years has been heavily involved within the trading of agricultural commodities both locally and offshore. This diversity has given Andrew great perspective of markets and their drivers from the grower through to the consumer.

Scott is originally from the Hillston and Narromine areas, and holds strong ties to the cotton industry. 

Scott has vast experience in irrigated row cropping and will be your best contact in the Macquarie and Lower Lachlan Valleys. He has sales and merchandise experience and more recently in grain trading. 

Jock grew up in Armidale NSW on a mixed sheep and cattle grazing property before completing a Bachelor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of New England. Jock worked for a cattle feed supply company before joining Namoi Cotton, he is based in our Toowoomba office.

Mike Murray – Gin Manager

1987 was a great year for Mike, that is when he started working for Namoi Cotton. In that time he progressed his career doing many different roles, and his been a manager since 2009. Over the last couple of seasons, Mike has instigated key changes to the cleaning and moisturisation functions of the gin. He is excited with the new machines that have been added and knows that the benefits to the growers will be evident in times of drought. When Mike isn’t working, he enjoys golf, fishing and spending time with his family.

Mark Russell – Gin Manager

Started working at Namoi Cotton back in 1988 as a trainee ginner. Mark worked hard and soon graduated to a ginner shortly after. He is the only Namoi Cotton employee with a Certificate IV in Cotton Ginning. In his time with the company, he has worked at many sites, including Merah North, Yarraman as a manager and North Bourke for his maiden year. Mark moved to Trangie over 3 years ago and is the Gin Manager. Mark is very approachable and an asset to the team. In his down time, he enjoys watching sports, especially footy. And cherishes his time with his grandchildren.

Neil Towns – Gin Manager

Neil started ginning with Namoi as a Trainee ginner in 1984 at Tulladunna for 5yrs. He then went ginning with Auscott from 1994 to 1997 but returned to Namoi as a ginner at Mungindi in 1998 where he progressed to Site Manager at Moomin in 2000. During his time as a cotton ginner he has been involved with the erection of Moomin, Wathagar (Namoi) Gins 8 & 9 at Auscott Narrabri.

Ernie Silcock – Gin Manager

Ernie has been a pivotal Namoi Cotton employee. He started with Namoi in November 1990 as a casual working on Mac 2 gin construction. He became a permanent employee towards the end of 1991 and worked as a Ginner in Mac 1 and Mac 2 until 1999. Ernie then relocated to Hillston as Gin Manager in 1999 and managed that site until end of 2008. The opportunity arose to relocate back to Goondiwindi in 2008 as MacIntyre Gin Manager, which is his current role.

Away from work Ernie enjoys Rugby League, trying to get value for money out of his golf club membership and holidays at the Gold Coast with family and friends.

Mitch Dufty – Gin Manager

Mitch has developed his experience in ginning over the last 9 years with Namoi Cotton. He has worked at multiple Namoi Gin sites, most recently supporting the Merah North Gin Site Manager and ginning team. He is an asset to Namoi Cotton, our Boggabri Team and our growers.