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Premier's Food Council Executive

The Premier’s Food Council Executive is the ‘accountability arm’ of the Premier's Food Council, charged with overseeing the SA Food Plan.

The Executive is chaired by the Hon. Paul Caica MP, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, and is co-chaired by Ms Bronwen Gwynn-Jones from Sumptuous.

The 17 member Council comprises a number of Senior Government Ministers, along with leaders of the South Australian food industry.

Members

Chair

Hon. Paul Caica MP
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Forests
Minister for Regional Development

Co-Chair

Ms Bronwen Gwynn-Jones
Publishing Director
Jigsaw Media Solutions Pty Ltd

Convenor

Mr Michael O’Brien MP
Convenor, Premier’s Food Council
Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier
Member for Napier

Government Members

Mr Geoff Knight
Chief Executive Officer
Primary Industries and Resources SA

Mr Ray Garrand
Chief Executive Officer
Department of Trade and Economic Development

Industry Members

Mr David Basham
(Dairy representative)
President
SA Dairyfarmers Association

Mr Nicholas Begakis AM
(Chair, Innovation & Product Development)
Chair Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

Mr Angelo Demasi
(Chair, Horticulture Industry Development Board)
Chief Executive Officer
Adelaide Product Markets

Mr Callum Elder
(Industry representative)
Executive General Manager, Quality and Innovation
Simplot

Mr Steven Marafiote
(Chair, Market Development)
Managing Director
Australian Quality Plus Pty Ltd

Hon. Dorothy Kotz JP
(Seafood representative)
Chair
Seafood Federation Inc.

Ms Kris Lloyd
(Chair, Industry & Capability Development)
Manager
Woodside Cheese Wrights

Dr Ian Parish
(Livestock representative)
Chair
Auspork Board

Ms Lisa Rowntree
(Industry representative)
President
Olives South Australia

Dr Nigel Scott
(Industry Representative)
Chair
Horticulture Australia

Industry Observers

Carol Vincent
General Manager
South Australian Farmers Federation

Government Observers

Dr Don Plowman
Executive Director, Agriculture, Food and Wine
Primary Industries and Resources SA

Ms Kris Roberts
Director, Grape & Wine
Primary Industries and Resources SA

Ms Vicki Mavrakis
Executive Officer, Premier’s Food Council
Food and Wine Councils Secretariat
Primary Industries and Resources SA

Ms Sonia Kowalski
Project Officer, Food and Wine Councils Secretariat
Primary Industries and Resources SA