BSc Agriculture (Hons)
Project manager
Rewards Group
After graduating, I worked as an Adviser with the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australian (DAFWA) at Three Springs.
This experience led to a number of years focusing on soil and land capability mapping, firstly in the Margaret River region and then in the Avon Valley and central agricultural region. I also was involved with a soil and land capability study in Kuwait to identify areas suitable for agricultural production.
Moving back to Perth and I worked with horticulturists on the Swan Coastal Plain to improve their irrigation and fertiliser use efficiency and in 2000 I became manager of the wine grape project at DAFWA. The major research areas included irrigation management and improving the runoff efficiency of roaded catchments on Great Southern vineyards.
Since 2005, I have been employed as a project manager for a Managed Investment Scheme company, Rewards Group. My major role is to establish a large mango and low chill stone fruit orchard at Dandaragan, a region not traditionally known for horticultural production.
