Jacqueline (Jac) is passionate about creating better food systems and facilitating impact.
Jac helps connect people, ideas and dots by bringing to the table a commercial lens, especially in marketing, innovation and understanding consumer, customer, member and diverse stakeholder needs. She leverages 25 years of practical C-suite experience working for several global food and agribusiness companies including McCormick, Gourmet Garden, Mondelez and Constellation Wines. In 2017, she was the Queensland recipient of the AgriFutures Rural Woman’s Award and is a participant in the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP), cohort 30.
Jac’s board portfolio spans membership-based organisations nationally, focused on the agri-food sector, sustainability & innovation. Jac is the board director of the Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre; Meat and Livestock Australia; Apples & Pears Australia Limited; and Travellers Choice. She is the chair of the AgriFutures Ginger Research Advisory Panel. Jac is founder and executive director of the Sustainable Innovation Co, and co-founder and former chair of the Food & Agribusiness Network (FAN).