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David was born and raised in Sydney’s Inner West, one of two kids to a single mother. He went off the rails a bit after his father died, lost his scholarship to Newington College, went to Balmain High, discovered life, […]

Following postgraduate study at The University of Sydney and UNSW, Rachel started her working life as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology working in novel drug designs for cancer. The obvious candy making career path followed, and she opened a […]

Paul Crawford is the Managing Director of the CMV Group, a private family-owned business founded in 1934. Paul is a third-generation family member who together with his brothers, Michael and David, ran the business over more than four decades. The […]

Miles Crawford is the General Manager for CMV Truck & Bus, the dealer group for Volvo Trucks & Buses, Mack Trucks and UD Trucks with dealerships and more than 600 employees across Victoria. CMV Truck & Bus is a division […]

Nathan Wessling is the CEO of AJ & PA McBride having been appointed in July 2022 following twenty one years with the company, including twelve years as CFO. Nathan holds a Bachelor of Accounting and is a Fellow of the […]

A fifth-generation family member, Jane joined the AJ&PA McBride board as a director in July 2022. Jane grew up on a farm in regional South Australia and has maintained an interest in her family’s business which includes sheep, cattle and […]

Nick is the sixth chair of AJ & PA McBride, having been appointed in July 2022 after sixteen years as a director. He currently operates his fine wool & beef enterprise in the high rainfall areas of the country. Nick holds a Certificate […]

Jo Kelly has a Graduate Diploma in Business Management and worked alongside Shane in Kelly Engineering for 20 years. Initially Jo was responsible for all reception and administration duties along with incoming and outgoing financial transactions. Jo also managed FX […]

Kelly Engineering has grown from a small sideline agricultural equipment manufacturer selling to local farmers to now producing world-leading dry land farming tillage equipment for export to the USA, Europe and elsewhere. This can be attributed to the visionary entrepreneurial […]

John-Paul was fortunate enough to be born into the world of retailing and from a very young age, started in the family business pushing trolleys while still at school. In 1991, Jp officially commenced his supermarket retailing career, starting at […]