GRAIN Producers SA chief executive officer Darren Arney will be moving from his role on the organisation’s board next month, taking up a grower services role with GRDC.
Mr Arney has been with GPSA since its establishment in March 2012, and helped form the organisation.
He was part of the team which lobbied the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to maintain access to crop protection products, and also worked with bulk handlers and Grain Trade Australia to upgrade the quality classification of Scout wheat from APW to AH.
Chairman Wade Dabinett thanked Mr Arney for his service with GPSA and said his colleague had a deep knowledge of the grains sector.
“He worked with the inaugural board and chair Garry Hansen, to establish GPSA, including its mission and priorities,” Mr Dabinett said.
“We wish Darren all the best in his new role and thank him for his achievements through advocating on behalf of SA’s grain producers.”
Mr Hansen said Mr Arney went “above and beyond” what anyone would normally expect from a CEO when GPSA first started.
“It was a personal goal of his to get GPSA up and functioning and to his credit that’s what happened,” Mr Hansen said.
Mr Arney will start take on his new role with GRDC, in Adelaide, next month.
Ali Kuchel
Journalist at the Stock Journal, passionate about all things farming and equestrian also doubling as a photographer.
Journalist at the Stock Journal, passionate about all things farming and equestrian also doubling as a photographer.
