Anne is a resourceful and creative thinker with a strong task focused orientation toward problem solving who takes leadership seriously with high personal and professional standards. Anne has an MBA in Systems Thinking and Entrepreneurship and is a Churchill Fellow in The Adoption of Innovation in Primary Production in Australia. These qualifications are supported by Annes extensive work across industry, government, and academia, using good science and data to under-pin decision making and to realise a more sustainable economic future for Regional and Rural Australia.