Mr Bremner joins the Cattle Council with a wealth of experience including serving as the CEO of Animal Medicines Australia.
CATTLE Council of Australia announced today that Duncan Bremner will take up the position of chief executive officer in the New Year.
Mr Bremner will begin in the role early next year, following the announcement in October that current CEO Jed Matz will step down after ten years with the organisation.
Cattle Council president Howard Smith said the appointment of Duncan Bremner as CEO signifies a new era for the Cattle Council.
“Jed has contributed significantly to the organisation over the last ten years and thanks to his leadership Cattle Council is in strong position to tackle future challenges and rise to the opportunities presented along the way,” Mr Smith said.
“As we welcome Duncan Bremner as CEO, I have every confidence that he will do an exceptional job at leading the organisation into the future and continuing to represent the needs of beef producers across the country.”
Mr Bremner joins the Cattle Council with a wealth of experience including serving as the CEO of Animal Medicines Australia, the Australian Road Train Association, and working in a range of senior roles in government advocacy and public relations internationally.
After spending the early part of his life in the cattle industry, Mr Bremner said accepting the position of Cattle Council CEO feels like he is returning to his roots.
“In a way, I feel like I’ve come home.
“My upbringing and early working life was based around the cattle industry – from my family’s grassfed, feedlot, and cross-breeding interests in Central West NSW; to working on stockcamps in the Northern Australian cattle industry.
“My professional path has taken me through some very interesting domestic and international roles, always with some link back to agriculture,” Mr Bremner said.
“Taking up the position of Cattle Council CEO means that I can finally move from working on the periphery of Australian agriculture and return right to the heart of my passion, the Australian cattle industry.”
Mr Bremner believes the industry is in a strong position and looks forward to leading Cattle Council in the New Year.
“It is important that Cattle Council continues to be recognised as a robust, influential, effective voice for the industry – through influential policy development, effective advocacy of those policies, and positive promotion across the domestic and global supply chain of the Australian beef product.”
