Agribusiness, Food & Trade

Breakfast series inspires export greatness

Inspiring export greatness is the theme of a new breakfast event series aimed at sharing successful domestic and international business stories with emerging Western Australian exporters.

About 50 food and beverage industry stakeholders attended the inaugural breakfast on 2 October at Bluewater Grill in Applecross, featuring keynote speaker and Hancock Agriculture chief executive officer David Larkin AM.

Keynote speaker and Hancock Agriculture chief executive David Larkin AM and Export Council of Australia head of product and skills development Collins Rex, with DPIRD’s Food Industry Innovation project manager Kim Antonio and Asian Market Success policy officer Sam Nevill at the inaugural ‘export greatness’ breakfast event

Mr Larkin is known in the industry as a ‘meatrepreneur’ and was founder and owner of renowned global brand Atron for 10 years, before leading the brand through a successful acquisition.

He is an innovative and strategic leader in the Australian Beef Industry and has been involved in Australian Export and Foreign Trade Policy formulation.

The breakfast events are being delivered by the department’s Asian Market Success and Food Industry Innovation projects, in partnership with the Export Council of Australia (ECA).

They aim to deepen agribusiness stakeholders’ understanding of the realities of export-led business growth while supporting them to improve their export performance.

  • Upcoming breakfast event:

Panel discussion with WA industry and export award achievers

(incl. Agrifresh, Churchview Estate and Fewster's Farm Honey) 

Thursday, 30 November 2017

7.15am (for a 7.30am start) - 9.30am finish

Bluewater Grill, 58 Duncraig Road Applecross WA

 

Western Australian agrifood export businesses are encouraged to attend, however numbers are limited. For more information and to register, please visit the ECA website.