David Crombie

David was a founding partner of the GRM (Palladium) Group engaged in International development assistance and management of agricultural and beef cattle projects across northern Australia.

He was previously a Director of Grainco Australia, and Chairman Meat and Livestock Australia 1998-05. He was Chairman of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation 2000-08. He served on the Boards of Export Finance Insurance Corporation (EFIC) 2007-10 and Foodbank (Qld) and was a Commissioner of ACIAR 2007-14.

He was President of the National Farmers Federation 2006-10, Chairman and President of Queensland Rugby and President of Australian Rugby 2013-14. He received an AM for services to agriculture, communities and sport in the 2014 Australia Day Awards.

David is also a Director of Barrack St Investments (BST), a publicly listed Australian entity.

David is experienced in business development and operations and currently manages a family development company plus properties, breeding cattle and farming in southern Queensland.