SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Brenton Woolston
AlmondCo , Australia Ltd , Almond Board of Australia Director Global Market Challenges , Wednesday , Grand Stage , 1.30pm Brenton was appointed to Almondco as Marketing Manager in 2001 and was promoted to Group General Manager in late 2002 . In 2012 he commenced his leading role as Managing Director . Brenton continues to manage a period of significant growth and sustained success in Almondco ’ s long history and is a strong advocate for promoting Australian almonds as a premium , food safe product on the world stage . Brenton has gained extensive international market and industry supply chain exposure over the past 20 years . He has been a Director of the Almond Board of Australia ( ABA ) since 2003 and was Chairman from 2007 to 2009 . He has held several committee positions over this period . Brenton also was appointed to the Australian Nut Industry Council ( ANIC ) from 2004 and held the position of President of ANIC from 2006 to 2009 . Brenton has represented and featured on the International Nut and Dried Fruit congress almond panel on a number of occasions and presented on behalf of the Australian almond industry at the California Almond Conference .
Damien Houlahan ofi , Almond Board of Australia Director Q and A facilitator , Wednesday , Grand Stage , 2.50pm Damien is the Executive General Manager of ofi Australia . Damien has the responsibility of overseeing almond operations for ofi in Australia . This has included building a team to manage the orchards exclusively from 2012 , the building of the new almond processing facility and the global marketing of ofi almonds from the Australian orchards . In addition to this role in Australia Damien is also a member of the Olam International Edible Nuts Management Committee which includes the global cashew and peanut businesses .
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