Executive Team

Patrick has been working within the Australian meat and livestock industry for most of his life. From operating a family cattle breeding and feeding business through to developing training programs for Livestock Agents, managing infrastructure systems in feedlots and saleyards in Australia, the USA and Canada, and working within the Australian live export industry.

Patrick started as a project officer with the Australian Meat Council on the same day a restructured red meat industry commenced, on 1 July 1998. Working with some of Australia’s major meat companies, Patrick formed alliances through advocacy on all issues relating to livestock. Patrick was then asked to head up the first iteration of integrity systems at Meat & Livestock Australia, in 2003. There he designed, developed and delivered some of Australia’s major livestock integrity programs, including livestock production insurance (LPA), national vendor declaration‘s (NVD), and the national livestock identification system (NLIS).

In 2011 he launched an Agricultural advisory business, including working for MLA in implementing new welfare and livestock management systems in Australian live export destinations throughout Southeast Asia. In 2014 he went back into commercial agribusiness, heading up the ITS global group. This innovative systems company included businesses in USA and Canada, with the Canadian software business handling data for over 1 million cattle in Canadian feedlots. In 2016 he came back to where it all begun with AMIC, firstly as GM Processing, and then on 1 July 2017 as CEO.

Michael Mulder, General Manager – Finance and Administration

Michael has a career as a finance professional that spans over 30 years. A graduate of the University of South Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow CPA he started his career in Audit with Duesburys, then several years with Finlaysons Commercial Lawyers. Moving from professional services into the private sector he worked on high profile SA property developments with the Kinsmen Group.

Working for another private family in an electronics FMCG led to establishing a wine label (Anvers) that brought him to the attention of Beringer Blass Wine Estates, part of ASX top 50 Fosters Ltd, where he held a global finance role before migrating to Sydney. The pre-GFC years were a succession of senior roles in listed software businesses (Citect, Cognos, BlueFreeway) where restructuring of systems and processes were implemented to deliver synergies upon ultimate sale. A passion for property saw Michael move into the industry advocacy space with the Property Council of Australia as CFO and CoSec, where he served for several years. Working as a consultant to various clients, and as CFO to the Printing Industries Association, has Michael placed well to continue to add value to AMIC.

Stacey McKenna, General Manager – Workforce Services

Stacey has spent her career in the meat industry including roles in processing, retail, and smallgoods manufacturing organisations prior to joining AMIC in 2017. Stacey is highly credentialed, with broad meat industry experience in human resources, training and development, industrial relations and occupational health and safety. Stacey holds qualifications in human resources, occupational health and safety, meat technology and agribusiness.

Stacey has extensive experience in recruitment programs including training and skills assessments, has a sound understanding of the Meat Industry Award (MIA) and has managed workforces working under the MIA and also under EBA’s.

Stacey is currently the deputy chair of the Skills Impact Meat Industry Reference Committee and is the chair of Meat Business Women (MBW), Stacey was instrumental in bringing MBW to Australia through an AMIC partnership in 2018.