Mr Barlow has experience as a director, serving on private company boards and statutory government organisations. He has practical agribusiness experience at the executive and the board level and has a record of building sustained shareholder value through the agricultural cycle. He has had a career in banking and finance including Vice President Agribusiness for NABs Great Western Bank in the USA. He became a Managing Director of New Edge Microbials Pty Ltd (NEM) .Ben stepped down as Managing Director of NEM. Ben is a director of Australian Wool Network, the largest privately owned operator in the wool, livestock and rural property broking sector with a national footprint through Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.