Mr Collier’s exceptional skills in critical thinking and stakeholder engagement, and his understanding of livestock exports, have allowed him to lead LiveCorp through a significant period of change in the industry since being appointed as CEO in 2021. This has included exotic disease outbreaks in neighbouring countries, trade disruptions and changes in government policies.

He has helped the industry to strengthen relationships in key markets to maintain access for the trade and used his experience in providing detailed technical advice and evidence-based submissions to the regulator, to feed into government reviews and policy development. Mr Collier has also supported LiveCorp’s digital transformation and its research and development activities on behalf of the industry.

Mr Collier has a Bachelor of Applied Science, Natural Resource Management from Deakin University and a Bachelor of Law from Monash University. He is also a graduate of the Australian Agricultural Leadership Program.

His interest in land management and primary industries led to a lengthy career with first the federal and then Victorian departments of agriculture. This provided Mr Collier with a strong knowledge of governance, program management, policy formulation and legislative processes, and experience analysing complex issues and providing technical advice.