Tour Escorts

Hugh has had extensive agricultural experience in the beef cattle industry having managed large pastoral properties in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.  His expertise covers not only beef breeding and marketing cattle within the domestic market and the live export trade, but also stud and commercial herd management. 

Colin, a Marcus Oldham graduate, co-founded AgTour Australia in 1985, later merging it with Quadrant Australia in 2006. With extensive travel experience and 16 years in South Africa, he now serves as a Director of Quadrant Australia, working from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Bryan has over 36 years’ experience in agriculture and public and private sector organisation management. Bryan worked with NSW Agriculture as a Beef Cattle Advisory Officer and in 1997 he was appointed General Manager of the Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society. Bryan currently works as a cattle and beef management consultant and is a director of Quadrant Australia.

Ross Keane has led agricultural tours to most continents of the world. As a former Director of JBS and former Chairman of RMAC, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the Red Meat and Livestock Industries particularly, but agriculture generally. His insight into agriculture in foreign countries and how it may affect the Australian Industry are well worth hearing.

Pete Lewis is an award-winning journalist with a long and distinguished career.  His work has won numerous accolades and citations and is a former National Rural & Regional Reporter for ABC News & Current Affairs, an ABC Foreign Correspondent and Executive Producer of ABC-TV’s award-winning program Landline. 

Mark Lucas, the principal of Pasture Agronomy Service, is a highly-regarded agronomist/consultant based in Tumut NSW. He is widely accepted as an innovator and largely responsible for the adoption of pasture direct drilling and tetraploid ryegrass in southern NSW and Victoria.

Kerry is Quadrant’s Outbound Operations Manager. She grew up in the New England area in NSW and later travelled extensively to five continents and more than 45 countries before commencing work with Quadrant Australia.

Former managing partner of a family-owned dairy, Ron transitioned from teaching to farm management, contributing significantly to the dairy industry. With roles in advisory groups, governance, and industry mentorship, he continues his impact post the sale of the family business in 2019 and is a Tour Manager at Quadrant Australia.

Emily, a University of Queensland graduate from Holbrook, Riverina, has a diverse career spanning feedlot management, breed development for Shorthorn Beef, HR and strategy in early childhood education, and consulting. She remains actively involved in her family’s beef cattle operation and is a Fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.

Scott Perkins, a Quadrant Australia Director based in Darwin, grew up on a sheep property near Winton, Queensland. After a long Army career, he transitioned to roles in corrections, sugar, mining, and government, earning an MBA along the way. Scott has a lifelong passion for agriculture and outback Australia.

With 35+ years in the meat and livestock industries, Jason has expertise across the whole supply chain, including corporate leadership roles at MLA and AACo. He has also owned a cattle property and butcher shops and has travelled extensively for business and education focussed on better understanding and improving agriculture.

Kees is from the Netherlands and began his working career with the Curacao Trading Company in Amsterdam before emigrating to Australia. He immediately became involved in agriculture, ultimately managing a large mixed property in NSW.