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Robert Frizzo
Director. Grower, RS Frizzo, Beerwah
2012–present
Robert is a grower in Beerwah and also Chairman of the Glasshouse Co-op. He has been part of the Glasshouse grower and business community for 40 years and is a talented photographer. He is also a Master of Tai Chi and brings a certain tranquillity to the team. He joined the board in November 2012 and was voted in as Chairperson in 2021.
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Stephen Pace
Director. Grower, Pace Farming, Rollingstone
2021 – present
Stephen Pace is a third-generation farmer based at Rollingstone, North Queensland. Stephen works along side his brother, two uncles and two cousins in the family business – Pace Farming Pty Ltd – producing pineapples, sugarcane, watermelons, pumpkins, and beef cattle. Stephen oversees the businesses pineapple, watermelon and pumpkin crops which are supplied domestically to fresh markets throughout Australia. His role within the business is managing day-to-day operations, harvest, distribution and marketing.
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Shaun McKinnon
Director. Independent
2020 - present
Shaun is an Advisory Partner with BDO in Brisbane, one of the world’s leading Tax, Audit and Advisory firms. At BDO, Shaun specialises in providing Corporate Finance and Restructuring services. Shaun’s experience in Corporate Finance is primarily in the form of acquisition and vendor financial due diligence assignments and private capital raisings while his Restructuring experience includes a broad spectrum of advisory and formal roles assisting underperforming or insolvent businesses and their financiers. Whilst Shaun provides expert advice across a broad spectrum of industries, he has established himself as a leader in the Food & Agribusiness sector where he specialises in providing financial due diligence, private capital raising and advisory services for Agribusinesses, investors and financiers.
Prior to joining BDO, Shaun was a Partner at Grant Thornton where he lead the Food & Agribusiness team in Queensland. In addition to his current role at BDO, Shaun is also on the Advisory Boards of Griffith University Business School and Matchfit Platforms and is the Secretary of North Brisbane Rugby Union Club. Shaun’s formal qualifications include being a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts Australia & New Zealand and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in addition to holding a Bachelor of Commerce (Griffith University), Associate Diploma in Applied Finance (FINSIA) and a Masters of Agribusiness (Marcus Oldham College).