Adam Kay

Chief Executive Officer

Head Office – Sydney, NSW

Adam is responsible for the overall management and leadership of the organisation and represents Cotton Australia to government, media and other industry organisations. He is involved in all aspects of the business and is the public face of Cotton Australia.

• Phone: 02 9669 5222

Therese Wooden

Head Office – Sydney, NSW

Therese is responsible for all accounting functions of Cotton Australia, manages the financial aspects of government projects and is the primary contact for levy collection. Therese also manages the accounts for special projects such as the Australian Cotton Conference and the Australian Cotton Industry Awards.

• Phone: 02 9669 5222

Desley Sheedy

Communications Manager - Digital Strategy

Head Office – Sydney, NSW

• Ph: (02) 9669 5222

Jenny Hughes

Education Manager

Head Office – Sydney, NSW

Jenny is Cotton Australia's Education Coordinator and brings nine years of agricultural education experience, backed up by 10 years in the classroom, to her position. Jenny specialises in hands-on interactive engagement for students and teachers. She has a passion for assisting teachers incorporate agriculture into their classrooms with curriculum-linked resources and to gain a better understanding of the cotton industry through Teach the Teacher Tours.

• Phone: 02 9669 5222

Simone Cameron

Senior Policy Manager, Northern Australia

Northern Australia

Simone is Cotton Australia’s most northern industry representative, based in Katherine, NT. She has an extensive career in agriculture most notably as an industry advocate, technical agronomist, and educator. Her role will be instrumental in guiding and leading sound policy positions enabling responsible environmental stewardship for our developing northern industry.

• Phone: 0413 308 335

Doug McCollum

Policy Officer - Research Direction and Stewardship

Doug’s career involved stints with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Qld Cotton and DuPont Australia, before moving into his consulting business in 2019. Working with the Cotton Research & Development Corporation, Hort Innovation, Cherry Growers Australia, and Growcom Australia, along with his commercial experience, has given Doug a firm grasp of stewardship, sustainable farming, and data-driven decisions for boosting the global competitiveness of agriculture.

• Phone: 0427 270 708

Rob Crothers

myBMP Manager

Rob came to Cotton Australia with more than 36 years’experience in the agricultural sector. He worked for Pioneer Seeds for 19 yearsin several roles including Sorghum and Corn Product manager, Northern Regional Manager and Territory manager for the Central Downs and Burnett.

Previous to that, Rob spent three years working for Wesfarmers Landmark as a sales agronomist.

Rob has long called the Darling Downs home, being a Dalby AgCollege graduate and spending his first 14 years of his career as a dryland and irrigated farmer near Warwick.

• Phone: 0408 646 111

Howard Coggan

Regional Manager - Darling Downs QLD

Howard is a business professional with nearly 30 years of experience in service industries. He has a background in successful business ownership and management as well as a genuine interest in agriculture, rural property, and land types.

He initially grew up on a mixed beef and broadacre cropping farm at Condamine, Queensland and has specialised in agribusiness banking - living and working in numerous regional locations across Queensland for almost 15 years.

• Phone: 0483209275

Sally Rigney

Regional Manager - St George/Dirranbandi/Mungindi

As a Regional Manager for Cotton Australia in the northern Basin, Sally Rigney is passionate about working with local growers to create an energetic and vibrant local community. From their grain and cattle property at Nindigully, Sally uses her experience as a former ABC Radio journalist and Agri-political Communications Director to give a voice to the people, events and issues of south-west Queensland. Sally’s definition of success is finding where you belong, embracing it and enjoying it.

• Phone: 0417 758 353

Mel Swift

myBMP Sustainability Implementation Officer and Regional Manager - Macquarie Valley, NSW

• Phone: 0456 072 910

Robyn Lehmann

Regional Manager - Central Highlands

Having worked in the Vocational Education, Training and Apprenticeship sector for almost 20 years, Robyn is new to the Cotton Industry and is excited to be working with growers in the Central Highlands and Central Queensland area as the Regional Manager.

Robyn’s focus in her role is to be the conduit between local growers and Cotton Australia by communicating through important feedback, supporting industry at a local level and provide assistance and guidance to growers wishing to undertake myBMP Accreditation.

• Phone: 0408 012 569

Mary Hutchinson

Cotton to Market – Administration and Licensing Assistant

Mary provides administrative support to both the Cotton to Market team and Cotton Mark lLicense program. She has a wealth of experience working with renowned brands and designers such as Dior, Anna Quan, and Stephen Jones, with extensive fashion industry knowledge.