Erin Bernhardt is our Risk Specialist in the Outer Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Riverland regions. As an insurance professional with nearly 30 years of experience, Erin is passionate about Achmea’s purpose of keeping farmers farming. He has a strong track record in insurance and business management through sales, development, process improvement and the delivery of […]
Dianna Janett is our Risk Specialist in the South West region of Western Australia (WA). She brings more than 20 years of experience in the agricultural financial service industry, providing a depth of insurance knowledge and agricultural expertise to local farmers. Dianna is a Senior Associate Member of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of […]
Justina Wilson is Achmea’s Risk Specialist for farmers in the Burdekin and Mackay regions. Born and raised in the Burdekin area, Justina’s family has a farming background in horticulture and the sugar cane industry. Having worked for Achmea’s associate Rabobank for 12 years, Justina brings more than 20 years of financial services experience to the […]
Robert Johncock is our Risk Specialist for Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Hamilton and Warrnambool regions where he has lived and worked since 2002. Rob has an extensive career in both financial services and agriculture, having operated his own financial planning and general insurance brokerage for 20 years. Prior to this, he was involved in a variety […]
David Morris is our Risk Specialist for Townsville, and Queensland’s Northern and Western regions. Born and raised on a sugarcane farm in Ingham, David has a passion and deep understanding of farming activities and its producers. After completing a Bachelor of Town Planning, David worked in strategic planning for several years before moving into the […]
Allan Cowan is our Risk Specialist for farmers across the New England, North West and the Mid to Far North Coast regions of NSW. Born and raised on a dairy farm near Taree, Allan has more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry, mainly focused on agriculture. Prior to joining Achmea, Allan was […]
Skye grew up on her parents broadacre farm North of Moree. She has a comprehensive understanding of the conditions, challenges and risks that local farmers experience in their day-to-day operations. After completing a Bachelor of Agribusiness in 2002, she returned to the region to work in the cotton industry as a cotton marketer – grower […]
Trevor Walder is our Risk Specialist for farmers in the South West Gippsland region and has extensive experience in the agribusiness finance industry, having been a Rural Manager in both Queensland and Victoria. Trevor has lived in South West Gippsland since 2000 and understands the area and its agricultural diversity and challenges.
Trevor Link is our Risk Specialist for farmers in the Ballarat and Horsham regions. Joining Achmea in 2016 and committed to spending as much time on the farm as possible, Trevor has extensive experience in agribusiness financial services in Victoria and South Australia. With his networks in the Wimmera and Western Region farming communities and […]
Stuart Maidment is our Senior Risk Specialist in Tamworth, working with farmers in the Hunter and North West Slopes and Plains. After completing his agricultural studies in Dalby, Stuart continued his work within the rural sector of sales and service. Stuart has lived in Tamworth for 16 years, where he and his wife and their […]
Steve Field is one of our Risk Specialists based in Western Australia. Growing up on a wheat sheep farm in Cascades, Steve has a strong background in agriculture. With experience working in broad acre farming, managing bio-security during the UK foot and mouth crisis and providing ruminant nutrition advice, Steve also offers extensive expertise in […]
Rob is our Risk Specialist for the Mount Gambier, Hamilton and Warrnambool regions where he has lived and worked since 2002. Rob has an extensive career in both financial services and agriculture, having operated his own financial planning and gereral insurance brokerage for 20 years. Prior to this he was involved in a variety of […]
Richard Reynolds is our Risk Specialist for farmers across the Central Queensland and Wide-Bay Burnett regions. Raised on the family cattle property at Dululu, near Rockhampton in Queensland, Richard has a very strong affinity with the agriculture and the Central Queensland area. After studying beef production at Emerald Agricultural College, he worked on cattle properties […]
Peter Wilkinson is our Risk Specialist for farmers in Tasmania, King and Flinders Islands. With more than 30 years of broad management experience in the agribusiness sectors, Peter offers in-depth knowledge of the diverse nature of farming. Peter is passionate about combining our expertise with your knowledge of the farm.
Peter Nicholas is our Risk Specialist for Echuca and Bendigo. Peter was raised on his family’s sheep and wheat farm in the southern Riverina in New South Wales. He currently owns a vineyard and grows wine grapes near Moama with his wife and four daughters. With extensive agricultural experience as a merchandise manager and authorised […]
Michelle Stevens is backed by nearly 30 years’ financial services expertise offers a wealth of insurance and local agricultural expertise to local farmers. Passionate about Achmea’s purpose to keep farmers farming, Michelle enjoys getting out into our rural community. Michelle was raised on a farm between Finley and Tocumwal in southern NSW, a mixed farming […]
Max Brown is our Risk Specialist for the Lower Great Southern and South West region of Western Australia. Max was raised on a cereal grain and merino sheep farm near Jerramungup and completed a Bachelor of Agribusiness (Marketing). For the last 15 years Max has held various roles in the agriculture-banking sector, gaining experience in […]
Passionate about keeping farmers farming, Mark Vayro is our Achmea Risk Specialist in the Toowoomba, Lockyer and Southern Downs regions. He brings with him more than 20 years’ experience servicing the agricultural industries through banking, machinery and energy sectors within South-East and South-West Queensland. Mark was among the thousands of volunteer firefighters who put themselves […]
Louise Hornery is our Risk Specialist for farmers in the Griffith, Jerilderie and Lake Cargelligo regions. Passionate about the land, Louise has extensive rural insurance experience and knows the area and the people, having lived there for most of her life. Backed by Achmea’s 200 years of international farm insurance expertise, Louise goes the extra […]
Steve Field is one of our Risk Specialists based in Western Australia. Growing up on a wheat sheep farm in Cascades, Steve has a strong background in agriculture. With experience working in broad acre farming, managing bio-security during the UK foot and mouth crisis and providing ruminant nutrition advice, Steve also offers extensive expertise in […]
Born and raised in Innisfail, Alison Treston is Achmea’s Senior Risk Specialist for North/Central Queensland. Alison is passionate about strengthening the agriculture sector, and her family’s involvement in sugar cane farming has given her a broad knowledge of farming. While based in Mackay, Alison partners with farmers across Northern & Central Queensland. Having first-hand experienced […]
Our Risk Specialist Anthony Brick partners with farmers across the Tablelands, Cairns and Mossman areas. Passionate about Far North Queensland, he believes protecting farmers is incredibly important to the region and its continued economic success. Anthony has more than 10 years’ rural financial services experience through roles in banking, superannuation and insurance. Anthony is a […]
Chris Brennan is our Risk Specialist for the Emerald and Longreach regions. Born and raised in the region, Chris grew up on mixed cropping and grazing operations. A former surveyor, Chris is passionate about combining his hands-on agricultural experience with formal risk management and providing practical solutions to protect the local agricultural community. Chris sees […]
Craig Edgerton is our Risk Specialist for Central West NSW. With more than 17 years’ local insurance experience, Craig lives in Orange with his wife and three sons and is passionate about working with farmers to protect their livelihood in a changing industry.
David Ross is our Senior Risk Specialist for farmers in Gippsland. Having lived in Gippsland for most of his life, David managed his family dairy farm for eight years in the Macalister Irrigation District. David joined the Achmea team from Rabobank, where he was a Rural Manager for three years at the Sale branch.
Desley is our Risk Specialist based in Tamworth and partners with farmers in the North West Slopes and Plains regions, as well as the Hunter Valley. Originally from Bingara, a small town on the Gwydir River, Desley started with Rabobank in Tamworth in 2007 and moved across to the Achmea family in 2017. Her knowledge […]
Gerard Bennett is our Risk Specialist for the Southern Highlands, Southern Tablelands and NSW South Coast regions. Based in Goulburn, he joined Achmea in 2015 following his former roles as a rural underwriter for a Lloyd’s syndicate group and commercial broking background. With more than 17 years’ experience in insurance and risk management, Gerard is […]
Greg is our Risk Specialist based in Dalby, partnering with farmers across the Darling Downs, Roma and South West Queensland regions. Joining Achmea in early 2014, Greg brings 30 years of experience in servicing agricultural industries through the banking, energy sector and cotton/broadacre agronomy sectors across the Central and Southern Queensland and Northern NSW regions. […]
Harvey Chenoweth is our Risk Specialist for the Mid North and Yorke Peninsula regions. Raised on a Mid North farm and with more than 40 years’ administrative and finance experience, Harvey has worked across regional South Australia including Snowtown, Clare, Victor Harbor, Strathalbyn, Mount Barker and Kadina. Equipped with an Advanced Diploma in Agribusiness Management, […]
Ian Simpson is Achmea’s Risk Specialist for the Western Plains region, having come from family farm in the Nyngan district. With strong experience in agribusiness, Ian is committed to partnering with farmers, reducing risks and ensuring they have greater control over their premiums. Prior to joining Achmea nearly four years ago, Ian spent 12 years […]
John Malone is our Risk Specialist for the Southern region of NSW including Wagga Wagga and Albury. During the past seven years, John has forged an inspiring career in agriculture, working on farm inputs in the Riverina region and on grain marketing projects across Australia’s eastern states. His personal and professional experience provides John with […]
Karla Otto (Caldicott) is our Senior Risk Specialist for South East Queensland. Raised on a cattle, grain and horticultural business on the Darling Downs, Karla brings 20 years of experience in agriculture, banking and insurance. Having worked across regional NSW and Queensland, Karla is passionate about agriculture, specifically intensive farming. Having the right amount of […]
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