Qualifications and Membership:

• Bachelor of Business (Agriculture)
• Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning
• Authorised Representative of Count Financial Limited
• General member of AAAC (WA)

• Farm consulting - Providing financial and general technical advice to farm businesses. Areas of expertise include general farm management, project and property management, farm business budgeting/financing/analysis, feasibility studies, strategic planning, succession planning and crop/pasture/sheep husbandry/management.
• Financial Planning - Providing financial planning to clients. Areas of expertise include:
  1. wealth protection involving personal and business insurance planning.
  2. wealth creation involving investment strategies, savings plans & margin lending
  3. retirement planning with personal superannuation
  4. ongoing advice and formal reviews relating to your financial situation
  

Interests:

Walter enjoys the opportunity to travel, currently trying to renovate a house when time permits and a general goal of staying fit, healthy and passionate about activities that he is involved in.

Qualifications and Membership:

• Bachelor of Business (Agriculture) Curtin University 1993

• General Farm Management
• Budgeting & Financial Planning
• Farm Business Financing
• Farm Business Analysis
• Crop Husbandry
• Pasture Husbandry
• Sheep Husbandry & Management

Interests:

Family, cricket and farming.

Qualifications and Membership:

• Bachelor of Business Accounting and Finance (Edith Cowan University - Perth, 2000)
• Diploma of Financial Services - Financial Planning (FINSIA - Sydney 2006)
• Member AAAC WA (Agricultural Consultants Association of Western Australia)

• Business analysis - taking the physical and financial data from farm businesses and analysing this at key performance points to assist in the development of the business.
• Budgeting - projecting future cashflows to enable farmers to have a 'business map' from which they can operate.
• Benchmarking - collating the data for various clients from similar rainfall areas and comparing the performance of individual farms.
• Property purchases & leases - financial analysis and projections relating to purchasing or leasing land.
• Strategic Planning - assisting farmers to develop long term plans from which they can make strategic business decisions.
• Grain Marketing - provides general information.

Interests:

Family, golf tragic and footy.

Qualifications and Membership:

• Doctor of Philosophy (UWA)
• Bachelor of Science(Agriculture) Honours

• Sheep production - technical advice on all aspects of sheep farming
• Breeding program design - assisting livestock businesses in developing and achieving their breeding aims.
• Business analysis - taking the physical and financial data from farm businesses and analysing this at key performance points to assist in the development of the business.
• Budgeting - projecting future cashflows to enable farmers to have a 'business map' from which they can operate.
• Benchmarking - collating the data for various clients from similar rainfall areas and comparing the performance of individual farms.
• Property purchases & leases - financial analysis and projections relating to purchasing or leasing land.
• Strategic and Succession Planning - assisting farmers to develop long term plans from which they can make strategic business decisions.

Interests:

Sheep dogs and chasing his four children around the pony club circuit.

Qualifications and Membership:

• Master Business Administration (Agribusiness Management & Marketing) University of New England
• Bachelor Business (Agric) (Honours) Curtin University Technology
• Associate Diploma (Farm Management) Curtin University Technology

• Development of sustainable and profitable rotations. Ability to understand the impact rotations have on your overall profitability, not only in the short term but long term as well.
• Fertiliser and herbicide recommendations with an understanding of the profit drivers of a farm business.
• Identification of crop and pasture types which will improve overall productivity.
• Practical analysis and implementation of new technology onto farms i.e. liquid fertiliser, seeding systems, GPS guidance.

• Business analysis - taking the physical and financial data from farm businesses and analysing this at key performance points to assist in the development of the business.
• Budgeting - projecting future cashflows to enable farmers to have a 'business map' from which they can operate.
• Benchmarking - collating the data for various clients from similar rainfall areas and comparing the performance of individual farms.
• Property purchases & leases - financial analysis and projections relating to purchasing or leasing land.
• Strategic and Succession Planning - assisting farmers to develop long term plans from which they can make strategic business decisions.

Interests:

Bill has two daughters with his partner Bronwen. They all live on a small property just west of Highbury which takes up any of Bill's spare time after work and family commitments. Bronwen manages her own business in Narrogin as well. The main project for the year is to build a shed in which to start doing work with some of the timber found in the district.