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Executive Officer Profile

Nicola RaymondName Nicola Raymond
Phone 0439 538 332
Email info@lucerneaustralia.org.au

Nicola was appointed the Executive Officer of Lucerne Australia in May 2011.

Nicola is a communications professional with 14 years’ experience in the agricultural industry, in both the UK and Australia.

She is a farmers’ daughter from a 3,000 acre mixed farm in Wales. Following her Agricultural Marketing and Business qualification at university, she joined the Welsh Meat Company, the largest farmer-owned cooperative for the red meat sector in Wales with 700 farmer members. Financial management, business administration and daily contact with farmers all fitted within her role as General Manager. 

Nicola travelled to Australia in 2007 as part of a Nuffield Farming Scholarship and was employed by the Smart Group. Nicola then moved to Currie Communications in Melbourne as a Senior Communications Consultant. Her rural clients included Dairy Australia and the Australian Fodder Industry Association. Nicola also qualified from RMIT University with a PR Certificate.

Nicola relocated back to Keith in November 2010 and lives with Ian Matheson, her partner of four years. In her spare time she enjoys sport, gardening and reading. She enjoys working on behalf of the lucerne seed industry.