Mitchell H. Hooke AM (Mitch), is globally recognised for his knowledge and strategic leadership in both Australian and global public policy advocacy and commercial operational practices, spanning over 40 years as a national and international industry leader across the agricultural, food and grocery, and mining industries. Initially, as an agronomist, he was a pioneer of zero tillage conservation farming, then served as Chief Executive Officer of the Grains (GCA), Food and Grocery (AFGC), and Minerals Councils of Australia (MCA), a Member of Full Council of International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), and Chair of its Global Mining and Metals Associations’. He has and continues to be directly engaged in commercial enterprise as Chairman of Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture, as a Director of public (listed and non-listed) and private companies, and in the Federal Government public sector.