Our People

Our Board

PHA has a skills-based Board of between five and nine Directors. Our Board has knowledge and experience in areas including industry operations, plant industry production, marketing, domestic and international plant health policy and government policy processes, plant health management, international trends in plant health practices, strategic planning, business and financial management, and economics.  

Board Directors are appointed through a selection process. A Selection Committee consisting of industry and government Members is convened with nominations presented at each Annual General Meeting. The appointment of Board Directors is staggered with terms of four years. This is to ensure organisational continuity and retain corporate knowledge and experience. 

Our Staff

PHA is a high-performing, future-oriented and solution-seeking team with a culture of continuous improvement. With a focus on collaboration, innovation, integrity, leadership and care, our values drive our decision-making – aimed at building talent, promoting growth and achieving the best outcomes for our Members.

We are a small yet nationally significant organisation at the forefront of Australia’s plant biosecurity system with local staff in Canberra as well as dispersed staff in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The work we do here is meaningful, rewarding and interesting, contributing to the security of Australia’s plant-based food, feed, fuel and fibre. We help protect livelihoods, food supply, export markets, the economy, social stability and the Australian way of life. Each and every member of our team is an integral and valued part of what we do and the reason we do it so well.