Ms Sue Middleton

Biography

Sue with her husband Michael, manage a diversified farm in the Wheatbelt of WA growing grains, oaten hay, and pork. They have developed Moora Citrus, a 210 ha citrus orchard in the new horticulture growing area near Dandaragan. As well as managing the finance and admin hub for the farming businesses, Sue manages a rural community development consultancy which provides facilitation and strategy development services. Sue has been actively involved in many leadership roles across industry, leadership, agriculture and rural community development. Current roles include board member of Landcorp, WA. Past roles include the National Chair of the Landcare Advisory Committee, Chair of the WA Regional Development Trust which oversights the Royalties for Regions program, Chair of the West Midlands Group (Grower Group), National Rural Advisory Council, COAG Reform Council, WA Agricultural Produce Commissioner, National Regional Womens Advisory Council, Farmbis State Planning Group, Australian Research Council, and Regional Solutions Board. For her work, Sue has been awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to Regional Australia in 2002, and was awarded the 2010 RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year for Australia and Western Australia.

Research Interest

Finance, Business management, molecular Biology