Wendy Craik AM, Chair

Wendy Craik is the Chair of the Board of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation succeeding Professor Peter Shergold (AM, AC) who stepped down from the role at the end of 2010.

Wendy has held numerous Board and advisory council positions and she brings this background and experience to the Foundation’s Board.

Wendy is currently a full-time Commissioner of the Productivity Commission. Other positions Wendy has held include Chief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission,  Executive Director of the National Farmers Federation , Executive Officer of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Chief Executive of Earth Sanctuaries Limited – a listed company pioneering a private approach to wildlife conservation.

She is currently on the boards of the WorldFish Center, Dairy Australia and is on the Council of the University of South Australia.

She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the Australian National University, a PhD (Zoology) from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and a Graduate Diploma in Management from the then Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education, Queensland.

Awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in 2007 for services to the natural resource sector of the economy, Wendy was recognised for her work in the areas of fisheries, marine ecology and management of water reform, and for contributions to policies affecting rural and regional Australia.