Email: mike@bradygroup.ie

Mike is a well-established agricultural consultant and land agent advising landowners on farm business and property matters in the Republic of Ireland. He qualified from University College Dublin in 1987 with a BAgrSc(hons) and commenced his career as a Dairy Husbandry Advisor with the then Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food in the UK. He returned to Ireland in 1989 to work as an Agricultural Consultant in a private firm and left in 1995 to establish Brady Group. He is a career agricultural advisor/consultant having worked in two countries and in both the public and private sectors. He completed a Nuffield Scholarship in 2004, where he proposed 'a new strategic framework for the future of Irish dairy farming'. This provided Mike with an exposure to global agriculture. He has served on the board of Nuffield Ireland for two periods and became a member of the Nuffield International board in 2023-2026. He became chair of Nuffield International in March 2026. Mike is a past National President of the Agricultural Consultants Association of Ireland (ACA). He also writes a farming column in the Irish Independent, a national newspaper and is a regular commentator on agricultural matters.

Email: david.brownhill@merrilong.com.au

David Brownhill is a 1998 Nuffield Scholar and past Chairman of the Nuffield Australia Board. He and his wife Liz, manage Merrilong Pastoral Company, with David's brother, Gordon and his wife, Anne - covering 10000 hectares, which focus on dryland and irrigated grain and cotton production. His key interests are no-till farming, controlled traffic farming systems and high value crops. Understanding businesses, not just in farming and what makes them tick, is also a particular interest. David completed a Bachelor of Applied Science - Agriculture at Hawkesbury Agricultural College and graduated with awards in Leadership and Sportsmanship. He is currently a director of AMPS Agribusiness, Merrilong Pastoral Company, AFF, Nuffield International and Farming for Kids. Hobbies include golf, cricket and V8 bush rally cars.

Email: MDavies@WGIMGlobal.com

Martin Davies is a 2006 Nuffield Scholar and will become Chief Executive Officer of Westchester Group Investment Management in January 2018. Since 2014, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Westchester Group, Europe. Prior to this role he was Head of Farmland Investment at Insight Investment Management, a subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon. Martin has 25-years' experience in farm, rural business, agricultural investment, company board and governance management. As a Nuffield Scholar, Martin studied the impact of bio fuels on UK arable farming. He has a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Reading and other professional qualifications include professional status at the Institute of Agriculture Management. Martin is also a qualified agronomist and fertiliser advisor. He was a Director of the Oxford Farming Conference from 2014-2017, and chaired the 2017 conference. Martin is a Church Council Member, enjoys sport including rugby, cricket, ski touring and running. He participated in the London Marathon in 2002 and 2003, New York Marathon in 2011 and a Marathon in Norway in 2012. Between 2012 and 2017, Martin has completed 17 Olympic and middle-distance triathlons.

Phone: +61408758602 

Email: jodie@nuffieldinternational.org

Jodie was CEO of Nuffield Australia and CEO of Nuffield International concurrently between March 2020 and September 2025. From September 2025, Jodie took on the role of CEO of Nuffield International exclusively. Jodie did her own Nuffield scholarship in 2013, and remained an active member of the alumni, particularly by leading the Global Focus tours to Japan from 2015 onwards with husband Wayne. Her Nuffield report was titled "Something to Crow About: What can poultry farmers do to answer consumer perceptions and pressures facing our industry?' Jodie and Wayne operated a commercial broiler farm in Queensland for 27 years. Jodie held numerous positions within the chicken industry for over 10 years: she was President of the Australian Chicken Growers Council, President and Executive Officer for the Queensland Chicken Growers Association and sat on the Australian Chicken Meat Federation, the peak industry body. In July 2017, they sold their chicken farm, and purchased an Angus breeder operation and agritourism venture in northern NSW. AS CEO of Nuffield Australia, Jodie oversaw the scholarships of more than a quarter of the current alumni and considered her relationships with scholars and alumni the most important part of building a legacy for the future. As CEO of Nuffield International she has helped to establish Nuffield in Japan, Poland and Romania, helped USA and Brazil become full Nuffield countries and set Chile, Denmark and Taiwan on their paths to Nuffield success. She looks forward to building a truly global Nuffield network of innovative and deep thinking agriculturalists.