The Team

Previously, Brent held positions as General Manager Marketing at Emerald Grain, General Manager Trading and Marketing at Queensland Sugar Limited, and various international management roles within the BP Group.

Brent has extensive leadership and commodity risk management experience, many years of sugar industry knowledge, and significant experience in interacting with growers in the Mackay region. Brent also has strong relationships with international sugar groups and extensive knowledge of commodity markets and customers in Asia and the Middle East. He is a director of Mackay Area Productivity Services (MAPS) and chairs the Australian Sugar Manufacturers’ Trade Committee.

Brent has an undergraduate degree in Accounting and a Masters Degree in Economics from Lincoln University in New Zealand.

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Darren has considerable trading, pricing, foreign exchange, and marketing experience. Prior to joining QCS, Darren spent four years in grains and over ten years in sugar, working for international sugar trade houses Cargill and Alvean.

Alvean specialises in originating, commercialising and trading raw and white sugar globally, including Australia.

Cargill is the largest privately-owned corporation in America, with major businesses trading, purchasing and distributing agricultural commodities across the globe, including sugar. Prior to forming Alvean as a joint venture with Copersucar, Cargill was one of the largest sugar trading companies in the world. Copersucar, the world’s largest sugar and ethanol company, is based in Brazil, and is one of the largest exporters of sugar worldwide.

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Arthur is a well-known face around the Mackay region, having worked as an Agribusiness Banking Manager with the National Australia Bank in the Mackay and Rockhampton regions for two decades.

Arthur works out of the QCS office at the old Pleystowe mill, but spends most of his time out and about helping Mackay Sugar growers with their GEI sugar pricing and marketing needs.

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Deborah has formal qualifications in sugar chemistry, and prior to joining QCS, worked in the sugar industry in various roles, most recently as Marketing Officer in Mackay Sugar. Deborah’s family are third-generation cane farmers in the Mackay region, giving Deborah a great appreciation of cane farming and sugar production.

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