Who we are

With over two decades of experience across business and international development, Senthil has worked in approximately 40 countries with leading consumer goods and nonprofit organisations. His career is deeply informed by his early life—born into a smallholder farming household in a drought-prone region of southern India, he experienced firsthand many of the sustainability challenges he now works to address with communities globally.

Recognising his expertise, Senthil was invited to Australia through the Australian Government’s Global Talent Program, which identifies distinguished leaders in key sectors. In addition to his professional work, Senthil serves on the board of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), hosts the Business and Society podcast, and is an alumnus of Columbia University and Fellow at Harvard University.

Joanne Butterworth-Gray is a professional chair and non-executive director with extensive experience across capital projects, land management and precinct planning, utilities and logistics, agribusiness, tourism and market development and legal. Joanne is Chair of Southern Rural Water, Campaspe Port Enterprise and Northern Territory Seafood Council, and a Trustee of Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Trust.

Joanne’s executive career in the Victorian public service included leading reform within emergency management, delivering culture improvement in HM Prison Barwon, and facilitating economic partnerships across the three tiers of government. Prior to government, Joanne was the first female CEO of Victoria’s wine industry.

Joanne has a transformational style of leadership focussed on supporting Boards to be future-fit across strategy, risk, financial performance, ESG, culture and social licence.

Over a two-decade career, Alastair has spent the last 10 years in senior finance roles within major Australian FMCG and Retail businesses. The provision of sustainable food to consumers aligns closely to his values.  Alastair is currently the Finance Director & Company Secretary for Simplot Australia which operates a complex and extensive supply chain globally and throughout Australia & New Zealand, representing one of the largest food suppliers in this region.

Alastair’s interests & skillset is focused on providing financial and accounting expertise within the FMCG and Retail sectors, where he has supported both ASX 50 and privately owned businesses to drive strong commercial outcomes and achieve profitable growth.  Prior to this Alastair spent 10 years with KPMG in the UK and Australia, providing assurance services to Boards and Audit Committees across multiple industries.

Greg is currently the Operations Director and Deputy CEO for Investing in Women, based in Manila the Philippines.  Prior to this, Greg was the Chief Operating Officer of Fairtrade International based in Bonn Germany.  Greg is an FCPA (CPA Australia) and has extensive senior leadership experience working in finance, operations and governance in a range of government and non-government organisations. 

Greg is a board member of the Investing in Women Foundation and has previously been on the board of the Fairtrade Access Fund, CPA Australia’s Public Sector Centre of Excellence and the Australia Council for International Development’s Code of Conduct Committee. 

Ian McInnes is the CEO at Tearfund New Zealand, which is the third largest international NGO in New Zealand. He has spent the last two decades in international aid and development work, much of it in disaster response work and follow on recovery operations. He has pioneered and championed some of the aid sectors most innovative approaches to tackling exploitation and poverty, including prosecuting human trafficking in SE Asia, and developing market based agricultural livelihoods – including a dairy company in post war Sri Lanka.

He has served in some of the world’s toughest humanitarian emergencies – starting in 2004 with the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka which was followed by a civil war, then in Myanmar, Haiti, Pakistan, East Africa and within various Pacific Island disaster responses. He spent 6 years Chairing New Zealand’s Aid industry peak body the Council for International Development and he represents aid and development work regularly in the New Zealand media.

Ian works at governance level within leading social enterprises in hospitality in Auckland, in denominational church based trustee roles and globally at governance level of International Aid Agency Consortium.

Joanna Bourke is a governance leader and international development specialist with deep experience advancing ethical, inclusive, and sustainable outcomes across the Pacific. She has led major cross-sector initiatives in agriculture, behaviour change, digital learning, and value chain development, working with governments, donors, and community partners to strengthen livelihoods and producer resilience. As Chief Executive of Pacific Collaborative Futures and a board member across several Pacific-focused organisations, Joanna is recognised for her cultural fluency, strategic clarity, and commitment to fair, transparent, community-centred development. She is passionate about amplifying Pacific producer voices and strengthening equitable trade systems.