Rob Napier is Director of Napier Agrifutures, a firm specialising in strategic planning for agriculture and agribusiness. He was Principal of Orange Agricultural College, The University of Sydney for fifteen years.Rob was brought up on his family’s farm in Tasmania, Australia. He now lives with his wife, Dee on a 41ha beef and alfalfa farm where they also operate a luxury bed and breakfast business. Rob has travelled widely in the major agricultural areas of the world. He is a member of a global team of consultants identifying the best practices of leading farmers.

He works with groups of leading farmers in Australia and overseas helping them to seize the opportunities from global changes in agriculture. In 1995 and again in 2000 he facilitated a strategic plan for the Westchester Group, Champaign, Illinois which has $US400 million under management in US agriculture.

Rob has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Tasmania, a Diploma in Agricultural Studies from Cambridge University and a Master of Economics from the University of New England. He has participated in two executive training courses at Harvard University.

Rob is Coauthor of Strategic Approach to Farming Success

http://www.farmingsuccess.com