Management Team

Joe Robinson

Chief Executive Officer


Paul Fenn

Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary

Paul has extensive experience in the agribusiness sector across M&A, corporate advisory, restructuring, value creation and integration. Paul was first introduced to Altora Ag whilst a Director of M&A at PwC, where he advised the shareholders on their sale to PSP Investments in 2019. Following this, Paul joined the Natural Resources Group supporting the strategic growth and development of farming businesses and assets across Australia. This included working with companies such as Hewitt, Fresh Country Farms, Southern Premium Vineyards, Aurora, Stahmann Webster, Australian Food and Fibre and of course – Altora Ag. Paul was more recently involved in supporting the merger of Daybreak Cropping and BFB to form Altora Ag and joined the team permanently as CFO in November 2023. Paul holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics from the Univeristy of Sydney and is a Chartered Accountant.


Scott Bartlett

General Manager - Farming

Originally growing up in the Inverell region on his family’s mixed cropping and livestock property,  Scott has held a variety of agronomy roles over his 20 plus years in agriculture. Scott holds a Bachelor of Applied Science with a Major in Ag Science from the University of Queensland. Scott has enjoyed the opportunity to work not only in Australia but also in the UK and New Zealand and brings an understanding of different agronomic conditions from these expereiences. Scott joined the team initially with BFB as a Consulting Agronomist and with the merging of BFB and Daybreak, was appointed to the role of Head of Agronomy for Altora Ag in 2023. Prior to this, Scott was the director of his own agronomic consulting business in NE VIC, held senior agronomist roles with IK Caldwell, Seed Production NZ, and held a Territory Manager role for Syngenta in the Central West of NSW. Scott now oversees all farming operations for Altora Ag.


David Dore

Grain Services Manager

Operations Managers

Peter Stimson

Regional Operations Manager - East Coast

Peter has been involved in agriculture for 35 years and started with BFB in 2001. Peter commenced as an operator assisting with duties across the farms and as the company grew, progressed to Field Supervisor and then to Farming Manager. Peter currently oversees the operational activities across the East Coast Altora Ag farming portfolio.


Paul Flanders

Regional Operations Manager - West Coast

Paul brings over 25 years experience in farm management across livestock & wool production, irrigation, pasture, hay & silage production, and most recently 16 years in large scale broadacre cropping. Based at Altora Ag's largest aggregation, Erregulla Plains Farm in Mingenew he oversees the operational activities across West Coast Altora Ag farming operations portfolio.

Business Innovation

Neil Wittwer

Business Efficiency & Growth Manager 

Neil joined Altora Ag in 2024 and brings extensive expertise in agronomy and sustainable farming practices. He holds an Honours degree in Agronomy from the University of Adelaide and has a strong background in research, crop production, and agricultural logistics. Originally from the South Australian rural community, Neil is committed to advancing innovative solutions that enhance business efficencies, growth and productivity while living Altora’s purpose of bringing heart to modern agriculture.