Our Team
Shaughn Morgan
CEO
Shaughn Morgan joins FarmLink Research with extensive experience in community and government engagement, policy development and implementation with extensive experience working for ‘not for profit’ organisations. Shaughn has held senior positions with the Law Society of NSW, NSW Farmers Association, AGL Energy and dairy organisations, Dairy Connect and eastAUSmilk. At NSW Farmers and Dairy Connect, he was CEO and co-CEO at eastAUSmilk. Shaughn has Master’s degrees in Law and Arts. He has practiced at law firm Clayton Utz and was senior ministerial adviser for the NSW Attorney General. He is currently a member of the Law Society’s Rural Issues Committee and a Councillor of Sydney University’s Dairy Research Foundation. He is looking forward to building upon the organisation’s solid foundation and working with the FarmLink Board and staff to consolidate the RD&E that FarmLink extensively undertakes in strong collaboration with its members and stakeholders.
Henry Bosman
TAIC Site Manager
Henry Bosman joined FarmLink Research in September 2023, having had previous farming roles in SA, QLD, and NSW.
Henry has a Diploma in Agriculture (Gwebi College) and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAFE).
Henry and his family originate from Zimbabwe where they operated a large scale commercial agricultural business incorporating broadacre summer and winter cropping strengthened by irrigation, export horticulture and beef production.
Arriving in Australia in 2003, he has gained experience in agri-business and various enterprises and systems, in both extensive and intensive operations, plus involvement with a diverse range of people enhancing his ability to communicate simply and clearly.
Henry is passionate about conservation/zero tillage systems and where/how they can be incorporated into the challenging weather cycles.
Lisa Matthews
Administration & Engagement Officer
Lisa Matthews returns to FarmLink after a 12-month break as our Administration and Engagement Officer.
Lisa first joined FarmLink in September of 2018 as Office Manager. With over 20 years of experience in both the private and the public sector, Lisa oversees the daily operations of an office and plans meetings, conferences and special events for FarmLink.
Lisa began her career in healthcare. She further developed her skill sets by doing business and marketing work for healthcare professionals as well as working in Local Government in North Queensland. Lisa holds an MBA from Griffith University.
Mark Skewes
Principal Research & Extension Manager
Mark grew up on a mixed wheat and sheep farm in the South Australian Mallee, before attending the University of Adelaide to complete a Bachelor of Science, followed by a Graduate Diploma in Natural Resource Management at Roseworthy Agricultural College.
Mark joined the SA Department of Agriculture in 1986, and in 1988 he and his wife Karyn moved to the Department’s Loxton Research Centre, in the Riverland region close to the border between South Australia, Victorian and New South Wales. Mark spent the next 37 years at the Research Centre, filling a range of research and extension roles.
While most of his work has been with permanent crops such as citrus and almond trees and grapevines, in recent years Mark was heavily involved in industrial hemp research, running trials at two sites in South Australia. When AgriFutures Australia launched their Industrial Hemp Variety Trials program Mark was selected as the National Coordinator, overseeing trials at 9 sites nationally over the three-year program.
Working for FarmLink takes Mark back to his roots in dryland farming, but also offers him a new challenge, bringing research and extension skills honed in irrigated horticulture into the farming systems space.
Christine Roberts
Bookkeeper
Christine Roberts joined FarmLink in September 2023 as an Administration & Project Support Officer.
She immigrated from Germany to Australia in 2003 and moved with her husband and kids to a small hobby farm near Temora in 2013.
Christine has over 20 years experience in administration & bookkeeping and is looking forward to working on project support in the future.