Australian Agriculture has the potential to supply the world’s growing demand for high quality food. The challenge is for it to achieve it's potential.

Richard Katter

EY Oceania Agribusiness Advisory, Director

Agricultural economist. Born and raised in North Queensland. Father to four NQ Cowboys fans, foodies and fishermen.

Richard is an agricultural economist who leads the Agribusiness Performance Improvement practice at EY. His specialist knowledge helps him support companies across Australia and New Zealand to position themselves to effectively take advantage of the growing demand for high quality food. 

He offers 16 years proven success driving profitability improvement, productivity gains and cost rationalisation through supply chain interrogation and economic analysis, and comes from a background in diverse leadership roles domestically and internationally, including as an economics and investment strategist and researcher for a leading UK based fund manager.

He holds a Bachelor of Resource Economics from the University of Queensland.

How Richard is building a better working world

"I am passionate about agriculture and the sustainable production of food. I believe that Australia’s potential to supply the growth in demand for high quality food is enormous and I am excited by the opportunity to leverage my broad ranging experience and EY’s deep capability to help Australian Ag to fulfil its potential."

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