Cheryl Kalisch Gordon is the former Head of Strategy for Australia and New Zealand for Rabobank and has more than 25 years of experience in agriculture, agribusiness, trade, commodity markets, finance and consulting. 

From 2013 to 2017, Cheryl  was the Trade & Market Access Manager and Senior Economist for GrainGrowers Ltd, and from 2017– 2022 a Senior Analyst for RaboResearch Australia New Zealand, a member of RaboResearch’s Global Research team and General Manager of RaboResearch Australia New Zealand. Currently, Cheryl is a member of Grains Australia Trade & Market Access Council and a strategic advisor in the private sector.

Cheryl has also been a lecturer in Agribusiness Marketing & Trade, Market & Price Analysis and Benefit Cost Analysis at the University of Sydney. 

Cheryl holds a first-class honours degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Sydney, a PhD (Economics) from the University of New England, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Earlier in his career, he served as a China policy officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where he co-authored Australia’s first public China Country Strategy, worked at the University of Sydney and La Trobe University. 

Philipp is currently an Industry Fellow at UTS Business School and a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University. He holds board and advisory roles with the Foundation for Australian Studies in China, Global Women Asia, Geopolitical Strategy, and the City University of New York. He was a Fulbright Scholar in US-Australia Alliance Studies (Georgetown, 2023), Australian Government’s Endeavour Executive Fellow (China National Academy of Education Administration, 2009) and a McKinsey Executive Leadership Program alumnus. He speaks fluent Chinese and Russian.