Our Providers

AgLink partner with world-class people to facilitate, coach, consult and advise our Members and their teams for best practice across a wide range of disciplines.

Each of our preferred providers is profiled below. Click each name to see information about the programs and services they offer, key personnel, relevant education and qualifications, contact details and a Capability Statement.

Michael Bambacas

Create Learning

Create Learning conducts evidence based learning and development programs and courses that are tailored for the agribusiness sector and help you grow your business through improving communication with your customers and your staff.

Michael Bambacas is the Director of Create Learning and combines his extensive experience from the Animal Health, Veterinary, Agribusiness and Pharmaceutical industries with an evidence-based approach to Learning and & Development and a unique focus on learning transfer which helps ensure that what has been learnt in the training environment occurs in the workplace.

As a previous winner of the National Australia Bank Agribusiness awards for excellence (employer of choice) whilst at Pfizer Animal Health he understands and puts into practice programs that are practical, relatable and measurable so anyone who attends his programs is equipped with the tools to enhance their own skills and those of their colleagues.

Click here for Create Learning’s Capability Statement

Click here for the Create Learning website

Click here to connect with Michael on LinkedIn

Kelly Dickson

M&K Lawyers

Kelly’s practice has a particular focus on assisting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers with all things related to the lifecycle of the supply of their goods and services, including:

• Design, creation and development of new products, services and ideas;

• Protection of innovations, designs and branding;

• Launch and promotion of products and services, including marketing and advertising collateral, product packaging and labelling;

• Sales channels and distribution methods;

• Customer complaints, warranty problems, refunds.

Click here for Kelly’s Capability Statement

Click here for the M&K website

Click here to connect with Kelly on LinkedIn

Troy Forrest

Forrest Workshops

Troy Forrest is the Managing Director of Strategy Road Pty Ltd, and the Principal Facilitator of Forrest Workshops, a specialist tailored workshop & coaching services enterprise. Troy has custom-built and facilitated well over 1,000 workshops in his 13 years as a business consultant. He has coached a large and diverse array of leaders, business owners and growth drivers in more than 120 organisations in more than 80 industry sectors. His speciality areas include sales, marketing, leadership, customer service, communication, business planning and strategic planning.

Click here for Troy’s Capability Statement

Click here for the Strategy Road website

Click here to connect with Troy on LinkedIn

Donna Hanson

Prime Solutions Training & Consulting

Donna Hanson, is the Director and Principal of Prime Solutions Training & Consulting Pty Ltd, a boutique, productivity focused technology training company that specialises in customised training to suit the specific needs of business.

Donna is passionate about getting teams OFF technology and back to the things that matter in business.

She is the author of two books, RECLAIM Your Inbox and Ctrl + Alt + Delete – Reboot Your Productivity and is one of only five people outside the US accredited to deliver an email productivity program to Microsoft’s own staff.

With expertise in workplace productivity with technology, Donna works with national and global brands helping their teams leverage technology they use everyday to increase productivity, engagement and performance.

She is a Certified Speaking Professional – a globally recognised certification for professional speakers and has delivered programs for clients in 7 countries.

Click here for Donna’s Capability Statement

Click here for the Prime Solutions Training & Consulting website

Click here to connect with Donna on LinkedIn

Alicia Lykos

Red Wolf Group

Alicia is the owner and founder of Red Wolf Group and is the trusted advisor to CEO’s across the country, helping them to optimise their talent to deliver on their strategy.

Alicia Lykos has been in numerous executive HR roles across leading global IT organisations including Unisys, SAS Institute and Object Consulting.

She is now the right hand to dozens of CEOs across Australia and is seen as their strategic talent advisor helping them drive growth and high performance using people data and leadership frameworks. Red Wolf Group in a leading Talent & Leadership Consultancy in Australia and she is focusing on helping organisations lead with confidence.

Click here for Red Wolf Group’s Capability Statement

Click here for Red Wolf Group website

Click here to connect with Alicia on LinkedIn

Click here for Red Wolf Group Company Manifesto Video

Erin Lynch

Vincent Young Lawyers

Vincent Young Lawyers is an award winning specialist boutique firm focusing on corporate property, projects, construction + workplace relations. Our Employment + Workplace Relations team, led by Erin Lynch, provides practical, timely and strategic advice. Our experience expands across all matters relating to the workplace covering everything from recruitment and contracts through to termination and post-employment restraints. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law from the University of Wollongong and since 2018 has been teaching Law of Employment and Labour Regulation at the University of Wollongong. Erin has completed the Key Executives Program at Harvard Business School and has been awarded one of the top 30 lawyers under 30 by Lawyers Weekly.

Click here for Vincent Young’s Capability Statement

Click here for Vincent Young’s Employment + Workplace Relations Training Brochure

Click here for the Vincent Young website

Click here to connect with Erin on LinkedIn.

Andrew MacDonell

Colour Accounting

With more than 20 years’ experience across BDO, PwC and private advisory, Andy brings a rare combination of commercial instinct and financial discipline to the businesses he works with — from regional agricultural retailers to national service groups. He found his real calling in private advisory: sitting alongside owners at the moments that matter most — strategy inflection points, succession transitions, growth decisions and exits.

As a trusted advisor with MYMAX, Andy has worked closely with agricultural retail groups navigating multi -generational ownership transitions, bringing insight into the commercial and family dynamics behind regional businesses.

A Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Advisory Board Centre, Andy is known for being direct without being prescriptive — an approach that consistently produces the result his clients describe the same way: clarity. He is the Australian and New Zealand lead for Colour Accounting® and regularly facilitates workshops on strategic financial management, strategy and value creation.

Andrew-MacDonell-Capability-Statement

Click here for the MyMax website.

Click here to connect with Andrew on LinkedIn.