The Hon Neil Andrew

Commissioner The Hon Neil Andrew is the Chairman of the ATSE Crawford Fund which sponsors courses and tertiary study to increase Australian engagement in international agricultural research, development and education.

He has had a life long association with the irrigation industry, particularly irrigated horticulture and viticulture. Mr Andrew became an active participant in the South Australian Agricultural Bureau movement. He was a member, and then Chairman, of the Advisory Board of Agriculture, the peak body of the Bureau movement and an advisory body to the South Australian Minister of Agriculture. In 1983, he was elected to the Australian Parliament as the Member for Wakefield in the House of Representatives. He held various positions including that of Government Whip and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004.

Photo courtesy of the National Capital Authority.