Peter Graham is a Senior Executive and Company Director with over 44 years of experience in agriculture and the Cotton Industry. He holds a Bachelor of Rural Science from UNE, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and prior to his retirement at the end of 2023 was the Managing Director of Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd (CSD), a position he held for 21 years. CSD is a key industry body within the Australian Cotton industry and the sole supplier of high quality, high yielding cotton planting seed. He was instrumental in the formation of Cotton Breeding Australia (CBA) an unincorporated joint venture between CSD and CSIRO in 2007, the formalisation of key agreements with world leading agricultural companies, the $110m redevelopment of the processing and seed facilities, QA labs and office complex in Wee Waa, acquisition of significant land and water assets for seed production and trials and the expansion of the company’s activities both domestically and internationally. Under his leadership the company has grown its asset base from $30m to well over $350m while maintaining its structure and ensuring it remains firmly in the hands of the local industry. CSD is well known and recognised as an industry leader around the world.