Wally Newman

Wally Newman was a director of the CBH Group board for 20 years from August 2000 during which he was the deputy chair from 2008-2012 and chair-elect in April 2014 before assuming the role of chair from August 2014 to April 2020. He was also chair of CBH subsidiary Bulkwest in 2002. In June 2021, Mr Newman failed in his bid to be re-elected as a member director.

Mr Newman is a farmer from Newdegate in Western Australia's grainbelt. A director of several private companies, he is renowned as the instigator of the popular Newdegate Machinery Field Days and is a committee member and its former president.

Mr Newman is a member of the International Agricultural Exchange Association, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.