Alexandra Gartmann

One Basin CRC Director

Alexandra is a passionate advocate and champion for rural and regional Australia, having grown up and grown her career in rural and regional Australia. She has a Bachelor of Science (Resource and Environmental Management) Degree Honours ANU.

Alexandra is the inaugural Chair of the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council, is a Director of the Australian Farm Institute, and a Trustee of the Helen MacPherson Smith Trust.

Between 2015 and 2022 she was the CEO of Rural Bank and the Marking, Partnership and Corporate Affairs Executive for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. Prior roles include CEO of the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), the CEO of the Birchip Cropping Group (Wimmera Mallee region of Vic), and Community Landcare Coordinator in the wheatbelt of WA.

She was Chair of the CSIRO Agriculture and Food Advisory Council, and has been a member of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership, the Victorian Agriculture Advisory Council, the Australian Landcare Council, Crawford Fund, National Rural Advisory Council, Victorian Flood Disaster Appeal Panel, National Centre of Excellence for Civil Society Advisory Committee, Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee, Victorian Women in Primary Industries Advisory Panel and RIRDC National Rural Issues Consultative Group.