Rachel Mackenzie

Rachel Mackenzie has been CEO of Berries Australia since February 2019. Berries Australia was set up in November 2018 to promote the interests of the strawberry, blueberry and raspberry and blackberry industries, which combined are worth $1.3 billion/annum and represent the single largest fresh produce category in Australian supermarkets. Under her leadership, Berries Australia is delivering major projects to service the Australian Berry industries including the highly successful communications and industry development project and export market access projects both funded by Hort Innovation. Berries Australia recently held their bi-annual BerryQuest International Conference in Tasmania, which was attended by more than 500 delegates. Prior to Berries Australia, Rachel was the Chief Advocate at Growcom (now Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers). Rachel Mackenzie was awarded the national Women in Horticulture Award at the 2018 Horticulture Connections conference in recognition of her contribution to the sector.