Sam is a Senior Business Analyst at AAM Investment Group where he leads a team of analysts across diverse agricultural assets, spanning cattle, sheep, poultry, timber, and cropping. His role focuses on driving operational performance, streamlining processes, and delivering strategic insights through financial modelling, forecasting, and project coordination.
Although Sam grew up in Brisbane and didn’t come from a farming background, he developed a strong passion for agriculture through school holiday trips to family friends’ farms in Southwest Queensland, where he helped with general farm work and gained an appreciation for rural life. This led him to study Agricultural Science and Agribusiness at The University of Queensland. During his studies, Sam spent a year at Stanbroke’s Augustus Downs Station in the Gulf of Queensland, followed by two years working in production coordination at their Grantham processing facility, gaining valuable experience in red meat processing and scheduling.
Sam’s career has spanned the entire red meat supply chain, from practical station work and red meat processing, to international trade through AAM’s live export operations, and now business analysis and strategy from the Brisbane head office. He’s also been fortunate to gain global perspectives on agriculture through Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) tours to the US, Indonesia, Singapore, and Japan.
Sam is currently part of the 2025 National Agricultural Leadership Program (NALP), which has deepened his interest in agricultural policy and its impact on producers. He see’s AgXchange Australia as a key platform to share ideas, build connections, and help shape the future of Australian agriculture.