Alan Beattie, CEO Noongar Land Enterprise Group
Noongar Land Enterprise Group (NLE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Beattie as its first Chief Executive Officer, who commenced on 6 April 2020.
Mr Beattie is a recognised industry leader, having held a number of senior roles in Government, the Not for Profit and private sector since 1997.
Alan grew up in the heart of Noongar Boodja (country) on a farm near Yealering. Alan has worked with and alongside Aboriginal people throughout Western Australia and in particular the Noongar community for the past 20 plus years. He joins NLE after recently ceasing his role as Social Enterprise Manager at Holyoake.
Alan says he is excited to be joining NLE and leading the business into the future, as it continues to grow and focuses on being the leading Aboriginal organisation that develops commercially viable Noongar land-based businesses.
NLE Chairperson Oral McGuire said the Board was delighted with Mr Beattie’s appointment to the business which has been made possible through funding provided by the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation and Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
“Alan has vast experience right across the Aboriginal and profit for purpose sectors,” Mr McGuire said.
“His knowledge and experience of business strategy, business transformation, project management, and primary production project development are particularly relevant to NLE as an organisation seeking to deliver optimum benefits to current and future generations of Noongar people and the wider population of WA".
The NLE Board looks forward to working closely with Alan as NLE continues to develop innovative land based enterprises such as Bush Produce, Cultural Tourism, Honey or mainstream enterprise such as Prime Lamb Production on Noongar country. NLE identifies successful business enterprises managed by Noongar People, on Noongar land, as an opportunity to provide better social and cultural outcomes for Noongar people and the broader community.
Media contact
Simon Wallwork, Executive Officer
Telephone: 0422 803 890
Email: swallwork@nle.com.au
About Noongar Land Enterprise
The Noongar Land Enterprise (NLE) Group is a not-for-profit, Aboriginal led grower group. We are based in Western Australia’s South West region (traditionally known as Noongar Boodja) and we are the first Aboriginal grower group in Australia.
In recent decades, the Noongar people (Aboriginal people of Noongar Boodja) have been motivated to reclaim and rejuvenate our relationship with country, but to also develop land-based businesses to promote our economic independence. This has led to owning and managing contemporary primary production (livestock, grain) and exploring innovative enterprises on our land such as, bush foods, honey, sandalwood, cultural tourism and social services such as return to work and youth training programs).