Danielle England

Danielle’s Bio

Danielle is the lead consultant with AgInnovate, a national people and culture consultancy servicing the Australian agricultural industries.

Danielle, is based in South Australia, and has worked extensively across Australia for the past 20 years. Her work has included strategic business development, industry and enterprise strategic planning, agricultural extension and communication, and project design and management. This has included working with Australia’s leading grower and industry groups, research organisations and farm businesses to optimise mixed farming profitability and productivity.

Danielle has been listed in the Emerald 2014 100 Women in Australian Agribusiness, and was the 2013 Western Australian RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year. Both of these awards recognise her outstanding leadership and passion for the Australian agricultural industry.

She is based at Keilira, where she is involved in a broadacre grains and Merino wool farming business with her husband Jonathan and his family.

Danielle studied her Bachelor of Agribusiness Marketing (Curtin University) and has a Graduate Certificate in Rural Systems Management (Queensland University). She has completed a Diploma in Project Management and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is currently completing her Masters Business Administration with the Australian Institute of Management.

Dani’s favourite personal achievement re Friday night being family pizza night. "This family routine started about 10 years ago when our daughter was in early primary school. It is a time when we come together as a family to spend time together making pizzas, swapping stories, and creating memories."

In supporting extensionists, Dani lives for those ‘ah-ha’ moments. - "when you realise that the topics you are talking about as a group have just solved a problem for a farmer, and they can see a way forward. I want other extensionists to experience the same thing."  Dani loves the enthusiasm and entrepreneurship of the agricultural industry, and in extension we get to work in this space. It is a privileged space to work in.