Mae Connelly joined Farmanco in October 2008 as a member of the Farmanco Marketing team. Her main role is to provide clients with grain marketing advice. Mae's client's are located all throughout the southern half of the grain growing area. Mae has been based in Lake Grace for four years, and she has seven years experience in grain marketing.
Qualifications and Professional Affiliations
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne (2000)
- Diploma of Financial Services, FINSIA/Kaplan (2008)
- PS146 Compliance (FNBASC03VA - Provide advice in derivatives), FINSIA (2004)
- Post-Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance (Financial Markets), Kaplan (currently studying).
Skills, Expertise and Interests
Consulting (Grain Marketing)
- Provide specific advice for price risk management using derivatives (futures and currency), cash contracts and pooling products.
- Construct marketing plans for commodities grown and provide recommendations for the implementation of the marketing plan.
- Assess marketing options for all grain types.
- Compare grain prices on a common basis.
- Provide relevant and timely market information to assist clients in their marketing decisions.
- Monitor client positions.
- Provide weekly grain marketing comments in the Farmanco "Grains Weekly" newsletter.
- Assist clients with load allocations and arbitrage opportunities.
Interests
- Trying to play hockey for the Lake Grace Hockey Trolls
- Reading
- Travel
- Member of the Melbourne Demons footy club in the AFL
- Mae's partner Rohan works on the family farm at Pingrup.
Previous Employment & Experience
2006-2008 Regional Manager, GrainPool (CBH), Lake Grace
Managing grain accumulation and client services in the Lakes Region. This role included grain accumulation, price risk management, harvest finance and relationship management.
2001-2006 Grain Marketer, AWB Lake Grace, Horsham (VIC), Young (NSW), Adelaide, Melbourne
This role with AWB gave Mae experience in grain marketing across four different States. The role included grain accumulation, provide personal financial advice in derivatives, harvest finance sales and customer relations.
