Born and bred in Esperance, Niki grew up on a local farm and has continued her association with the agricultural industry ever since.

Niki studied at Muresk Institute of Agriculture and has worked as a journalist with the Countryman newspapers, WA Newspapers and the Farm Weekly.

More recently, Niki was employed as the Communications Officer for the Esperance Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA), a position she continues to work in one day a week.

Niki, who is a mother to three children, has lived overseas in South America and South Africa and these days she can quite often be seen at Pony Club and enjoys a good bottle of white!

Nigel graduated from Muresk Institute of Agriculture, a branch of Curtin University of Technology, with a Bachelor of Agribusiness marketing.

Nigel is currently focusing on the Precision Agriculture project as well as the barley Variety Purity project.

In the past Nigel specialised in harvest management for maximising grain quality and has also run the SEPWA trials program.

 Bill worked with the Department of Agriculture for 25 years in Newdegate and Merredin before moving to Esperance in 1998 to take up role with Esperance District Office as Senior Technical and Certification Officer.

In 1997 Bill entered the commercial seed industry and in 2004 formed his own seed production company.

Bills role will be as SEPWA Trials coordinator (Part Time) to liaise with breeding programs, seed companies and farmers in the Esperance Port Zone and to oversee the large scale demonstration trials. These trials will include Wheat, Barley and Canola.

Bill, unfortunately, also has the passion for the Fremantle Dockers.

 Jan works part time as the SEPWA Bookkeeper. She is mother to three beautiful school aged children and when not working as a parent and a bookkeeper, enjoys teaching Games at the local Pony Club.

In the past, Jan has done the bookkeeping for a local livestock and grain transport company.

Jan has also been a truckie which has seen her carting livestock around the Esperance region and around Australia.

Raised on a sheep station in the Goldfields, Julia went on to complete a Bachelor of Business in Agriculture at Muresk Institute of Agriculture before working with ABC Radio as a Rural Reporter for 6 years.

Julia works part time as the SEPWA Media Officer, juggling parenthood and work.

Julia was SEPWA's first employee when she took on the role as the Group Development Officer in 2002.