JOE MORO – CHAIR

Casual Director since 20 November 2015
Non-Executive Director since 23 November 2016
Chair since 25 November 2022

Joe Moro is a dedicated and experienced farmer and proprietor of the family farming business, A Moro & Sons. He has grown a wide variety of crops over the years at his North Queensland property including pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers, capsicums, tomatoes, papaws, watermelons, citrus, tobacco, and mangoes.

As Chairman of the FNQ Growers Association Joe and has many years of experience in business and the horticultural industry, as well as wider community involvement across North Queensland.

In 1997 he was appointed by the Queensland Government to the Queensland Horticultural Institute Board in the Department of Primary Industries. He was a Mareeba Shire Councillor from 2000 until 2008 and is a Director of the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF). Joe also helped in the formation of the Australian Mango Industry Association and went on to serve as Chairman. Joe is the Chairman of the Queensland Horticulture Council, a member of the QFF Policy Council and the Water and Energy committee.

In 2020, Joe was named Mareeba Shire Council’s Citizen of the Year.