Ms Nash has long-standing connections to regional communities, having served twelve years in Federal Parliament as a NSW Senator.

Her ministerial positions included Rural Health, Local Government and Territories and cabinet positions across Regional Development and Regional Communications.

"I would like to congratulate Fiona on her appointment to the GrainGrowers' board," said GrainGrowers chief executive officer David McKeon.

"A rigorous recruitment process was followed for the non-grower Director position and we had an extremely high calibre of individuals who were interested. We are looking forward to another successful twelve months on delivering outcomes for our grain farmers and are excited about the skills and experience Fiona will be bringing with her appointment." said McKeon.

The appointment will be taken to the 2020 GrainGrowers' Annual General meeting for ratification by members.

Her appointment is in addition to the appointment of Nigel Corish, who was elected as a grower director for the Northern Region at the GrainGrowers 2019 Annual General Meeting.

Nigel is a fourth-generation farmer from Goondiwindi, Queensland and runs a family enterprise of a rain fed food and fibre company. Nigel is passionate about GrainGrowers being a strong voice for grain farmers and strong representation to influence policy.