Jenny Jones (York Office)
Jenny Jones joined FARMANCO in November 2003 as an Office Assistant and became Ken Sevenson's personal assistant at the York office in July 2005. Jenny performs a wide range of duties for Ken, including keeping track of Ken's whereabouts for his clients.
Jenny's experience includes a background in finance. Jenny was employed for 12 years with Westpac Banking Corporation; the last three years being in Agribusiness Lending, with the clients being mainly wheat and sheep farmers.
Jenny assists her husband in the management of their own small business in York.
Jenny's interests are: spending time with the family, taking the children to their various sporting commitments, playing tennis, reading and gardening.
Wendy Dickson (York Office)
Wendy Dickson joined FARMANCO in October 2002 and is the York office secretary, as well as being responsible for all mail-outs to Farmanco clients.
Wendy's experience includes many years of office work in both private and government sectors. More recently she has driven dump trucks in the north west for mining companies, worked part-time in a wool testing lab and assisted with the establishment of a small family business, manufacturing soap.
Wendy's interests are looking after a small mixed farm (olive trees, Melanian sheep and Murray Grey cows), gardening and wool crafts.
Allison Bairstow (Narrogin Office)
Allison joined the Farmanco Narrogin team in February 2007 and is the Office Administrator supporting David and Laurence.
Originally from New Zealand, Allison (then a nurse) met her husband while working at Royal Perth Hospital and farmed with Greg in Dumbleyung. Now separated, Allison lives in Narrogin with their three children. After 12 months working in a solicitor's office, she commenced work with Farmanco.
Most weekends are spent at the hockey turf watching her children playing hockey. Allison is the treasurer for a local men's hockey club, and also keeps fit training for local triathlons A keen cook and gardener, Allison enjoys drinking wine and keeps a hand in the family farm by doing the book work.
Pam Gordon (Mundaring Office)
Pam joined FARMANCO in January 2000 and is the Mundaring office secretary. For the group Pam is responsible for maintaining the client database and updating the commodity price database for grain and wool marketing analysis.
Most of Pam's working experience has been as secretary in legal firms, so coming to work for farming consultants was not only a big change, but also a challenge, which she has found rewarding and enjoyable.
Pam's interests are family, golf, reading, watching rugby and cricket.
Tracey Whitsed (Mundaring Office)
Tracey is now based in the Mundaring for after several years working in the Dowerin office. Tracey is now acting as the administration support person for both agronomy and grain marketing.
Tracey worked for Elders for 10 years in Kellerberrin, Adelaide and Dowerin. She then married a local and has three children. Tracey and her husband Scott ran their own mechanical business for 13 years. However, Scott now works for Barminco Mining Company.
Tracey's interests include spending time with family and friends, swimming, walking, gardening and is also learning tennis, but most of all having time at home.
Kezia Pontifex (Dowerin Office)
Kezia joined Farmanco in December 2008 as the part time Office Administrator in Dowerin. For the group Kezia is responsible for maintaining the financial records, payroll, and general office duties.
Kezia has previously worked as a Natural Resource Management Officer for the Shire of Dowerin and as a Regional Manager for AgraCorp & the GrainPool P/L (CBH Group) at Corrigin for 2 years before moving to Dowerin. She now lives with her partner Michael on his family farm at Ejanding. Her interests are playing hockey, gardening, cooking and catching up with family and friends.
Plez Rushton (Esperance Office)
Plez Rushton joined Reed Richardson after a long stint working in the office of a local chiropractor.
Plez has had a wide experience in finance, saving up for her next trip, which usually comes about a month after her last one and lasts for two.
Plez's interests are travelling, speaking French, cooking big cream cakes, eating them, chocolates amd staying in 5-star hotels.
Sherrie Littlefair (Esperance Office)
Sherrie Littlefair joined Reed Richardson in October 2000. Duties include general office tasks and bookkeeping for a number of farming clients.
Sherrie is from Tasmania and spent most of her childhood on King Island. At 16 she commenced employment with a bank and worked in Tasmania and Queensland before coming to WA in 1991. In 1995 Sherrie left the bank and started a family. She is married with two children.
Weekends are mainly spent being involved with the children's sporting and recreational interests.
Leanne Burr (Esperance Office)
Leanne has a background in banking, but has become very multi skilled at Reed Richardson from having lots of work passed onto her by her bosses. Leanne's interest is her family.
Sue Browning (Esperance Office)
Sue commenced working as an Office Assistant with Reed Richardson & Associates in September 2006. Her responsibilities include typing, managing client financial records and general office duties.
Sue grew up on a farm at Dongolocking and studied Accountancy before moving to Esperance and running a farming enterprise with her husband David and their three children for 24 years. David and Sue no longer farm, but now own their own trucking business.
At the moment, Sue's major interest is being a nanna to her first grandchild. Sue also loves to go bush camping, do a bit of gardening and have a hit of golf now and then.
Trish Nankivell (Esperance)
Trish Nankivell joined FARMANCO in June 1998 and was the Narrogin secretary prior to moving with Eric to Esperance in December 2007. For the group Trish is responsible for compiling the newsletter.
Trish now works as Eric's personal assistant, predominantly during the busy review period of December to April.
Trish's secretarial experience is varied and has included jobs in sectors including banking/finance, insurance, education, government (Hansard), legal and mining. Trish has run her own secretarial business and operated Trish's Place for Books in Narrogin.
Trish's interests are family, singing and reading.
