Staff movements at MINTRAC

Mark Beecham

Mark joined MINTRAC at the beginning of November as the new Project Officer.

Mark is a Master Butcher and has worked right across the meat industry in retail, wholesalers, abattoirs, exporter processors and industry bodies. Mark has worked for AUS-Meat and AMLC (now MLA) and consulted to the Australian Pork Corporation (now APL). Mark also spent time in Korea, Japan and Europe in the meat industries.  

Mark has a great deal of knowledge and experience in HACCP, Quality Assurance, training, meat grading, export, marketing and shelf life extension of meat products. Most recently, Mark has been consulting in China with restaurants, meat importers and meat processors and also setting up Australian style retail butcher shops in Chengdu, Sichuan China.

Mark established and owned a company specialising in the design and manufacturing of Retail Ready long shelf life meat packaging. Mark sold this company just over two years ago.

With Mark’s extensive industry experience, he will be undertaking a number of projects across the industry including the meat retail conference and the apprentice butchery club.

Fiona Gojan

Fiona joined MINTRAC at the end of September 2015 as the new part-time Data Administrator. Under the guidance of Clive, Fiona’s first project is the Sheep Health Monitoring Program for Animal Health Australia.

Fiona is currently in her last year of her Bachelor of Business Administration at Macquarie University, with a strong aspiration to make administration her career.

Fiona’s most recent role was as a part-time Billing Administrator and providing clerical support at TNT Express. The experience gave her a deep understanding of an office environment and appreciation of the rewards acquired from hard work.

Rachel Murrell

Rachel joined MINTRAC at the end of September as the Training and Products Administrator. A recent import from New Zealand, Rachel has a background in Communications and has worked for the Inland Revenue Department, the Joinery Industry Training Organisation and the Ministry of Justice.

Her most recent role was as a Project Coordinator in the Guidance and Standards team at WorkSafe New Zealand.

Debra Sahu-Khan

Debra came to MINTRAC as a part-time employee in February 2013. Debra quickly established herself to be very efficient in the administration role which led to her becoming a fulltime employee in September 2013.

Debra has decided to take time off from the workforce to spend more time with her family, Azim, Zane and Yasmin. We will miss Debra’s organisational skills and happy temperament but everyone at MINTRAC wishes Debra all the best for her future.

James Corcoran

James came to MINTRAC as a Cadet Project Officer on 29 January 2013 and quickly settled into the role under the guidance of Clive.

During his time at MINTRAC James worked on various projects including Carcase Hygiene Inspection and Sheep Health Monitoring for Animal Health Australia. This project became James’s “baby” and he took meat inspectors from pen and paper reports to the technical age of Surface Pro Tablets.

James has decided to go back to the land he loves in Boorowa. We are sorry to see James go but wish him all the best in his next venture.

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