Industry leader recognised in Australia Day Awards
January 27th, 2021
Australian Grape & Wine chairman, Mr Sandy Clark, yesterday received an Australia Day award of the Officer of the Order in the General Division (AO), for his distinguished service to the wine industry through leadership roles, to finance and business, to the arts, and to charitable initiatives.
Mr Clark, former chairman of Brown Brothers Group and Mitchelton Wines, was appointed as the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) president on 15 November 2016, and was a driving force behind the amalgamation of WFA and Australian Vignerons, giving the industry one united voice at the Federal level.