{"id":708046,"date":"2026-06-01T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708046\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:25:10","slug":"katherine-faull-takes-the-reins-of-summerfruit-australia-as-new-ceo-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708046\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Faull takes the reins of Summerfruit Australia as new CEO | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summerfruit Australia (SAL) has announced the appointment of\u00a0Katherine Faull and its new CEO, joining the industry body with deep sector experience, a strong record of industry\u00a0leadership, and a commitment to supporting growers and strengthening Australian horticulture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katherine Faull\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/147532_katherinefaullsummerfruitaustralia_719832.jpg\"  loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"1249\" height=\"763\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Faull takes the place of outgoing CEO Carrie\u00a0Starkings, who stepped down from the role\u00a0effective 29 May 2026 after 14 months in the role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Starkings will work with Faull\u00a0on handover activities and will remain engaged with SAL\u00a0in a consulting capacity to support continuity where required.<\/p>\n<p>The SAL board thanked Carrie for her\u00a0leadership in strengthening governance, auditing discipline, data capability and financial preparation,\u00a0which stabilised the organisation and positioned SAL for its next phase of growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident Katherine will build on our\u00a0momentum and lead SAL toward its strategic goals. Her combination of on-farm experience, sector\u00a0advocacy and executive leadership makes her exceptionally well placed to support growers and grow\u00a0market opportunities for summerfruit producers,\u201d SAL chairperson\u00a0Dean Morpeth.<\/p>\n<p>Faull has a horticultural background and operates a truffle farm in South Australia, bringing practical on-farm experience and an\u00a0understanding of grower needs.<\/p>\n<p>She has held roles including\u00a0president and chair of the Australian Truffle Industry Association, where she provided\u00a0CEO-level leadership in strategy, governance and national advocacy.\u00a0Faull represented growers in state and federal policy discussions and led initiatives to strengthen\u00a0industry resilience and market opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured to join Summerfruit Australia and look forward to working with\u00a0growers, industry partners and government to strengthen capability, resilience and market access for\u00a0Australian summerfruit,\u201d said\u00a0Faull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summerfruit Australia (SAL) has announced the appointment of\u00a0Katherine Faull and its new CEO, joining the industry body with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-708046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}