Winner of the Agribusiness, Food and Beverages category at the 63rd Australian Export Awards 2026
Director AND Chair
Clayton Mattiazzi is Chair and a Director of Marquis Macadamias and Chief Executive Officer of Saratoga Holdings. With 17+ years’ experience in the macadamia industry, he brings deep operational and commercial insight across orchard development, production, processing, and supply chain performance.
Clayton is recognised for driving business transformation, strategic growth initiatives, and long-term sustainability outcomes. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Agronomy) and has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) program.
Director
Andrew has extensive background in the macadamia industry and as a grower himself having several farms around the Alstonville NSW region. Andrew is founder and operator of the successful ‘Avilla Farm’ – a natural skincare range featuring Australian macadamia oil as the key ingredient
Andrew has a Bachelor of Economics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management.
Director
Peter has been a passionate contributor and driver of the macadamia industry for over 24 years. From his home farm in Bundaberg, he has developed processes and innovations that have been used across the industry. Using this knowledge, Peter has also acquired, developed and subsequently sold additional large scale farms in the Bauple and Beerwah regions in Queensland.
Peter has been a current shareholder of Marquis Macadamias (formerly MPC Ltd and Pacific Gold) since 1998. He has also been the Chairman of Marquis Marketing and was a Director of Marquis Macadamias for 10 years, where he oversaw the integration and rebranding of MPC, Pacific Gold and MMI into the Marquis Group, which became the largest grower owned processor and marketer in Australia.
Director
David Bryant is Managing Director of Rural Funds Management Limited (RFM), a company he established in 1997. RFM entities operate 736 hectares of mature macadamia orchards in the Bundaberg and Glasshouse Mountains regions of Queensland and are developing approximately 5,000 hectares of macadamia plantings in Maryborough, Bundaberg and along the Fitzroy River near Rockhampton.
David brings extensive experience to Marquis, gained through more than 26 years developing and operating macadamia, almond, cattle, cropping, poultry, viticulture and water assets across Australia.
Director
Justin joined Hinkler Park Plantations in 2017. Since being a part of the macadamia industry, he has gained knowledge and experience in farm development, orchard management, and sorting shed operations.
Justin has a degree in Landscape Architecture and is currently a director of Saratoga Holdings Pty Ltd.
Director
Stephen brings over 25 years of leadership experience across business strategy, manufacturing, and supply chain management.
His career spans both line and functional management as well as strategic consulting, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving and communication.
He currently serves as a non-executive Director at Saratoga Holdings Pty Ltd and operates as an independent management consultant, focusing on business innovation, optimisation, and turnaround strategies.
Stephen holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), a Diploma in Applied Finance, and an MBA.
Director
Skye Macpherson is Head of Global Asset Management and Head of Australian Operations for Nuveen Natural Capital.
Nuveen Natural Capital is a land-based asset management business which manages assets across 14 different countries and 60 different agricultural crop types. Skye oversees portfolio strategy, construction, and monitoring of Nuveen Natural Capital’s farmland products. She also leads Nuveen Natural Capital’s research, distribution, and client services functions.
Originally from a small agricultural town in Central West New South Wales, Skye began working in the asset management industry in 2000 with Colonial First State where she was an agricultural equity analyst and portfolio manager. She then relocated to London to work for BlackRock also as a natural resources and agricultural equity portfolio manager in 2015. Skye transitioned into real assets in 2019 when she joined Nuveen Natural Capital.
“My motivation to join the Marquis Macadamia Board is to provide a differentiated view on international markets, having worked globally for over 15 years and across a wide variety of crop types including other nuts such as almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts and walnuts. As well as contributing to the important business and financial decisions to drive growth of the business to meet the needs of all stakeholders, including growers. With increased production coming from Africa and Asia it is critical for the industry to continue build export markets. Marquis is well positioned to leverage its processing capabilities, superior quality, well regarded brand and access to export markets”.