Brendan O’Keeffe
Associate Economist & Evaluator
Brendan has experience across many different agricultural domains, from working at Hort Innovation to the NSW Farmers Association. At NSW Farmers he led the association’s advocacy on competition issues, which included media appearances, submissions to Government, consultation with farmer members, and meetings with Ministers and other key stakeholders. This resulted in farmer’s voices being heard and supported by a robust evidence base in the cost-of-living policy debate. He is a persuasive writer, having won the John Ralph Essay competition on two occasions, and writes in his spare time for the adventure publication We Are Explorers. He is also halfway through learning all of Chopin’s Nocturnes on piano! Based in Melbourne, Brendan has a Bachelor of Resource Economics and a Graduate Diploma of Agriculture Economics.