Mr Richard Horsham

Elected Director 

General Manager Carriers and Fleet at JBS Australia 

Mr Horsham started his career working for Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer in senior roles focused on category management, procurement and product development. After running multiple different food categories, Mr Horsham then gained considerable experience in meat marketing and supply chain whilst running all meat categories including pork. Mr Horsham was also one of the founders of the Tesco Producer Club and the Tesco International Buying office.

Mr Horsham moved to Australia with Coles in 2007 and was heading up the Coles brand team with a focus on developing the private label strategy and growth of the Coles brand.

Mr Horsham then joined Australia’s largest meat company in 2011 and is still with JBS. Mr Horsham has held multiple senior roles with JBS, running business units and supporting the new business’s including Primo.

More recently, JBS acquired Rivalea and Mr Horsham initially worked on the integration as well as bringing some of the JBS expertise to the pork division which included leading Rivalea Australia’s sales, marketing and supply chain as well as the turnaround of the Seven Point Pork business.

In his current role as the General Manager of the Carriers and Fleet Division, Mr Horsham runs the logistics company JBS owns and operates (including livestock transport) and has responsibility for the fleet of vehicles and vessels across the broader group of businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

Before becoming a director of APL in early 2022, Mr Horsham had been working with APL for 5 years through the marketing development committee, export committee. In his role as a Director of APL, Mr Horsham is also concurrently a member of the Investment Committee and the APL Export Consultation Group.