Don Macdonald
Macdonald & Co Woolbrokers | Managing Director
About Speaker
Don completed wool classing at Sydney Technical College in 1975. He then spent the next eight years working as a woolclasser and a shearer, mainly in Western NSW. In 1984 Don joined a firm in Sydney where he worked as a valuer, auctioneer and wool adviser. In 1988 Don founded Lanoc Wool in Dubbo which was a very successful company and one of the largest regional wool stores in Australia. Don remained as the Manager of Lanoc for 23 years, then in April 2011 circumstances led to him leaving Lanoc and establishing a new wool brokerage: Macdonald & Co Woolbrokers.
Don has maintained an active role in the wool industry. He has served six years as Director on the Board of Australian Wool Innovation, previous to this he served as Director on AWEX, member of NSW Farmers Wool Committee and Chair of Inland Woolbrokers Association.
Don and his wife Kerrie, live on a property in the Molong district and have a cattle and sheep property at Tumut in the Eastern Riverina.