Cotton Australia has a new chair and two new board members after the annual general meeting, held in Toowoomba.

Leeton cotton grower Liz Stott was elected as chair after serving as deputy for two years under Nigel Burnett who served for four years as chair, and was on the board for 12 years.

Liz said it was an honour to be elected chair as she thanked Nigel for his service to the cotton industry in Australia.

In accordance with the constitution, three positions were declared vacant, and the successful nominees were:

• Tony Geitz

• Gavin Dal Broi

• Robert Dugdale

The meeting also acknowledged the tireless efforts of retiring chair Nigel Burnett and outgoing director Arthur Spellson.

Tony was recently appointed chief executive at Northern Cotton and was previously Australian managing director of Louis Dreyfus Company.

Gavin is an irrigated grower from the Southern Valleys and is also chair of Rivcott Ginning.