Tony Cantwell

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Passionate about Gippsland’s future, Tony is committed to helping realise opportunities the region has to offer.

He has a lifelong connection to Gippsland’s agriculture sector, growing up as part of a family-run beef farm in South Gippsland.

Tony has worked across the private, government and not-for-profit sectors both locally and in Melbourne.

Beginning his career as a journalist at a local Gippsland newspaper, Tony then went on to study law and work as a commercial litigation lawyer with a full-service national commercial law firm based in Melbourne.

Tony has served on the Board of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, as part of their Director’s First Program, and is currently on the Committee at the Stony Creek Racing Club. He is a graduate of the Gippsland Community Leadership Program.