David Bryant MAgB, Managing Director

David is the founder and Managing Director of RFM. In 1992, whilst working as a financial planner David conceived the idea of offering well managed and large scale agricultural investment opportunities to retail and institutional investors. Over the following five years David undertook agricultural education and market research which led to the foundation of RFM in 1997.

Over the past 15 years, David has led the RFM team that has acquired over $300 million in agricultural assets across four states. This includes negotiating the acquisition of more than 25 properties and over 60,000 mega litres of water entitlements. Developments have included $30m irrigated row crop developments, $50m of vineyards, $60m of broiler chicken farms, and $70m of almond orchards.

On a day-to-day level, David is responsible for leading the RFM Executive team, sourcing new agricultural opportunities, and the design and implementation of farm development plans and product marketing strategies.

David holds a Diploma of Financial Planning from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and in 2008 completed a Master of Agribusiness at Melbourne University.

Michael Carroll, Non-Executive Director

Michael Carroll serves a range of food and agricultural businesses in a board and advisory capacity. Michael is on the boards of Queensland Sugar Limited, Meat and Livestock Australia, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Limited, Select Harvests Limited, Sunny Queen Pty Ltd, Rural Finance Corporation of Victoria, and the Australian Farm Institute.

Michael has senior executive experience in a range of companies, including establishing and leading the National Australia Bank (NAB) Agribusiness division. 

Michael holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from La Trobe University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Business School. Michael has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Boston.