Phillip Kelly

Based on Queensland’s Darling Downs, Phillip combines deep market intelligence with practical expertise across the livestock, grain, cotton, and mixed-farming sectors throughout Eastern Australia. His extensive industry knowledge enables him to provide clients with informed insights into asset performance, operational capability, risk management, succession planning, and long-term investment potential.

Known for his strategic approach and commercial acumen, Phillip develops and executes targeted sales and investment strategies that maximise asset value while aligning with his clients’ financial and operational objectives. His ability to navigate complex transactions, undertake detailed asset analysis, and build trusted long-term relationships has established him as a valued adviser within Australia’s farmland and agribusiness investment sector

Areas of expertise include:

• Farmland and agribusiness investment advisory
• Acquisition and divestment of agricultural assets
• Broadacre dryland and irrigated cropping enterprises
• Beef cattle, sheep, and wool production systems
• Feedlot and meat processing operations
• Agricultural asset valuation and market analysis
• Rural finance, succession planning, and capital structuring
• Strategic sales, marketing, and investment campaigns
• Complex negotiations and stakeholder management

Phillip is also recognised for his commitment to industry leadership and professional development. Within Elders, he serves as a member of the Indigenous Engagement Working Group. He is an alumnus of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation’s National Mentor Program, serves on an AgForce Advisory Committee and the Rural Press Club of Queensland, and maintains active memberships with the Australian Farm Institute, Agribusiness Australia, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

With a career built on integrity, commercial insight, and a deep understanding of Australian agriculture, Phillip is dedicated to helping investors, landowners, and agribusiness operators make informed decisions that create long-term value and sustainable growth.