<p>**ROB MCGAVIN**<P>
<p>*Co-Founder and CEO of Boundary Bend limited and Cobram Estate*<p>
<p>From humble beginnings, planting their first olive tree in 1998 on the banks of the Murray River in Victoria, Rob McGavin and his business partner Paul Riordan of [Boundary Bend](http://www.boundarybend.com/|target="_blank"|rel="nofollow") olives now produce award-winning extra virgin olive oils from multiple groves across Victoria with a total of 2.3 million trees. The Boundary Bend grove is one of Australia's largest olive groves, with 1.3 million trees from five major oil varieties growing on 3500 hectares. These days, Boundary Bend employs more than 100 full-time staff in a modern fully integrated olive business, growing the seedling trees, tending the groves and harvesting the olives before turning them into oil and bottling for sale, with [Cobram Estate](https://cobramestate.com.au/|target="_blank"|rel="nofollow") and [Red Island](https://redisland.com/|target="_blank"|rel="nofollow") the subsidiary brands. The olive groves and oils are consistent winners at prestigious international olive oil competitions, as well as within Australia.<p>