Wayne Austin has a Diploma of Dairy Technology (Gilbert Chandler) and a Master of Business Administration (Technology) from LaTrobe University.

Wayne started his career with United Milk Tasmania at the Wynyard cheese plant. He worked there as a cheesemaker, cheese factory supervisor and Quality Manager until 2000. He then moved to Total Quality Milk (owned by a small group of entrepeneurial dairy farmers) commissioning an evaporator, cream processing and AMF line. He later moved to Dairy Farmers, commissioning and managing their whey powder plant in Jervois SA before moving into a role with the Cheese Research and Devlopment team. In that team he undertook projects at 4 different cheese plants working predominantly with Mozzarella, Swiss, Parmesan, Romano, Pecorino and Cheddar cheese types. He was also project leader for major cost reduction and yield improvement initiatives.

Wayne has considerable experience in food safety plans including HACCP and Good Manufacturing Programs and has dealt extensively with regulatory bodies such as AQIS.