Joshua Gilbert is a socially and commercially focused Worimi man with extensive experience across Indigenous affairs, the environmental sector and sustainable agriculture. Josh’s work creates change through sharing the narration of Indigenous identity through agricultural and environmental truth-telling in light of modern contexts. Josh is a deep, strategic thinker and manages business change effectively through empathy. He is passionate about creating change through effective investment and societal understanding.Josh is undertaking a PhD at Charles Sturt University, focused on the concept of Indigenous modernity through agriculture. He was recently recognised internationally for his work, announced in the inaugural 50 Next: People Shaping the Future of Gastronomy cohort.Josh works across the community, government and corporate sectors, serving as the president of Wingham Beef Week and on the boards for Indigenous Business Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation, and as the Aboriginal Co-Chair of Reconciliation NSW. Josh acts as an advisor for Sustainable Table, the Future Drought Fund Consultative Committee, CSIRO’s Agriculture and Food Group, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s First Nations Trade and Investment Advisory Group.