Steve is a born and bred Angaston boy from foundation Barossa stock.

He is married to Rebecca and together they have three children Nic, Will and Anna.

After schooling at Angaston Primary and Nuri high, he pursued a Boilermaker apprenticeship at Adelaide Brighton Cement. A career then followed at Howard Quarries just south of Angaston where he put together a crushing plant at a time of rapid expansion in the commercial building industry. This led into many other roles culminating in a family buy out of the business in 2003. The business was then renamed as Barossa Quarries.

During most of that time, Bec and Steve were living on the family farm near Truro and in 1998 planted a shiraz vineyard. Later they inherited a very old Semillon block at the Angaston quarry and subsequently a nearby shiraz block. The family now lives at Angaston.

Steve has been a passionate advocate for the Barossa in his business travels, using every opportunity to highlight the place he loves, the produce and the lifestyle we all cherish.

Some community/business activity highlights are;

· Angaston Primary school governing council

· Angaston football club sponsorship sub-committee Chair.

· Angaston Main Street / Community and Business Alliance Inc.

· Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia State executive and other industry representation.