Our board

Ari has extensive business, international and executive leadership experience in the consumer goods, food, beverage and agricultural sectors. 

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Ari was previously  executive chairman of Accolade Wines and prior to that Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Murray Goulburn. He had a career of over 27 years at SABMiller plc, holding various senior leadership roles, including a decade as Managing Director of the Asia Pacific region. In this role he was responsible for the acquisition of Carlton and United Breweries by SABMiller and was chairman of SABMiller’s businesses in Vietnam, India and China. He has led listed and unlisted companies, as well as joint ventures and not-for-profit organisations, in executing strategies which drive growth in a sustainable and responsible way.

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Ari is currently the chairman of McPherson’s Limited and was previously the chairman of Myer Holdings Limited and a director of Melbourne Business School.

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Qualifications: BCom

Anne is an experienced public company director, with deep financial and business experience across a wide range of industries.

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Anne has held a variety of senior management roles in both professional accounting firms and large corporations. She was the Finance Director of Coates Group and the Chief Financial Officer of CSR Limited. Prior to her role at CSR, she was a partner of KPMG, Andersen and Ernst & Young.

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She is currently a director of The Lottery Corporation Limited and The GPT Group.

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She was previously a director of NSW Treasury Corporation, Rabobank Australia Limited, Rabobank New Zealand Limited, Charter Hall Group, Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Argo Investments Limited, Spark Infrastructure Group, Metcash Limited, Nufarm Limited, Myer Holdings Limited and Echo Entertainment Group Limited.

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Qualifications: BCom (Hons), FCA, FAICD

Peter has over 35 years of experience across retail, liquor, hotel and gaming operations, occupying senior financial, business and operational leadership positions at ALH Group and Endeavour Group.

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Between 2003 and 2021 Peter was with ALH Group and held the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer roles. Most recently, he held the positions of Director, Group Services and General Manager, Hotel Acquisitions at Endeavour Group until 2024.

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Earlier, Peter held a variety of roles at Franklins and Woolworths across audit, finance, human resources and operations spanning over 20 years. At Woolworths he was involved in the expansion of Dan Murphy’s and the establishment of the BWS brand. He was responsible for the buying, promotions and merchandising functions in the role of Senior Business Manager, Woolworths Liquor.

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Qualifications: BCom

Duncan held a number of senior leadership positions over his 30-year management career. He served as the Managing Director of Lion Asia Dairy and held General Counsel, Company Secretary and Corporate and Government affairs roles for Lion Nathan, PepsiCo Australasia/Africa and the Tricon Restaurants (now known as Yum! Brands, Inc.), which operates food outlets such as KFC and Pizza Hut. 

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Duncan is currently the chairman of Foodbank Australia Limited, a director of AG1 New Zealand Limited and Wirrabilla Pastoral Pty Limited, and is on the advisory board of the Ulin Group. He is also part owner of the Royal Hotel, Wyong and Robertson Public House & Kitchen.

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Duncan was previously the chair of Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation Limited, Curing Homesickness Limited, Athletic Greens Inc, Heineken-Lion Australia and New-Zealand listed company, Good Spirits Hospitality Limited, chief executive and co-founder of brand-building consultancy firm, China Road, and a director of Banksia Wines Pty Limited and Bevchain Pty Limited. 

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Qualifications: LLB, FGIA FCG

Peter is an experienced listed company director with deep business and leadership experience gained from major Australian and international food, beverage and dairy companies.

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Peter held various senior leadership roles throughout his executive career. He was formerly the CEO and Managing Director of Goodman Fielder Limited and National Foods Limited and prior to these roles held senior positions at Pacific Brands, East Asiatic Company, HJ Heinz Company Australia and Simplot Australia. 

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Peter is currently the chairman of Golf Australia and the deputy chairman of Bega Cheese Limited.

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Peter was previously the executive chairman of Asahi Holdings Australia and the chairman of Huon Aquaculture Group Limited, and a director of Costa Group Holdings Limited, Nufarm Limited and Pact Group Holdings Limited.

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Qualifications: MBA, BSc (Hons)

Joe has domestic and international experience in telecommunications, media, marketing and sports industries. She has a significant understanding of customer management, marketing, cultural transformation and digital disruption. 

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Joe was previously Group Executive of Media and Marketing at Telstra and Chief Executive of Ninemsn and Publicis Mojo. During her 35-year executive career, she has held various other leadership roles in sales, marketing, media, digital and content at PBL Media, Nike, Inc. and Mindshare. 

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Joe is currently a director of oOH!media Limited, Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited and Greencross Pty Limited. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women. 

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Joe was previously a director of Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited, AMP Bank Limited, 12WBT, iSelect, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Australian Association of National Advertisers. 

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Qualifications: MAICD

Rod has significant experience in digital innovation and technology, business transformation and business growth strategies obtained from a range of advisory and executive leadership roles over a 25-year period.

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Rod is currently a Senior Advisor at TPG Capital, leading the operations capability in Australia and New Zealand where he works with TPG’s portfolio companies to drive business growth and transformation. 

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Rod is also a director of Tucker Holdco Pty Limited, which operates the Made Group – a producer of innovative food and non-alcoholic beverage brands across APAC.

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Rod was the Chief Digital & Growth Officer at Origin Energy, where he held a number of senior executive positions over a five-year period, including leading Origin’s digital and retail business transformations. Earlier in his executive career, Rod was at Sportsbet where he oversaw and scaled its Online business, and prior to that, at ANZ Bank where he held various senior strategy and transformation roles, and led data and analytics for ANZ’s Australia business.

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Qualifications: BCom (Hons), LLB (Hons), MBA

Penny is a professional director with strong commercial acumen and extensive listed company board experience across a diverse range of industries, including retail, beverages, property and e-commerce. 

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Penny has held a variety of senior management positions throughout her 30-year executive career in retail in Woolworths, Myer, Big W and Asda. She has broad experience across the retail and liquor sectors, with deep understanding of all facets of retail operations, including merchandising, supply chain, transformation and digital marketing. Her most senior executive positions included as Director, Group Retail Services at Woolworths and Executive General Manager, Merchandise and Logistics at Myer. 

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She is currently a director of Stockland Corporation Limited, Super Retail Group Limited, Ampol Limited and the ANU Foundation. 

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Penny was previously a director of CSR Limited, Goodman Group, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, Accolade Wines, Z Energy Limited and Lux Group Limited, and the chairman of Port Waratah Coal Services Limited.

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Qualifications: BCom, MBA, GAICD