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 the 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

Steve has 30 years of experience across in the food/drinks and hospitality industries and has a deep appreciation for core retail principles, and a strong focus on the customer experience. He has held a broad range of roles in the Endeavour Drinks business since commencing at Dan Murphy’s in 1994. 

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As CEO, Steve is focused on enabling great drinks and hospitality experiences for customers, building the business sustainably and embracing entrepreneurship and innovation. 

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Prior to being appointed the Managing Director of Endeavour Drinks in 2018, Steve gained broad experience across the Endeavour Drinks business having held senior buying, merchandising and marketing roles at Dan Murphy’s and BWS. Earlier, Steve held the role of Director of Buying and Merchandising for Woolworths Supermarkets.

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, The GPT Group and NSW Treasury Corporation.

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She was previously a director of 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), FCPA, FAICD

Duncan has substantial legal and corporate governance expertise and international experience in the fast-moving consumer goods sector. 

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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 Chief Executive and co-founder of brand-building consultancy firm, China Road. He is a director of Foodbank Australia Limited and Wirrabilla Pastoral Pty Limited and part owner of the Royal Hotel, Wyong and Robertson Public House & Kitchen.

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He was previously the chair of Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation Limited, Curing Homesickness Limited, Athletics Greens Inc, Heineken-Lion Australia and New-Zealand listed company, Good Spirits Hospitality Limited 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)

Bruce has over 25 years of hospitality and gaming experience, having held a number of senior management positions with BMG Hotel Group and ALH Group.

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Bruce commenced with the ALH Group in 2004. He held the role of Managing Director of Hotels at Endeavour Group until December 2021 and before that he was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of ALH Group. Prior to these roles he was the National Operations Manager at ALH Group.

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Bruce was a board member of the Australian Hotels Association (Victoria) from 2001 to 2006. He was also a member of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Ministerial Advisory Group between 2007 and 2015.

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‍Qualifications: BCom

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 30-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 a director of Greencross Limited, oOH!media Limited and Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women and an advisor to RACAT Group.

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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 20 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