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Regarding the appointment, Mr Chesser said, “I am very pleased that Ross is joining the team. Over recent years the Company has continued to experience double-digit growth as we have branched out into new value-added market segments. The Company is known as a specialty ingredient supplier and Ross’ long involvement in value-added ingredients, both overseas and in Australasia, will strengthen our overall position and will enable the company to focus on several major initiatives currently in the pipeline. Ross will report directly to myself and will work closely with our General Manager Robert Retford and National Sales Manager Tony Mulhearn.” Ross took up his position in August and is based at the Warriewood, NSW, Corporate Centre. Amcor has announced that Eric Bloom, currently President of Amcor Packaging Distribution (formally Amcor Sunclipse), is moving to Australia to take up the newly formed position of Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Australasia, reporting to Nigel Garrard, who has the new role of President Amcor Australasia and Packaging Distribution. Eric has had 15 years experience in the Packaging Distribution business, including the past eight years as President. This experience will be directed at a range of opportunities within Australasia including further enhancing the focus on all aspects of customer service, management of key customer accounts and business growth. Eric will also apply his expertise in specialty packaging and services to further develop this market in Australasia. Given the opportunities to leverage the skills of the Packaging Distribution business into the Australian market and the common corrugated business in Australia and the USA, it has been decided to bring the Australasian and Packaging Distribution business units together under Nigel Garrard. “This is an opportunity for the business in Australia to bring the sales and marketing expertise of the Packaging Distribution business to this market. I am excited to have someone with Eric’s experience, passion and skill joining the Australasian business,” said Mr Garrard. Wine Grape Growers Australia (WGGA) has appointed a new senior executive team to lead the organisation. The WGGA Board appointed a new Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Executive Director. Limestone Coast grower Vic Patrick was appointed Chairman, replacing Alan Newton, who has spent four years in the position at WGGA. Mr Patrick has vineyard holdings in both the Coonawarra and Wrattonbully wine regions in South East South Australia, and is one of industry’s most experienced viticulturalists and industry statesmen. He is one of two representatives for the Rest Of South Australia Zone on the WGGA Board. Justin Jarrett, who replaces Mr Patrick as WGGA Deputy Chairman, is a vineyard owner and operator in the Orange wine region of NSW, and represents the Rest Of NSW and Queensland Zone on the WGGA Board. Lawrie Stanford is the former General Manager – Information & Analysis with the Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation, and one of Australia’s most respected wine industry analysts. Mr Stanford succeeds Mark McKenzie who left WGGA after almost four and a half years to take up the role of Chief Executive of Murray Valley Winegrowers. Mr Stanford took up the position of Executive Director with WGGA on 19 July. Filip Janakievski of CSIRO’s advanced separation technologies program will participate in the European Union’s Nano-structured materials and membranes in the food industry in Italy in September. Filip has developed numerous separation processes that fractionate and add value to horticultural, dairy, meat and seafood products. He has extensive practical experience in micro-, ultra- and nanofiltration with various membrane materials including ceramic, polymeric and stainless steel. CSIRO’s involvement is funded by the European Union’s Marie Curie Conferences & Training Program, part of a European Network of Excellence project on separation technologies, NanoMemPro. Food rescue charity, OzHarvest, has announced businesswoman Thérèse Rein as its patron. In her role as patron, Ms Rein hopes to encourage more organisations to participate and donate unwanted food to OzHarvest. OzHarvest is a not-for-profit organisation that rescues unwanted food from restaurants, retailers, food outlets and corporate kitchens across Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong, distributing it to charities and homeless shelters daily. Since 2004, OzHarvest has delivered five million meals and currently distributes 120 000 meals every month to 190 charities. Not only does OzHarvest help the disadvantaged, it also diverts good food from being wasted.
Go Grains Health & Nutrition Chair Dr Michele Allan said that the appointment placed Go Grains in an excellent position to continue its work developing and implementing evidence-based communications about the benefits of grains and legumes in a healthy diet. “Robyn has a valuable mix of strategic and operational skills with a proven track-record in creating sound business strategies and empowering teams to deliver great results. I have complete confidence that along with the Go Grains’ team, Robyn will do an outstanding job as we move to expand our industry relationships, further support our members and ultimately increase the value of grains and legumes in the Australian diet,” said Dr Allan. Go Grains also thanked outgoing Executive Manager Trish Griffiths for her enormous contribution to Go Grains Health & Nutrition over the past 12 years and her stewardship in growing the organisation from a research project to the successful, commercially-viable organisation it is today. Upon taking up the role as General Manager in June, Robyn said that she looked forward to seeing Go Grains continue to forge a strong leadership position as an independent authority firmly anchored in the science of health and wellbeing. Robyn was formerly Technical Innovations Manager (Marketing) at Sara Lee. Other previous positions include Director, Corporate R&D Asia Pacific, at Campbell Arnott’s where she was responsible for establishing the Campbell Arnott’s Consumer Culinary and Nutrition Centre, and Director, Product Development, at Arnott’s Biscuits. Robyn holds a Master of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science (Food Technology). Simon McKeon has been appointed Chairman of the CSIRO Board. Mr McKeon brings executive experience in a wide range of public and private sector organisations to the Board. He is currently the Executive Chairman of the Melbourne Office at Macquarie Group. Announcing the appointment in June, Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr said that Mr McKeon’s background in business, law and high-profile aid organisations make him ideally suited for the position. “We are very lucky to have someone of Simon McKeon’s calibre as the new Chairman. His extensive knowledge and experience will add to the depth of experience already represented on the CSIRO Board. “His ability to combine financial expertise with philanthropic
pursuits gives him a perspective that will be of great benefit to CSIRO.
He will help set the future direction of Australia’s pre-eminent
research organisation,” said Senator Carr. Mr McKeon began his five year appointment on 28 June 2010. He succeeds Dr John Stocker, who completed his term as Chairman on 27 June 2010. “John Stocker has made an outstanding contribution to Australian science and science administration. He has served CSIRO as Chairman – and before that as CEO – with tremendous distinction,” said Senator Carr. |
The
CEO of Ingredient Resources Pty Ltd, Dennis Chesser,
has announced the appointment of Ross Priebbenow to
the newly created position of Business Development Manager.
Robyn
Murray has been appointed General Manager of Go Grains Health
& Nutrition. Robyn is a passionate ‘foodie’ with strong
corporate R&D experience in the Asia Pacific region, having worked
for several major food companies including Sara Lee, Campbell Arnott’s
and Kellogg’s.
