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Board of Directors

David A Crawford B.Com., LLB, FCA, FCPA
Member of the Board since August 2001 and Chairman since November 2007.  He is an independent Director.

Mr Crawford has had extensive experience in risk management and business reorganisation having worked with governments and major corporations. He is a former partner and National Chairman of KPMG and is on the Advisory Board of Allens Arthur Robinson.  Mr Crawford is Chairman of Lend Lease Corporation Limited and is a Director of BHP Billiton Limited.  Until December 2007 Mr Crawford was a Director of Westpac Banking Corporation and until June 2005 he was Chairman of National Foods Limited.

Mr Crawford is the Chairperson of the Succession Committee and a member of the Human Resources Committee.


Trevor O'Hoy B.Ec
Member of the Board since April 2004.  He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is the only Executive Director on the Company's Board.

Mr O'Hoy has 31 years experience with the Foster's Group. He was previously Managing Director of Carlton and United Beverages Limited and before that, Chief Financial Officer of Foster's Group Limited.  Mr O'Hoy is a director of a number of subsidiaries of Foster's Group Limited.

M Lyndsey Cattermole AM, B.Sc., FACS
Member of the Board since October 1999. She is an independent Director.

Mrs Cattermole has had extensive information technology and telecommunications experience. She was a former Executive Director of Aspect Computing Pty Ltd and Kaz Group Limited.  She also has had a number of significant appointments to government, hospital and research boards and committees.  Mrs Cattermole is a Director of Tattersall's Limited.

Mrs Cattermole is the Chairperson of the Risk and Compliance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Paul A Clinton
Member of the Board since March 2008. He is an independent Director.

Mr Clinton has had extensive experience with distribution systems in the United States and Canada.  From 1988 he held a number of senior roles with the Diageo Group, and its predecessors, culminating in 2000 with his appointment as President and CEO of Diageo North America.  Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr Clinton also sat on the Board of Directors of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

Mr Clinton is a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.

Ian D Johnston B.Com.
Member of the Board since September 2007.  He is an independent Director.

Mr Johnston has had extensive experience in the international food and beverage industry with Unilever in Australia, Canada and Europe and Cadbury Schweppes in Australia and the UK.  Prior to his retirement in 2000 he was Managing Director Global Confectionery and Board Director of Cadbury Schweppes plc based in London.  Since leaving Cadbury Schweppes Mr Johnston has advised a broad group of private companies and was briefly a non-executive Director of Coles Group Ltd in 2001. 

Mr Johnston is a member of the Human Resources Committee and the Risk and Compliance Committee.

Graeme W McGregor AO, B.Ec., FCPA, FAICD
Member of the Board since April 1999. He is an independent Director.

Mr McGregor has had extensive financial and business experience having worked with large corporations and government. He was previously a member of the Financial Reporting Council and a Director of Foster's from 1992-1996.  Mr McGregor was a Director of WMC Resources Limited until June 2005, Nufarm Limited until July 2005 and Santos Limited until September 2005.

Mr McGregor is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.

Max G Ould B.Ec.
Member of the Board since February 2004. He is an independent Director.

Mr Ould has had extensive experience in the fast moving consumer goods industry. He was the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Foods Limited and is the former Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Dunlop's Peters Foods division and Managing Director of the East Asiatic Company.  Mr Ould is a Director of AGL Energy Limited, Pacific Brands Limited and Chairman of Goodman Fielder Limited.  Until recently Mr Ould was a Director of the Australian Gas Light Company.

Mr Ould is the Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee, and a member of the Succession Committee and the Audit Committee.