Ian was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 26 September 2008.
He has 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 Ian has advised a broad group of private companies and was briefly a non-executive Director of Coles Group Limited in 2001. Ian is a Director of Goodman Fielder Limited. He has been a Director of Foster's Group Limited since September 2007.
Stephen Brauer
Managing Director, Americas
Stephen was appointed Managing Director, Foster's Americas on 13 April 2009.
He has over 20 years experience with global wine and spirits companies including Beam Global Spirits, Peak Wines and Seagram. Stephen started his career in consumer products in 1985 as a brand manager with Del Monte and Speciality Brands and served as a research analyst for Strategic Planning Associates. Stephen joined Foster's from Pernod Ricard USA where he served as General Manager for the US Wine and Champagne business and was a member of the Pernod Ricard USA Executive Committee.
Paul Conroy
Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary
Paul was appointed Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary on 29 September 2009.
He has practised as a solicitor for law firms in Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom. Paul has previously acted in senior management roles for Southcorp Limited in Australia and the United States.
David Dearie
Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand Wine
David was appointed Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand Wine on 21 July 2009.
He has extensive experience in alcohol beverage companies, most recently as Managing Director, Western Europe and Africa for Brown-Forman. David started his career with Whitbread and Co in various business development and sales roles before joining Inchape in sales and marketing roles rising to Regional Director South East Asia.
Peter Jackson
Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Peter was appointed Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa in August 2006.
He was previously Managing Director, FGL Wine Estates, EMEA and Vice President European Sales for Southcorp Wines. He joined Foster’s as Commercial Director – Continental for Foster’s Wine Estates in 2005. Peter has 20 years experience in marketing and general management roles with Anheuser-Busch and Bass.
Andrew Leyden
Chief Information Officer
Andrew was appointed Chief Information Officer in April 2009.
He joined Foster's in February 2002 and has held a number of executive positions including General Manager Asia, Finance Director Foster's Wine Estates and Global Director - Business Processes & Information Technology. Prior to joining Foster's, Andrew held senior positions in finance and general management with Reckitt Benckiser in Asia, Eastern Europe and UK and in retail in the UK with Somerfield and WH Smith.
Angus McKay
Chief Financial Officer
Angus was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Foster's Group in January 2008.
He also held the positions of Vice President, Corporate; Finance Director, Carlton and United Beverages Ltd; and Director, Finance Australia, Asia and Pacific since joining Foster's in 2004. Angus has over 20 years of Australian and international experience in senior finance roles at Fonterra, Diageo and IBM Australia.
John Pollaers
Managing Director, Carlton and United Breweries
John Pollaers was appointed Managing Director of Carlton & United Breweries in April 2010.
Prior to joining Foster's, John had extensive experience in the international drink sector - senior executive roles at Diageo, including President, Asia Pacific and Managing Director, Australasia and a member of the Diageo Group Executive Committee. He has a strong finance and consumer products background as Finance Director for Diageo's largest subsidiary company in the UK and held Sales and General Management roles across the UK and Asia Pacific. John is Deputy Chair of the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation and Chair of its Finance and Risk Committee and was previously Chairman of the Distilled Spirit Industry Council and Founding Chairman of Drinkwise Australia. John spent nine years in the Australian Navy and holds an MBA from INSEAD and Macquarie University and degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Donna Watt
Transformation Director
Donna was appointed Transformation Director in April 2009.
She has over 16 years experience with KPMG leading large scale transformation programs including mergers, acquisitions and divestments for several global and national companies including BHPBilliton, AGL, AMCOR and Bluescope Steel.
