Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX: BGA) Share Price and News

Ms Kendall is a experienced company director with more than 25 years board experience across public, private and non profit organisations. Her expertise spans a diverse range of industries including marketing and technology, media, property, retail, horticulture and the arts. She has worked with organisations undergoing transformation, navigating disruption, expanding through acquisition, and entering new global markets - bringing a strong focus on strategy, risk management and governance. Janettes executive career, both in Australia and China, encompassed marketing, digital innovation, and operations. She has extensive expertise in strategic planning, digital transformation, marketing and leadership across multiple sectors. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of Monash University, and a member of Chief Executive Women.

Mr Margin has many years of leadership experience in major Australian and international food companies, including Executive Chairman of Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd, Chief Executive Officer of Goodman Fielder Ltd and before that Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of National Foods Ltd.

Mr Kilpatrick and his wife own a number of dairy farms in Australia. His career has centred around agriculture and agribusiness. His career in agribusiness included several senior executive roles with Glenfarm Holdings rendering business in the UK, and Deputy CFO / Head of Finance with Almarai Co., the market leading Gulf Cooperation Council food and beverage company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has held several Australian dairy industry positions including nine years as a non-executive Finance Director of the Australian Dairy Conference Pty Limited, three years as a non-executive director of West Vic Dairy Inc. and 18 months as a non-executive director of Murray Goulburn Co-operative Limited. BGA Committees includes Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee and Member of the Milk Services Committee.

Ms Murphy has over 35 years experience in strategic, financial and operational leadership in both industry and professional advisory. In her professional advisory career, she specialised in operational and financial restructuring including merger and acquisition integration. She was formerly a Managing Director at KordaMentha and a Partner in a national accounting firm where she led the corporate turnaround practice. Her industry experience includes as Chief Executive Officer of the Delta Group and senior executive roles in the Mars Group.

Mr OBrien has been on the Bega Board since 2017 during which his broad experience in the food industry has allowed him to be a valuable contributor to the Boards deliberations on strategy and operations. In the past, he spent a period as a Director, then Chairman of the Australian Food and Grocery Council and as a senior food industry executive has been responsible for leading growth and acquisition strategies over many years. He was, from 2001 until 2017, the Managing Director of Simplot Australia Pty Limited, the US owned, but Australian centric, food processor and marketer, managing leading Australian brands including Birds Eye, Edgell and John West. After his retirement in 2017, he took up a number of Australian Company Board positions reducing these to two, Bega Cheese Limited and Bundaberg Brewed Drinks Pty Limited, approximately four years ago.

Ms Mann appointed in September 2019, she is an experienced Independent Director with over 20 years board experience across various sectors and geographies. She has significant insight and understanding of market development, business transformation, including digital and technological change and M&A and financial transactions. She also brings strong ASX, audit, risk management and governance experience.

Mr Irvin is recognised globally for his experience in the dairy industry and has been Chairman of Bega Cheese Limited since 2000. His leadership has seen Bega grow from a small regionally based dairy company to now one of the largest dairy and food companies in Australia, supplying a large range of dairy and grocery products in Australia and around the world. His depth of knowledge of the industry includes a significant understanding of the issues affecting Australian dairy farmers, the key investments required to meet changing consumer needs and the management of long-term customer relationships. He is very aware of the importance of social responsibility, he has been Chairman of Giant Steps, an organisation providing services to children and young adults with autism since 2002. Other Directorships includes Chairman of Giant Steps Australia Limited and Chairman of the Regional Circularity Co-operative Limited.

Mr Cross was appointed to the Board following the merger of Bega Cheese Limited and Tatura Milk Industries Pty Ltd. Mr Cross joined the Tatura Milk Industries Board in 2003 and was heavily involved in negotiating the initial subscription by Bega of 70% shareholding in Tatura Milk Industries. He also took a lead role in negotiating the scheme of arrangement for Bega to acquire the remaining 30% of Tatura Milk Industries in December 2011. He has represented dairy farmers in many various industry roles, and was formerly the Chair of Murray Dairy.

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