METCASH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CEO, Independent Hardware Group
Annette joined Metcash in 2010 and held the roles of GM of Operations and GM Merchandise prior to being appointed CEO of Independent Hardware Group in 2020.
Annette has global experience across retail and wholesale and prior to joining Metcash worked for Marks & Spencer and IBM.
Job Titles:
- Member of Chief Executive Women
- Professional Company Director
Christine is a professional company director and a Non-Executive Director of AGL Energy Limited (since November 2022) and Collins Foods (since October 2016). She is also a non-executive director of the McGrath Foundation (since July 2020), National Intermodal Corporation Limited (since August 2018), the State Library of New South Wales Foundation (since December 2016) and The Bradman Foundation (since December 2017).
From her previous executive capacity, as both CFO & Commercial Director of Telstra Broadcast Services, Christine brings a deep understanding of legacy and emerging technologies and digital transformations. During her time in private investment management, Christine assisted management and the Board of investee companies on strategy development, mergers & acquisitions, leading due diligence teams, managing large complex commercial negotiations and developing growth opportunities.
Christine is a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW) and the International Women's Forum (IWF).
In 2023 Danielle was promoted to Group Chief People & Culture Officer, from her previous roles as General Manager of Marketing and Executive General Manager of Retail, Metcash Food. Prior to joining Metcash in 2018, Danielle held positions with Woolworths, Goodman Fielder and L'Oreal UK. Danielle has over 20 years of industry experience with suppliers, retailers, and wholesalers. She's held a variety of leadership roles spanning sales, commercial, marketing and operations, in both Australia and UK markets. .
Deepa joined Metcash as Chief Financial Officer in January 2024.
She has extensive finance and industry experience spanning over 20 years. In addition to finance, Deepa has significant senior leadership experience across strategy, mergers and acquisitions, digital, information technology and integration.
Most recently, Deepa held the position of Chief Financial Officer of the largest FMCG company in Africa, Tiger Consumer Brands Limited. Prior to Tiger Consumer Brands, Deepa held senior leadership roles with Walmart's South Africa-based subsidiary Massmart. These included Interim CEO of Masscash, Finance and Commercial Director of Masswarehouse, Chief Strategy and Integration Officer of Massmart Wholesale and CFO of Makro SA, all divisions of Massmart. She also held senior finance roles with Mondelēz International and Samsung Electronics South Africa.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Executive
- Accounting, Tax, Auditing, Information Systems, CA ( SA ) CEO, Metcash Group
Doug Jones is an experienced executive with extensive wholesale, retail and eCommerce experience. He spent 14 years with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Massmart group which is majority-owned by Walmart Inc. It has leading market positions in wholesale food, liquor, home improvement and general merchandise.
Before joining Metcash Doug was CEO and Senior Vice President of Massmart Wholesale, which includes ‘big box' format food, liquor, and general merchandise stores serving retail, commercial and wholesale customers; cash and carry stores; buying groups that service wholesale and independent retail customers; and a number of eCommerce platforms.
Doug is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has previously held senior finance positions in Makro SA, Amalgamated Beverages Industries Limited and The South African Breweries, all in Johannesburg, CocaCola Enterprises in Canada, and Deloitte in both Canada and South Africa.
Job Titles:
- CEO of Metcash Food
- CEO, Metcash Food ( Incoming May 2023 )
Grant was promoted to CEO of Metcash Food in 2023 after four years as Executive General Manager, Merchandise, and a further four years as State General Manager, Supermarkets in WA. He has been a key contributor to the strong performance of both the Food pillar and the IGA network in recent years, working closely with leading retailers and suppliers to improve IGA's competitive position and deliver sustainable growth.
Prior to joining Metcash in 2015, Grant held several senior roles at Coles Liquor across merchandise, marketing, operational leadership, business development, critical projects, and exclusive brands. His earlier career included 10 years with Oddbins, the UK's then pre-eminent Wine Merchant, initially in retail stores and then in buying.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director of Southern Cross Media Group Limited
Helen has more than 20 years executive experience across three diverse industries: consumer packaged goods, media and quick service restaurants.
Helen brings rounded commercial and consumer focused experience to her role. She initially trained in the UK as a Certified Management Accountant, and 18 years in brands and marketing allow her to bring a strong consumer lens to the Board. She gained extensive strategic, operational and general management experience in her role of Chief Operating Officer at McDonalds Australia.
Helen is a non-executive director of Southern Cross Media Group Limited (since 2015) and Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited (since 2017) and was appointed Chair of Inghams in August 2022.
Julie was appointed as Company Secretary on 6 June 2016 and promoted to Chief Legal, Risk and Compliance Officer in June 2022. She joined Metcash from law firm Baker & McKenzie, where she was a partner who specialised in mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate restructures. Julie is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was formerly a Non-executive Director of AVCAL, a national association which represents the private equity and venture capital industries in Australia.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Australian Liquor Marketers ( Incoming 1 March )
Kylie has more than 25 years of commercial, brand and marketing experience in the Australian and global liquor industries. Prior to joining Metcash Kylie was Managing Director at Diageo in the United Kingdom where she was responsible for the global Rare spirits, Private Client, Wine and Scottish tourism and retail businesses. Kylie also previously held the position of Managing Director of Diageo in Japan.
In addition to Diageo, Kylie has worked for multinational liquor organisations and brands including Heineken for thirteen years and Lion for seven years, in several senior roles across Africa, Asia and Australia.
Margaret (Margie) has more than 30 years of experience across supply chains and logistics, customer interface in the FMCG sector, change management and governance. Her executive career includes 20 years at Mars Inc. including five years as Chief Executive Officer of Food in Australia.
Prior to joining Metcash in October 2022, Marij was the SVP and Global CIO of The Bountiful Company (now part of Nestle Health Science). Previously, she worked at Dairy Farmers of America, where she led a comprehensive program of simplification and optimisation to deliver expanded services and value to the 'fiercely independent' member network.
Marij's professional career started in the early days of SAP in Germany, and she has held several IT leadership roles over the years covering IT strategy, applications modernisation, IT business operations improvement, shared service, agile transformation, cloud migration, data management, security/compliance, digital commerce, and analytics.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mark has 35 years' experience as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and then PwC, including as PwC's National Assurance Leader in Australia from 2003 to 2007 and then as its Chief Executive Officer,Australia and Deputy Chairman, Asia Pacific from 2008to 2012. Mark has also had an extensive non-executive director career for over a decade, having previously served on the boards of directors of Coca-Cola Amatil, G8 Education, MH Premium Farms, Westfield Group, HSBC and Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Mark has also had an extensive non-executive director career for over a decade, currently holding directorships at HCF Group (since 2013), where he is also Chairman, Boral Limited (since 2021), Goodman Group (since 2020), Aurecon Ltd (since 2017) and Sydney Aviation Alliance Holdings Pty Ltd and subsidiaries (since October 2022). He is also a director of a number of private organisations including The Smith Family and is a Councillor of UNSW.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Chairman
- Chairman and Non - Executive Director of Universal Store Holdings Limited
Peter has over 30 years' experience in retail and consumer goods industries, including 18 years with Super Retail Group Limited where he was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to early 2019, and therefore brings a strong retail and FMCG lens to his role.
Peter's executive career also includes extensive experience in accounting and finance having previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Super Retail Group Limited, as well as other senior financial roles during his 12 years with The Boots Company in the UK and Australia.
Peter is Chair and non-executive director of Universal Store Holdings Limited (since October 2020), and also a director of APG & CO Pty Limited and Apparel Group (Hong Kong) Limited (both since July 2019), as well as Good360 Australia Ltd (since August 2019). Peter was formerly a non-executive director of GWA Group Limited (2010 to 2022).
Richard is a highly experienced and respected executive with a proven track record in the Australian retail sector. His career includes close to two decades with JB HI-FI, including seven years as CEO where he delivered significant growth, transformation and shareholder value.
Most recently, Richard was Premier Investments CEO Retail from 2021 to 2023 where he achieved record sales and earnings in a challenging post-COVID environment.
Simon is a globally experienced executive with over 25 years' experience focused on FMCG and retail businesses, strategy and transformation. He worked most recently with Lion Nathan as Group Strategy and Corporate Development Director. Prior to that worked across strategy and business transformation at Partners in Performance and Momentum Partners (now part of KPMG)
Prior to emigrating to Australia in 2010, Simon worked in London for Bupa as Customer Proposition and Strategy Director building on his experience as a Director in investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort's European food, consumer and retail group and as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Co serving consumer and retail clients.