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Mr. Barry Irvin
Chairman
Barry Irvin is also Chairman of Bega Cheese. 

Barry’s background is finance, he spent the first years of his working life in banking before returning to operate the family farming businesses.  He became involved with Bega Cheese while continuing to grow his dairy and beef business.  He now operates over ten properties in the Bega Valley.

Barry’s involvement in the dairy industry includes his role as Chairman of Bega Cheese and Deputy Chairman of Capitol Chilled Foods (Australia) a Canberra based milk processing and distribution company. 

Barry’s other interests include charitable work and he has led a team that has raised over $10 million for children with autism.

Mr. Richard D. Cross  B.Ag.Sc.(Hon), FAICD
Deputy Chairman
Member of the Board since 31 October 2003.
Member of the Finance Committee.
Dairyfarmer. 1 year prior service as an Associate Director.
Shareholding:  82,111 Redeemable Preference Shares.
 
Mr. Fred De Cicco
Director

Member of the Board since 27 October 2005.
Dairyfarmer. 2 years prior service as an Associate Director.
Shareholding: 58,205 Redeemable Preference Shares.
Mr. Ken Wood
Director
Member of the Board since 27 October 2005.
Member of the Finance Committee.
Dairyfarmer. Shareholding: 56,025 Redeemable Preference Shares.
 

 

Mr. Jeff Odgers
Director
Member of the Board since 5th November 2009.
Dairyfarmer. Shareholding: 34,445 Redeemable Preference Shares.
 

 

Mr. Maurice van Ryn
Director
Maurice Van Ryn has been with the Bega Cheese group for some 24 years.

Maurice is currently the General Manager Sales and Marketing for Bega Cheese and has previously served as CEO for Bega Cheese for 15 years and CEO at Tatura Milk Industries for 18 months when Bega Cheese first made its investment.

Maurice is also Chairman of the publicly listed Probiotec Limited and on the Board of Medical Developments Limited. 

 

Mr. Richard Parbery
Director
  • Director of Tatura Milk Industries Limited
  • Chairman of Finance Committee, Tatura Milk Industries Limited
  • Deputy Chairman Bega Cheese Limited
  • Chairman of Finance Committee, Bega Cheese Limited

Richard is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and a Registered Company Auditor. Richard is a Tax Agent and Business Advisor in a large accounting practice on the far south coast of New South Wales and controls a large family farm on the outskirts of Bega, New South Wales.
 

Mr. Colin Griffin
Director
Member of the Finance Committee.
BA in Accounting, University of Canberra
Chartered Accountant since 1988
Member of Institute of Company Directors since 1994
Completed the Stanford Executive Programme at the Stanford University, California USA in 2004

Bega Cheese
Colin Griffin is General Manager Finance/Bega Franchise Manager/Company Secretary. Colin has been a member of the Senior Executive Team of Bega Cheese since joining in 1993.  Colin has headed up the finance, commercial and legal aspects of Bega Cheese since that time.  In addition, Colin has been responsible for Bega Franchise since 2005. Colin has championed Bega Cheese’s review of and investment in Tatura and has gained a sound understanding of the Tatura business.

Capitol Chilled Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd
(Joint venture with Dairy Farmers in relation to the processing and distribution of daily milk and other chilled foods in ACT/SE NSW)
Colin is a founding director of CCFA, joining the board in 1997.  Colin was responsible for establishing the joint venture and strategic alliance with Dairy Farmers and represents Bega Cheese’s interests on that board.

Stealth Management Consulting Pty Ltd
(Private company specialising in delivering management training programmes to medium to large corporate clients)
Chairman - Shareholder in the business, which operates out of Sydney, NSW

 

 

   

Executive Team

   

Chief Executive Officer

Aidan Coleman

Chief Financial Officer Paul van Heerwaarden
General Manager Operations Frank Baldi

General Manager Sales

Tony Kilmartin

General Manager Milk Supply

Stuart Brown

General Manager Supply Chain Stewart Carson
General Manager Technical/Innovation Andrew (Buck) Rogers
Human Resources Manager Christian Willmott

 

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