About
Board of Directors
Maxwell Ould, B.Ec
Chairman
Member of the Board since May 2011. Chairman since May 2011. Mr Ould is an independent Director.
Mr Ould was a member of the Foster’s Group Limited Board from February 2004 until May 2011. Mr Ould has 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 and Chairman of Goodman Fielder Limited. Until October 2009, Mr Ould was a Director of Pacific Brands Limited.
David Dearie
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Member of the Board since May 2011. Chief Executive Officer since May 2011.
Mr Dearie was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Treasury Wine Estates on 9 May 2011. He has extensive experience in alcohol beverage companies, most recently Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand Wine for Foster’s Group Limited and prior to this, Managing Director, Western Europe and Africa for Brown-Forman. Mr Dearie 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.
Lyndsey Cattermole, AM, B.Sc., FACS
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Board since May 2011. Mrs Cattermole is an independent Director.
Mrs Cattermole was a member of the Foster’s Group Limited Board from October 1999 until May 2011. Mrs Cattermole has extensive information technology and telecommunications experience. She was a former Executive Director of Aspect Computing Pty Ltd and Kaz Group Limited. She has also held a number of significant appointments to government, hospital and research boards and committees. Mrs Cattermole is a director of Tattersall’s Limited and Paperlinx Limited.
Warwick Every-Burns, AMP, Harvard University (Advanced Management Program 1996)
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Board since May 2011. Mr Every-Burns is an independent Director.
Mr Every-Burns recently retired from The Clorox Company – a US$5 billion, NYSE S&P 500 Consumer Products Company. Mr Every-Burns began his career at Unilever learning all aspects of the fast moving consumer goods industry. He is a former Managing Director of Glad Products Australia and New Zealand and was a member of the Executive Committee and President of international business at The Clorox Company. Mr. Every-Burns is currently a member of the Advisory Council of the Frontier Strategy Group working with clients to develop business strategies in emerging markets.
Paul Rayner, BEc, MAdmin, FAICD
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Board since May 2011. Mr Rayner is an independent Director.
Mr Rayner has extensive experience in finance, corporate and general management. He has been a Director of Centrica Plc since 2004, and was appointed a Director to the Boards of Qantas Airways Limited and Boral Limited in 2008. He chairs the Audit Committee at Centrica and Boral. Prior to pursuing a Non-Executive career, Mr Rayner was Finance Director of British American Tobacco Plc based in London from January 2002 through to April 2008. Mr Rayner joined Rothmans Holdings Limited in 1991 as its Chief Financial Officer and held some other senior executive positions within the Group, including Chief Operating Officer of British American Tobacco Australasia Limited from 1999 to 2001. Previously, Mr Rayner has worked in various finance and project roles with General Electric, Rank Industries and the Elders IXL Group.
Peter Hearl, B Com (UNSW), MAIM, GAICD, Member – AMA 
Non-Executive Director
Member of the Board since February 2012. Mr Hearl is an independent Director.
Mr Hearl has a wealth of experience in international business and the food industry in particular. He is the former global Chief Operating & Development Officer for YUM Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company, and throughout his career with YUM he oversaw much of the growth in the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut businesses around the world. He is a director of the Australia and New Zealand listed company Goodman Fielder Limited, a member of the UNSW’s Australian School of Business Alumni Leaders Group as well as a director of the Fred Hollows Foundation. He is also honorary Chairman of the US based UNSW Study Abroad-Friends and US Alumni Inc.