Leslie Frank
Leslie Frank
Non-executive Director
B.A. Journalism
Member of the Board since 1 July 2024.
Ms Frank is a non-independent Director and an American resident.
Ms Frank is a former owner and founder of the iconic Frank Family Vineyards, a highly acclaimed luxury wine business based in the Napa Valley, California that was acquired by TWE in 2021. Ms Frank has extensive expertise in luxury brands and the US wine industry, having played an instrumental role in the strategic marketing and branding of Frank Family Vineyards and its luxury collection of wines. Ms Frank is also an Emmy Award-winning journalist, having worked in some of the largest television markets in the United States including reporting and anchoring at the number one rated KABC in Los Angeles and KCPQ in Seattle.
Ms Frank is actively involved in charitable work in the Napa Valley community. Ms Frank currently sits on the Boards of Festival Napa Valley and the St. Helena Hospital Foundation. Ms Frank has been named Honorary Gala Chair for Collabria Care and has been recognised as Vintner Grant Honoree by the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Ms Frank received the wine industry Philanthropy Award by the North Bay Business Journal in 2019 and was recently awarded the 2024 Women in Wine Inspirational Leader Award. Ms Frank is a former director of OLE Health (September 2021 to June 2023).
Ms Frank is classified as a non-independent Director having regard to two grape supply agreements, she has in place with TWE, as well as an ongoing consultancy arrangement, details of which are disclosed in the Company’s 2025 Corporate Governance Statement.
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