Board of Directors

David was Managing Director of McPherson's Limited from 1995 to 2009 and prior to that he was Managing Director of Cascade Group Limited for seven years. Before this David held senior positions with Elders IXL Limited and Castlemaine Tooheys Limited. David holds a degree in engineering and prior to obtaining general management positions held managerial roles in production management, finance and marketing. David is Chairman of Muir Engineering Pty Ltd and Careers Training Group Pty Ltd.

David is the Chairman of the Company's Nomination Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

John was the Managing Director of Investec Wentworth Private Equity Limited from 2002 until September 30, 2011. Also on that date John changed from being an executive to a non executive director of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited. John is currently a director of Ariadne Australia Limited and Vocus Communications Limited.

John is the Chairman of the Company's Audit & Risk Committee and is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Nick joined GALE in August 2013 as Managing Director Australia and New Zealand and was appointed Group Managing Director in August 2014. Prior to joining GALE, Nick held senior leadership positions at Newell Rubbermaid, most recently, Vice-President / General Manager – Australia and New Zealand where he led all business segments for the Australia and New Zealand markets. Nick has considerable local and international experience in brand development, business consolidation and leading a highly profitable, high growth organisation. Nick was formerly Marketing Manager and Product Manager of GALE Pacific between 1996 and 2003 and developed the Coolaroo brand and many of the company’s highly successful products.

Peter is the Chief Operating Officer of the Thorney Investment Group of Companies with whom he has been since September 2000, having previously worked at Macquarie Bank Limited. Peter has extensive business and corporate experience specialising in advising boards and management in mergers and acquisitions, divestments, business restructurings and capital markets. Peter is also a Non Executive Chairman of Adacel Technologies Limited. 

Peter is a member of the Company’s Nomination and Audit and Risk Committees.

Tom is an experienced director who is currently a non-executive director of Empired (ASX: EPD) Inabox (ASX: IAB), and the Chairman of Escient. He has extensive experience in executive/senior positions particularly in sales growth and is well versed in listed company board processes, corporate governance and delivering performance as well as compliance.

Tom is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Company’s Nomination and Audit and Risk Committees.

Donna has extensive experience in senior executive and strategic roles within public and private retail companies, with a proven track record in developing proprietary brands, and spearheading brand acquisitions and licence agreements. Donna serves on multiple Boards and is currently the Chair of a Victorian School Education Board,  Chair & Non Executive Director of YMCA E-Store Pty Ltd & a Non-Executive Director of Dandenong Market Pty Ltd.

Donna is a member of the Company’s Nomination and Remuneration Committees.