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 Catalyst Education Pty Ltd.

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

Nick was appointed to the position of Group Managing Director in August 2014. Prior to joining GALE Pacific, he held senior leadership positions at Newell Brands (Newell Rubbermaid) for 11 years, most recently Vice-President/General Manager – Australia & New Zealand, where he led all business segments. Nick has considerable local and international experience in consumer goods markets across both retail and commercial sectors.

Peter is the Chief Operating Officer of the Thorney Investment Group of Companies, which he joined in 2000.  Prior to joining Thorney, Peter 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 a non-executive director of Adacel Technologies Limited, and a non-executive director of Rural Press Pty Ltd.

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

Tom is an experienced director who is currently Tom is currently Chairman of Empired and 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 Deputy Chair & Non Executive Director of YMCA Service Pty Ltd where she is also Chair of the HR & Governance Committee & is a Non-Executive Director of Dandenong Market Pty Ltd.

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