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Staff
Anne Astin – Chief Executive Officer
BSc (Hons), PhD, Grad Cert (Pub Sec Man)
The role of the Chief Executive Officer is to provide the leadership and the strategic direction to enable DFSV to meet its statutory and corporate objectives.
Anne has over 20 years experience in State Government, and has previously worked in a variety of roles
within the fields of environment, public health, forensic science, agriculture, minerals and corporate
areas. She has considerable experience in leading public sector organisations through change and in
customer service delivery. Anne is a former director of Dairy Australia and the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Melbourne. She currently chairs the Minister for Agriculture's Women in Primary Industries Advisory Panel
and the National Food Regulation's Implementation Sub Committee working towards consistent regulatory
interpretation, implementation and enforcement of food standards throughout Australia.
Andrew Chen – General Manager, Operations
BAppSc (Env Health)
The role of the General Manager Operations is to ensure continued best practice through leadership and the strategic development of operational functions, including: Licensing, Audit and Compliance to deliver corporate objectives.
Andrew has over 16 years experience working with the food industry and has previously worked in a variety of Quality Management roles and Food Safety Strategy roles with one of Australia’s largest supermarket retailers and as an Environmental Health Officer with Local Government. He has considerable experience in supplier management, food safety and product crisis management, product development and project management.
Martin Collins—Food Safety Manager
DipBusMan
The role of the Food Safety Manager is to ensure the safety standards of food in DFSV licensed premises are maintained and improved. This will be achieved by conducting DFSV verification activities, including: Food Safety Program approvals, Licensing processes and Audit and compliance services
Martin is a qualified Cheesemaker with over fifteen years experience in dairy manufacturing. He has worked in factories ranging from small scale cheese production to high volume milk packaging. As the former owner of the Bendigo Cheese Company, Martin brings to DFSV a well developed understanding of many facets of the Industry.
Neville Collins – Food Safety Manager
BAppSc
The role of the Food Safety Manager is to ensure the safety standards of food in DFSV licensed premises are maintained and improved. This will be achieved by conducting DFSV verification activities, including: Food Safety Program approvals, Licensing processes and Audit and compliance services
Neville has had extensive experience in the approval and auditing of HACCP based food safety plans and quality systems, and is registered as a senior food safety auditor with QSA. Neville also coordinates DFSV's ISO 9001:2000 accredited Quality Management System.
Doug Eddy – General Manager, Knowledge Management
BSc, MASM
The role of General Manager Knowledge Management is to ensure continued best practice through leadership and the strategic development of knowledge management systems, including: Emerging and existing food safety issues, Information management and Verification programs to deliver corporate objectives.
Doug comes from a long background in the dairy industry, including roles in research and development with major dairy manufacturers and in the public sector with CSIRO.
David Faragher – Manager Corporate Affairs
BSc
The role of Manager Corporate Affairs is to ensure the effective implementation of DFSV’s strategic and development activities including Stakeholder Relationship and Performance Measurement and Evaluation.
David has many years experience in the food and dairy industries. His background covers Research and Development (in the areas of both Packaging and Product development), Quality management (including ISO 9000 and Codex HACCP implementation), and general management.
Josephine Galati—Licensing Support Officer
The role of licensing Support officer is to support the effective and efficient delivery of DFSV’s Administrative services.
Josephine has extensive experience in a variety of administrative, executive assistant and reception roles in a number of industries.
Corrie Goodwin – Manager, Service Integration
BA
The Manager Service Integration ensures the development and integration of new and existing services re the management and coordination of all audit and compliance services, pertaining to dairy farms and other licensed categories. This ensures that DFSV fulfils its statutory obligations regarding the safety of food to the consumer (both domestic and export)
Corrie has over 7 years experience in management of quality and food safety in the farm sector. Previously employed by one of Australia’s largest dairy Co-Operatives, she brings extensive experience in customer and stakeholder management, auditing and strategy development. Corrie is a member of the National Animal Welfare Reference Group for the dairy industry.
Tracey Guida—Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant
The role of Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant is to assist the Finance Manager in administrating the Finance and Accounting activities in compliance with DFSV’s and legislative requirements
Tracey has worked in a variety of book-keeping & administrative roles, dealing with Accounts payable & Receivable including both the public and private sector.
Karen Hill—Company Secretary
B. Ec., Grad. Dip. Comm. Law, Grad. Dip. App. Corp. Gov., ACIS
Karen commenced with DFSV in January 2009 and has held Company Secretary and Compliance roles with a range of organisations through her career including Guild Group Holdings Limited, HSBC Asset Management and the Australian Securities Commission
Ian Haynes – Information Systems Manager
GradDipAppSc, DipDairyTech
The role of Information Systems Manager is to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of Information Services and Products, Technical Submissions and Verification programs to meet corporate objectives.
Ian’s career has been spent in the dairy industry, being employed in both milk processing and dairy manufacturing factories. More recently he has worked in dairy research, predominantly in the area of microbiology.
Marie Lockwood – Licensing Administrator
CertEffSupMan
The role of Licensing Administrator is to manage the administration of all dairy industry licenses and to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of DFSV’s Administrative services.
Marie has previously worked in a variety of administrative roles within both State and Federal government. She has considerable experience in licensing administration, record management, customer service and coordinating office services.
Kelly Long – Senior Project Manager
BAppSc (Food Tech/Biotech)(Hons), Dip Sales & Marketing, Dip Bus(Frontline Management).
The role of Senior Project Manager is to manage data, information and knowledge projects that enable DFSV to deliver the necessary knowledge services to meet its corporate objectives
Prior to joining DFSV in 1999, Kelly worked in the research and development area of a food manufacturing company and whilst at DFSV has worked as a scientific officer, AMRA Survey and Technical projects coordinator and as the Information Manager.
Paul Luby—Human Resources Manager
GradDipBus (HR Management), AdvCert HR Operations
The role of the Manager Human Resources is to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of DFSV’s Human Resources Management systems.
Paul has experience in a variety of generalist Human Resource roles in the not for profit, private and public sector. These roles have covered the areas of recruitment, industrial relations, training, performance management, payroll and remuneration related issues.
Kevin Moze – Finance Manager
BBus, Grad Dip Fin Inv
The role of the Finance Manager is to manage the Finance and Accounting activities in compliance with DFSV’s and legislative requirements
Kevin has worked in a variety of accounting, administrative and finance roles in a diverse range of sectors including services, manufacturing, retailing, Local Government and one of the big three accounting firms. He has extensive experience in financial and management accounting including the development of reporting systems. In Kevin’s current role he has responsibility for managing the finance function within Dairy Food Safety Victoria.
Phillipa Robertson – Process Coordinator
BCApSci (Consumer Food Science & Nutrition)
The role of Process Coordinator within the Operations team at DFSV ensures the safety standards of food in DFSV licensed premises are maintained and improved through the Integration of National Food Regulation Framework initiatives
Phillipa hails from New Zealand where she worked for the New Zealand Food Safety Authority as a Certification Advisor. Her experience relates to Dairy, Quota and Organic certification and Importing Country Requirements.
Karissa Walker – Operational Services Manager
BAppSc (Environmental Health)
The role of Operational Services Manager is to ensure the safety standards of food in DFSV licensed premises are maintained and improved. This will be achieved through conducting, coordinating and managing verification activities and operational staff associated with Food Safety Program approvals, Licensing and Audit and compliance services.
Karissa has previously worked in private enterprise and in local government and brings to DFSV extensive experience as an Environmental Health Officer.
Teresa Wong – Product Testing Program Co-Ordinator
BApplSci (Food Science & Technology)
The Product Testing Coordinator implements verification activities on dairy food manufactured by DFSV licensees through the investigation and analysis of data from the Product Testing Program.
Teresa has worked in Manufacturing as both a Technical Officer and Laboratory Team Leader and also in the small goods industry as a QA Officer and Microbiological Testing Officer
Winnie Wong – AMRA Coordinator
BAppSci (Biol/Biotech)
The AMRA Coordinator provides the effective and efficient coordination and delivery of information services and verification programs regarding the Australian Milk Residue Analysis (AMRA) survey.
Winnie has previously been employed at a food safety testing laboratory within the diary microbiology sector. She has experience in supervising, testing and solving technical problems.
Ian McFarlane – Food Safety Manager
BAppSc
The role of the Food Safety Manager is to ensure the safety standards of food in DFSV licensed premises are maintained and improved. This will be achieved by conducting DFSV verification activities, including: Food Safety Program approvals, Licensing processes and Audit and compliance services
Ian has extensive manufacturing industry experience across a wide cross section of Dairy, Food and Pharmaceutical sectors. Roles have included Quality, Technical and Production management and consultancy to the manufacturing industry. As an experienced supplier and co-manufacturer auditor Ian has practical knowledge about developing, maintaining and auditing ISO 9000 and HACCP systems for large multi-nationals through to small companies
Glen Hamson – Food Safety Manager
BAppSc (Dairy Technology)
The role of the Food Safety Manager is to ensure the safety standards of food in DFSV licensed premises are maintained and improved. This will be achieved by conducting DFSV verification activities, including: Food Safety Program approvals, Licensing processes and Audit and compliance services
Glen has over 25 years experience in the dairy Industry, working for both multinational and cooperative Dairy companies. Previous roles include cheesemaking, production management and more recently, quality systems management. Glen has had extensive experience in developing, implementing and maintaining food safety plans and quality systems within the dairy manufacturing environment.
Claire Cicero – Executive Assistant
The Executive Assistant provides the effective and efficient support services to the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Management Team of DFSV. Claire joined DFSV as an Executive Assistant in 2008.
Claire’s experience includes working with one of 10 Industry Skills Councils as an Executive Assistant to the CEO and Board Secretariat, and also in personal assistant and team support roles in the Real Estate and Property industries.
Connie Finestone – Communications Coordinator
B Bus (Economics & Marketing)
The role of the Communications Coordinator is to ensure effective and consistent communication of DFSV information, activities and services to stakeholders.
Connie joined DFSV in August 2008 and has held marketing and communications roles with a range of organisations including Telstra Corporation, Yarra Valley Water, Melaleuca of Australia and more recently, the Australian Institute of Export (Vic) Ltd. |
