Dairy Food Safety Victoria Acting Chief Executive Officer Appointment

The Board of Dairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) is pleased to advise that Allison McNamara, previously DFSV's General Manager Operational Policy and Innovation, will take on the role of Acting Chief Executive Officer (Acting CEO), effective 20 September 2025.

As part of this changeover, the current Acting CEO Andrew Chen will return to his substantive role as General Manager Operations. The Board thanks Andrew for the outstanding leadership he has provided to DFSV since taking on the Acting CEO role early in 2025.

Allison, together with Andrew and the senior team at DFSV, will guide DFSV through the next stages of the food regulation reform process, with the creation of Safe Food Victoria expected to take effect mid-2026. In doing so, Allison and team will also maintain DFSV's focus on its critical role as Victoria's dairy food safety regulator throughout that period.