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Vegetable Garden

OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM
(AKA THE DISRUPTORS)

A team that combines decades of experience to formulate bespoke solutions for customers which excel and exceed expectations. Our expertise within the fields of packaging, logistics, innovations and supply chain ensures we understand the challenges companies face first-hand and how to solve them collectively at every stage in your products' journey.

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Joint CEO

Wendy Penn

With more than 30 years of experience in business growth and executive leadership, Wendy brings a broad understanding of commercial strategy and the packaging supply chain. Her professional experience includes founding the financial-trading software company Dealing Information Systems, which was later sold to Fiserv (NYSE: FI), and leading the industrial packaging segment at Pro-Pac Packaging.

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Joint CEO

Brandon Penn

Brandon has more than 40 years of experience growing packaging businesses organically and through mergers and acquisitions. He founded PB Packaging in 1984. In 2008, PB Packaging merged with Pro-Pac Packaging, and the combined business was subsequently listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

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Director Global Solutions Sales

Mark Delafosse

A journey of more than 20 years in the corrugated packaging sector has allowed Mark to develop extensive technical expertise and deep customer relationships across all segments. In 2005 to 2011, he was a shareholder in Creative Packaging Pty Ltd, which was later acquired by Pro-Pac Packaging.

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CEO Australasia

Rod Knight

Rod is a highly experienced senior executive with a strong background in finance, operations, and lean management within large, complex manufacturing and agribusiness environments. He has held CFO and CEO roles across primary fresh produce and food businesses, and has most recently held senior commercial leadership positions at Lindsay Australia.

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Executive Director

Kim Lindsay

Kim has deep industry relationships, strong strategic and commercial judgement, and extensive experience across packaging, sustainability, agribusiness, and FMCG. As the former CEO of Lindsay Australia, he led the growth and transformation of a national business supporting primary producers across Australia. 

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Director

Evan Penn

Over 30 years of experience in founding and growing businesses across manufacturing and technology. Evan has successfully built and sold two prior companies in data storage and GPS tracking prior to assisting on the strategy of Disruptive Packaging globally.

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CFO

Nicholas Papadimatos

More than 20 years of experience in financial management within both public and private companies has enabled Nicholas to hold senior positions at Pro-Pac Packaging, Amcor and Austcor Packaging.

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Director Global Solutions Operations

Ira Cox

A career of more than 30 years spent building effective Operations, Manufacturing and Production teams has allowed Ira to build national and international experience. She has worked in both the public and private sectors.

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Key Distribution Channel Manager - North America

Nathan Hall

After more than 25 years focusing on supply chain excellence in Australia, Nathan relocated to the U.S. to partner with farmers, growers, seafood specialists, and producers to improve efficiency and product performance through packaging solutions. Whether on the farm, out on the water, or in a processing facility, Nathan works closely with customers to solve challenges, reduce costs, and create better outcomes throughout the supply chain. His career spans diverse FMCG companies including Qantas, Lite n' Easy, Wildbreads, and One Harvest, where he delivered step-change projects in food safety, packaging, production, and relationship management.

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Head of Global Solutions Design & Development

Matt Turley

To cultivate his intuitive genius for innovative packaging solutions, Matt draws upon more than 20 years of design and product development experience. The later part of his career has been spent with EGR Design and Pro-Pac Packaging Limited.

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Group General Manager - Australia

George Kotselas

With a Sales, Operations and General Management career in private and public manufacturing organisations, George brings that experience into our global sustainability alignment, where we are focused on sustainable circularity solutions to all international markets we operate in.

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Seafood Sales Director

Yanni Kailis

Yanni brings extensive experience within the seafood industry coming from a family that has worked in seafood for generations. His first-hand experience across the full supply chain from fisheries, processing, logistics to marketing enabled him to identify the need for businesses to adopt more sustainable solutions while simultaneously understanding the customer's perspective and challenges first-hand.

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BETTER FOR BUSINESS

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