Freedom Foods Group Limited Announces Executive Changes
August 06, 2020 at 12:16 pm IST
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The Board of Freedom Foods Group Limited has unanimously appointed respected agribusiness executive Michael Perich as Interim Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. As previously announced, the Company has been undertaking a detailed review of its operations as part of the ongoing investigations and business planning process. Michael Perich, in his capacity as an Alternate Director of the Company, has been taking a lead role in the review of the operations. The intent of the Board remains to conduct an external process for the appointment of a permanent CEO at the appropriate time once the operational turnaround is sufficiently progressed. Brendan Radford, who stepped into the role of Acting CEO, will be returning to his previous role in Freedom Foods. Michael Perich has enjoyed a 25-year career in the agribusiness sector, most recently as director of dairy farm operations at the diversified farming business Leppington Pastoral
Company and joint managing director of Australian Fresh Milk Holdings, a significant dairy joint venture in NSW and Victoria. Michael Perich will stand down from each of these executive roles. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences, majoring in Agriculture from the University of Western Sydney.
Noumi Limited is an Australian fast-moving consumer goods company. The Company produces dairy and plant-based beverages, nutritional products and ingredients that are used in the health and fitness industries. Its segments include Dairy and Nutritionals, and Plant-based Milks. The Dairy and Nutritionals segment includes a range of long-life dairy milk beverage, nutritional products and performance and adult nutritional powders. The Plant-based Milks segment includes a range of long-life beverage products including almond, soy, oat, coconut, macadamia and other plant-based milks plus liquid stocks. It operates manufacturing facilities in Victoria and New South Wales and produces key brands including the MILKLAB range of shelf-stable dairy and plant-based milks, Australia's Own, So Natural, Crankt, Vital Strength and PUREnFERRIN lactoferrin. The Company sells its products to retailers and distributors in Australia, China, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East.