Category: Australia
Linda Bardo Nicholls AO Appointed to Ingham’s Board
September 18, 2016
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Linda Bardo Nicholls AO appointed to Ingham’s board
Sydney, (15 September 2016): Australasia’s leading poultry producer, Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited, has appointed Linda Nicholls, AO as a Non-Executive Director elect.
Linda has more than 30 years’ experience as a senior executive and director in banking, insurance and funds management in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
She is Chairman of Japara Healthcare Limited and a director of Medibank, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and Fairfax Media Limited.
Linda is also the former Chairman of Healthscope Limited, Australia Post and Keolis Downer (trading as Yarra Trams) and held directorships with Pacific Brands Limited, St George Bank and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited.
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Peter Bush Announced as Chairman and Mick McMahon Confirmed as CEO
July 18, 2016
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Peter Bush announced as Chairman and Mick McMahon confirmed as CEO
Sydney, (18 July 2016): Australasia’s leading poultry producer, Ingham’s Enterprises Pty Limited, has appointed Peter Bush as Chairman elect and Mick McMahon, who has held the combined roles of Executive Chairman and CEO since 16 February 2016, has been confirmed as Ingham’s CEO.
Peter is Chairman of Southern Cross Media Group Ltd and Mantra Group Holdings Ltd and the former Chairman of Pacific Brands Limited, McDonald’s Australia Limited and Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd. He has also held non-executive directorships at Lion Nathan Ltd and Insurance Australia Group Ltd.
Prior to his non-executive director roles, Peter had a long and successful career in fast-moving consumer goods, holding senior roles with SC Johnson, Reckitt & Coleman, Ampol/Caltex and Arnott’s and was CEO of AGB McNair and Schwarzkopf. In 2003 he became the CEO of McDonald’s Australia. In April 2010, he left McDonald’s as its divisional President for Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
Mick McMahon has more than 30 years’ operational management experience. He is the former Managing Director, CEO and board member of the Skilled Group. Mick served as COO at Coles from 2007 to 2009 and Managing Director of Coles Express from 2005 to 2009. Prior to Coles, he spent 19 years with the Shell Group both in Australia and overseas. Mick is also Chairman of Red Rock Leisure, a private Australian tourism and entertainment venue operator.
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Veneta Chapple
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E: vchapple@inghams.com.au
Ingham’s Foodservice Wins Three in a Row
June 27, 2016
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Ingham’s foodservice wins three in a row
Ingham’s Enterprises Pty Limited has taken out the National Food Distributors Association’s Supplier of the Year for the third year in a row at the association’s annual awards held on the Gold Coast on Friday 24 June.
Ingham’s took out the gold award in the over $3 million category despite tough competition from some of the country’s major food brands including Fonterra, Nestle and Simplot.
In addition the company’s Group Sales Manager for FoodService, Tom Dean, received an award in recognition of his service to NAFDA and the food service industry.
It was the first time an individual has been presented with such an award in the history of the awards.
Mr Dean said: “This award is recognition that our team is doing a great job and that if we help small business achieve their goals, then it benefits our business as well.”
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South Australia a National Production Hub for Ingham’s
June 10, 2016
Ingham’s Expands National Network and Closes a NSW Plant
June 8, 2016
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Ingham’s Expands National Network and Closes a NSW Plant
Cardiff, NSW (8 June 2016): As part of a national strategy to expand capacity, upgrade capability and improve productivity across its network, Ingham’s Enterprises Pty Limited advised today that it will cease production at its Cardiff processing plant in NSW by end of August 2016.
The company today advised its 199 employees and casual workforce of the closure, reassured them that all employee obligations will be met, and that it was committed to working closely with them to help them find and transition into new opportunities both within and outside the company. This will include supporting them through facilitating redeployment to other sites where possible, providing resources for training, outplacement and counselling services, and facilitating engagement with relevant support agencies and community groups.
The decision to cease production at Cardiff follows a detailed review of Ingham’s national supply chain that has seen significant investment committed to larger more efficient processing plants interstate, with a consequent reduction in volumes processed through the Cardiff facility over recent times.
A total of over $400 million will be invested across the network by Ingham’s and its supply partners to expand capacity and improve capability. This investment is focussed on Ingham’s South Australian and Queensland operations with smaller investments in Victoria and Western Australia. Investment is underway in all aspects of its integrated supply chain across breeder farms, hatcheries, feed mills and processing plants, resulting in the creation of hundreds of jobs in those states.
This new investment is integral to Ingham’s strategy of building capacity to support growth and continuing to deliver the highest quality products and service to its customers, while remaining competitive as Australia and New Zealand’s largest integrated poultry producer in what is the fastest growing meat protein sector.
Ingham’s CEO Mick McMahon said: “Cardiff has been an important part of the Ingham’s business for almost 40 years and we thank our very loyal workforce who have contributed greatly to our business during this time. Our major focus now is on working closely to assist our people through this transition period.”
“We thought long and hard about this decision, recognising the effects on our local workforce and the community. Ultimately, there was no alternative. The plant is simply not large enough and this has been compounded by recent reductions in volumes as capacity switched to larger more efficient plants elsewhere in the network.”
“Our Cardiff plant today has less than 15% of the volume of Ingham’s larger plants, and its small scale doesn’t support the investment in the state of the art equipment that we are putting into the larger plants.” “The plant closure will not affect our customers or result in reduced overall production with volumes being replaced at other plants across our national supply chain,” Mr McMahon concluded.
While there will be some consequent reduction in required farming capacity in New South Wales, Ingham’s will continue to have a significant presence in the state after the planned closure with three processing facilities, three feed mills, a number of breeder farms, its turkey business, a distribution centre and its national head office remaining in the state.
The company’s feed mill also located in Cardiff is not directly affected by the plant closure and will continue to operate as usual.
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About Ingham’s
Ingham’s is Australia and New Zealand’s leading integrated poultry producer supplying leading retail, quick service restaurant and food service customers, processing over 4 million birds per week and employing around 8,000 people across approximately 260 farms, eight hatcheries, 10 feed mills, seven primary processing and five further processing plants.
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May 18, 2016
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Ingham’s Declared Leaders in CSR Field
Sydney (18 May 2016): Ingham’s is pleased to announce it was awarded the Yum! Supplier of the Year for corporate social responsibility at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney last night.
Yum! acknowledged Ingham’s position as “absolute leaders in this field” at the awards noting the business’ consistency at the very top of the Yum! environmental audits.
Ingham’s Sales and Marketing Director Jonathan Gray said the result was a fantastic one for the company.
“Special thanks must go to our Head of Business Sustainability Julia Seddon for her work in this field and her involvement in Farm to Fork – an industry-based project focussing on sustainability in food
production,” Mr Gray said.
“Julia has led a lot of innovation in our company in the area of sustainability and this award reflects her hard work and dedication towards enabling Ingham’s to become a leader in this field,” he said.
Ms Seddon said: “CSR is an important part of our business and a key plank in our partnership with KFC. Together we have pushed the sustainability boundaries in our shared supply chain and identified actions to reduce costs and risks.”
“A tangible outcome has been recycling used plastic sheeting at our facilities and KFC stores into usable products,” she concluded.
Yum! looks after the business operations of KFC and Pizza Hut in Australia.
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About Ingham’s
Ingham’s is Australia and New Zealand’s leading integrated poultry producer supplying leading retail, quick service restaurant and food service customers, processing 4 million birds per week and employing more than 8,000 people across approximately 260 farms, eight hatcheries, 10 feed mills, seven primary processing and five further processing
plants.
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E: vchapple@inghams.com.au
Ingham’s on Investment Track in South Australia
May 16, 2016
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Ingham’s on Investment Track in South Australia
Murray Bridge, (16 May 2016): Australia’s leading poultry producer Ingham’s Enterprises announced today it is investing $275 million in its South Australian operations which will generate more than 850 jobs over the next two years.
Ingham’s CEO Mick McMahon said Ingham’s facilities would be expanded to significantly increase its capacity throughout the production chain.
This includes new breeder farms at Monarto and Yumali, a hatchery expansion at Murraylands, new contract grower farms and an upgrade of the primary processing plant at Bolivar, a potential new feedmill at Murray Bridge and other investments.
The vast majority of the projects, which are being supported with a $3.7 million contribution from the South Australian Government, are already underway and will be completed over the next year. Mr McMahon joined South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill MP, Minister for Regional Development Geoff Brock MP and Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith MP for the announcement at Murray Bridge today.
“Chicken is the most popular meat in Australia and the demand continues to grow. We supply more than one third of the nation’s chicken production with our South Australian sites supplying the eastern seaboard and Western Australia,” he said.
“To meet the growth in demand, we are increasing our investment in the business over the next few years in Australia and the majority of this will be in South Australia,” Mr McMahon said.
Ingham’s supplies local customers such as Foodland, Drakes and food service companies, as well as Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and KFC both in South Australia and from South Australia into the Eastern states and across to Western Australia.
The expansion is expected to create 385 new jobs with the company, over 450 with contractor firms and provide up to 700 jobs in the construction phase itself.
Ingham’s already has direct employment equivalent of over 1600 full-time employees in South Australia and this is expected to grow to nearly 2000 as a consequence of this investment.
“Chicken provides consumers with high quality, low cost, healthy meal options. We are fortunate to be in a growing business and we continue to invest in that growth creating jobs and opportunities for local companies as we do so,” Mr McMahon said.
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About Ingham’s
Ingham’s is Australia and New Zealand’s leading integrated poultry producer supplying leading retail, quick service restaurant and food service customers, processing 4 million birds per week and employing more than 8,000 people across its 260 farms, eight hatcheries, eight feed mills, seven primary processing and five further processing plants.
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Veneta Chapple
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E: vchapple@inghams.com.au
Ingham’s Combine Executive Chairman and CEO role
February 16, 2016
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Ingham’s Combine Executive Chairman and CEO role
Sydney, (16 February 2016): Ingham’s Executive Chairman Mick McMahon has also been appointed CEO by the board following the resignation of Andrew Clarke. The appointment as Executive Chairman and CEO is effective immediately.
Jonathan Gray has been appointed Sales & Marketing Director effective Monday 22 February taking over Clarke’s sales and marketing responsibilities. He was formerly Ingham’s Group General Manager Sales.
Mr McMahon said that Jonathan would also join the Executive Committee leadership team.
“I look forward to seeing the benefits of his industry experience, clear thinking and leadership skills culminate in this new senior role.
“I want to thank Andrew who joined us in August 2014 for his contributions particularly in the sales and marketing portfolio, setting the foundations for growth and driving improvement in the quality of customer service,” Mr McMahon concluded.
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