Bite Sides by Ausfine
Episodes
#14 John Williams: From Mitsui to ADPF — Value-Add, Milk Markets & The Future of Australian Dairy
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Williams is President of the Australian Dairy Products Federation (ADPF). His career spans Japanese trading house Mitsui, sales leadership at War...
#13 Jules Tahan: From Photography to Urban Angles — Creativity, Leadership & Resilience
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 13 - Jules Tahan: From Photography to Urban Angles — Creativity, Leadership & ResilienceJules Tahan is the Managing Director of Urban An...
#12 David Bongiorno: From Hospitality to Handmade Heritage — Scaling Alba Cheese the Right Way
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Bongiorno is the General Manager of Alba Cheese, a family-owned Melbourne business founded by his parents in 1981. After years in hospitality, i...
#11 Eliza Redfern: From Vet Dreams to Dairy Data — Shaping the Future at Dairy Australia
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eliza Redfern is an Analysis and Insights Manager at Dairy Australia, helping shape the industry’s understanding of milk production, supply, and m...
#10 Pete Findlay: Leading Bega, Lifting Productivity & Competing Globally
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Findlay is the CEO of Bega Group — one of Australia’s most iconic food companies and home to brands like Vegemite, Bega Cheese, and Dairy Far...
#9 David Williams: Inside the Big Deals That Shaped Australian Food & Ag
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Williams is the founder and Managing Director of Kidder Williams — and one of the most influential dealmakers in Australian agrifood. With a b...
#8 Barry Irvin: Dairy Farmer to Chairman — The Bega Story
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Irvin is the Chairman of Bega Cheese and one of Australia’s most respected agrifood leaders, best known for transforming Bega from a small reg...
#7 Jon Spainhour: Trading Floors, Dairy Futures & Why the World’s Watching Europe
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Spainhour is a Senior Broker and Partner at Ever.ag, one of the most influential firms in global dairy risk management. Jon’s career began in th...
#6 Steve Spencer & Jo Bills: Mapping the Future of Dairy – Freshagenda’s Global Impact & the Next Chapter with Ever.ag
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Spencer and Jo Bills are the co-founders of Freshagenda, now part of Ever.ag — a leading provider of global dairy market intelligence and stra...
#5 Tim Kidman: Building Brands with Purpose, B2B vs B2C, and the Relentless Drive Behind The Fuel Agency
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Kidman is the Founder and Managing Director of The Fuel Agency, a Melbourne-based brand and marketing agency focused on helping businesses uncover...
#4 Kylie Prout: From Chemical Engineering to Culture, Building HR from the Ground Up & Leading with PEAK
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Prout is Head of People and Culture at Ausfine Foods. Starting her career as a chemical engineer, Kylie has held diverse roles across automotive...
#3 Paula O'Toole: From Ireland to Ausfine, Logistics Mastery, AI Ambitions & Her Vision for Scalable Growth
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paula O’Toole is Chief Operations Officer at Ausfine Foods. Originally from Ireland, Paula moved to Australia in 2003 and has built a career spannin...
#2 Tom Wigan: Japanese Trading Roots, Ausfine USA’s Denver Launch, What the tariffs mean for Aussie beef
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Wigan is Vice President of Sales at Ausfine USA, the newest addition to the Ausfine Foods group. Tom joined Ausfine in 2020 with a background in i...
#1 Chris Scarlett: Ausfine's Founding Story, Trump's Tariffs, US Expansion and his next big move!
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Scarlett is Executive Chairman of Ausfine Foods and Co-Founder of Altrufood. Chris started at Ausfine foods in 1999, coming to work with his fat...