Moa Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Left to right: Allan Scott, Craig Styris, Grant Baker, Geoff Ross, Kim Ellis, Alistair Ryan
Board of Directors

The Company has established a strong Board of Directors
with the balance of skills and experience necessary to best
position the Company to realise its growth opportunities.
The Board comprises two Independent Directors, three non-
executive Directors, and one Executive Director.

Grant Baker
Non-executive Chairman
Grant was Executive Chairman of 42 Below and is currently
Chairman of Dorchester Pacific and an Executive Director of Ecoya. Prior to that he served in a number of senior business positions, including Chief Executive and Director of Blue Star Group, during which time its revenues grew from $10 million to more than $1 billion. Grant also served as Chief Executive of Ubix Business Machines and Executive Chairman of electricity retailer Empower prior to its sale to Contact Energy in 2003. He was also Chairman and Founding Director of EFTPOS retailer, Netco, which was successfully developed and sold to Provenco Group in 2000. Grant is also Deputy Chairman of New Zealand cancer charity GICI (Gastro Intestinal Cancer Institute).

Geoff Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Geoff was the founder and CEO of 42 Below, which was a listed company for three years prior to its sale to Bacardi in late 2006. Geoff is also Chairman of Ecoya, an NZX listed company focused on the home fragrances and body care products market. Prior to 42 Below and Ecoya, he was a Managing Partner and Board Member of DDB Advertising for two years and was a Client Service Director and Management Team Member for Saatchi & Saatchi in Wellington for eight years. Geoff is also a Trustee of the Melanoma Foundation and Pure Advantage.

Geoff has a Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture).

Craig Styris
Non Executive Director
Craig is an Investment Director at Pioneer Capital, an investor in New Zealand businesses that are focused on growth in large international markets, and is responsible for helping to source and manage investments for Pioneer Capital. Craig is also a Director of Pukeko Pictures and INTL (formerly INRO Technologies), and an alternate director of Orthopaedic Synergy Inc. Prior to joining Pioneer Capital, Craig was an Associate Director at Craigs Investment Partners (then ABN AMRO Craigs) and an Associate at Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, in its Los Angeles head office.

Craig has a Graduate Diploma in Finance and a Bachelor of Management Studies (Accounting and Economics). Craig also completed a year of undergraduate studies at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

Allan Scott
Non Executive Director
Allan Scott is one of the pioneers of the wine industry in Marlborough and Managing Director of Allan Scott Wines, which produces estate wines from properties in Marlborough and Central Otago. Allan’s viticultural career began in 1973, when the first commercial vineyards were planted in Marlborough, after which Allan, and wife Catherine, established the family’s first vineyard in 1975 while holding senior viticultural positions with national wine companies.

Allan is a former Chairman of Marlborough Wine & Food Festival Committee, and Marlborough Winemakers, and is the current Chairman of the Wine and Food Network Group and Trustee Director of Destination Marlborough.

Allan was awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday honours in 2011.

Alistair Ryan
Independent Director
Alistair Ryan is a chartered accountant and company director. He has extensive corporate and financial experience in the listed company sector in New Zealand (and Australia), having been a founding executive of SKYCITY (from 1995), retiring from the company in June 2011 as Chief Financial Officer. Between 1995 and 2008, Alistair was also Company Secretary for SKYCITY. Prior to SKYCITY, Alistair was a corporate services partner with Ernst & Young in Auckland.

Alistair is an independent director for a number of companies. In addition to Moa, Alistair is a director of Kingfish, Barramundi, Marlin Global, Metlifecare and a Board Member of the New Zealand Racing Board.

Alistair has a Master of Commerce (Hons) in Accounting and is a member of the Instiute of Chartered Accountants, INFINZ, the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries.

Alistair is Chairman of the Company Audit and Risk Committee.

Kim Ellis
Independent Director
Kim has been a professional director since 2006,. He is currently chair of privately held EnviroWaste Services, public (unlisted) New Zealand Social Infrastructure Fund, and privately owned Macaulay Metals. In addition, he is a Director of NZSX-listed Freightways and privately held Tasman Tanning and Jucy Group. At the beginning of 2012, he was appointed an Advisor to the Board of Ballance Agri-Nutrients. He is also a member of the Trust Board of Wanganui Collegiate.

Prior to this Kim lead Waste Management NZ for 13 years, culminating in the company’s sale in 2006 for a valuation in excess of NZ$1 billion. During his tenure, Waste Management produced compound annual earnings growth in excess of 20%, completed in excess of 40 acquisitions and built a successful business in Australia. His earlier CEO appointments, dating back to 1978, covered a number of market sectors including health, manufacturing, distribution, transport, property, agriculture and fashion.

Kim has first class honours degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics.

Kim is Chairman of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee.

Moa Management Team

MOA MANAGEMENT:
Left to right: David Nicholls, Josh Scott, Gareth Hughes, Sunil Unka, Kelvin Ovington

Geoff Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Please see information to the left

Josh Scott
Founder and Executive Brewer
Josh Scott established Moa in 2004 and was one of the pioneering founders of the recent craft beer movement in New Zealand. Josh has 16 years winemaking experience, including the last eight years as head winemaker at the family owned Allan Scott Wines, and is a three time finalist for the Australasian young winemaker of the year. In addition, Josh has almost a lifetime of home-brewing experience (beginning at the age of 13).

When Josh returned home from overseas he was able to use knowledge and techniques learned while studying and winemaking in Sancerre (France) and Napa Valley (US) to create a New Zealand first by employing methode traditionelle techniques in Moa’s brewing. This in conjunction with Josh’s focus on structure, texture, balance and drinkability, gives Moa its distinctive winemaker’s spin on beer.

Josh has a Diploma in Viticulture and Wine Production from the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

Gareth Hughes
General Manager
Gareth joined Moa as New Zealand Sales Manager in September 2010 and was subsequently promoted to General Manager in September 2011, due to his proven ability to lead successful teams and the growth the business had realised in the prior 12 months. As a result of Gareth’s experience in the liquor industry and knowledge of beer, he was invited to judge at the 2012 Asian Beer Awards.

Having started as a sales professional at 16 years old, selling telecommunications products and services, Gareth worked his way into sales management roles in a number of different industries including telecommunications, print & digital media, liquor and direct marketing. Gareth has consistently been a top performer in all of these roles.

Gareth is vastly experienced in rapid growth businesses, having been involved with them throughout his career. Gareth was previously Sales Manager for 42 Below, responsible for sales of Stil Vodka and was the top salesperson at Empower for a number of years, contributing towards its strong growth in the period of 2000 to 2003.

Kelvin Ovington
Chief Financial Officer
Kelvin joined Moa as CFO in September 2010 and provides significant expertise in finance, distribution, production and commercial arrangements. Prior to Moa Kelvin was the CFO at 42 Below, driving the integration with Bacardi following the takeover in December 2006. During this time 42 Below also took responsibility for the sales, marketing and distribution of the wider Bacardi portfolio in New Zealand.

After commencing his career in fast moving consumer goods with Unilever in Wellington and Sydney, Kelvin moved to London where he held accounting and finance roles in a number of sectors including food processing (Tate & Lyle) and media (Discovery Networks Europe). Kelvin then returned to New Zealand where he joined Vodafone and was Head of Group Planning and Reporting prior to joining 42 Below.

Kelvin has conjoint Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Auckland and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (London).

Sunil Unka
Marketing Manager
Sunil joined Moa in September 2010 and launched its brand development initiatives – establishing the brand foundations and setting the brand strategy. Sunil has been instrumental in creating Moa’s super-premium positioning and a challenging marketing approach. Sunil has managed Moa’s successful marketing activity including executing Moa’s New Zealand Olympic sponsorship activity and growing its social media presence (growing Facebook page fan numbers from 300 to over 14,000).

Previously, Sunil was part of a dedicated team that managed the commercial strategy, technical developments and marketing for Air New Zealand’s highly successful grabaseat platform. In this role, Sunil was responsible for defining the brand, establishing an essence, core values and beliefs, creating an identity and personality to project, and setting a creative direction. Prior to this, Sunil was also the Marketing Manager for Hockey New Zealand where, among other things, he presided over the change from the NZ Hockey Federation to Hockey New Zealand and the official branding of the national teams as “Black Sticks”.

David Nicholls
Head Brewer
David has [over] 27 years commercial brewing experience and began home-brewing prior to this in 1977. David trained in London (Institute of Brewing and Distilling), Berlin (VLB) and Amsterdam (Heineken Technical Services).

Prior to joining Moa in February 2007 as Head Brewer, David was Technical Manager with Heineken in its St Lucia brewing facility, Brewery Manager at Heineken’s Papua New Guinea brewing facility, and Brewery Manager at Tui’s Mangatainoka facility.

David has extensive experience in implementing capital projects both in New Zealand and internationally, including: over US$8 million in projects to implement a staged bottling line upgrade and services replacement at the Windward and Leeward Brewery in St Lucia between 2001 and 2005; and over $2 million to upgrade water treatment and build a new keg line at the Tui Mangatainoka brewery between 1990 and 1992. In addition, David managed annual capital expenditure budgets of US$2–9 million between 1992 and 2005.

David holds a Bachelor of Technology with honours in Biotechnology and has a Diploma in Brewing from [London]. David is also a member of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas (past President, Caribbean section).