Meet the team from Australia Ingredients

Mark, Head of Ingredient Sales Australia, is in his seventh year at Fonterra, bringing over 20 years of sales experience across FMCG and the sporting industry. With a strong health and nutrition background, he is a firm advocate of dairy’s nutritional benefits. Mark is highly customer-focused, committed to excellence, and dedicated to building strong relationships with both customers and colleagues. A results-driven and dynamic leader, he is passionate about inspiring teams and driving purpose.

Outside of work, Mark enjoys playing golf, staying active, and spending quality time with his family. ​

Mirza is a Sales Manager for Oceania focusing on ingredients sales in Australia. In his role, Mirza offers commodity based dairy solutions across a portfolio of Multi Nationals. He is a Marketer with a flare for sales, with +20 years’ experience in the FMCG industry across multiple markets. Mirza joined the co-op in 2014 gaining experience across the consumer and export businesses.

With a passion for people, strategy, and innovation – Mirza creates solutions for our customers for mutual benefit and sustained growth. In his spare time, he enjoys a wide range of sports, travelling and cooking.​

Steve has dedicated over 25 years to the dairy industry. He began his career in quality and technical roles before transitioning into ingredients sales. His deep expertise and understanding of dairy enables him to collaborate effectively with clients across all sectors of the food industry, fostering mutually beneficial, long-term relationships. Steve has a special interest in value-added ingredients including nutritional's, proteins, and probiotics, which allows him to stay at the cutting edge of new product developments.

Outside of work, Steve enjoys spending time with friends and family, exploring new destinations, is trying to learn Spanish and indulging in his passion for sports.

Michael is a sales manager for Fonterra Oceania working within the domestic ingredient landscape. In this role, Michael manages a diverse range of customers including domestic re-sellers, cheese processors, multinationals and animal nutrition. Michael has over 17 years’ experience in FMCG and joined Fonterra in December 2020.

Michael is known for his passion and willingness to achieve optimal solutions in challenging environments whilst remaining focused on achieving mutually beneficial results for our customers. ​

Penny has been with Fonterra Australia for over 11 years, with the last 9 years dedicated to the ingredients sector. She began her journey with Fonterra as a Customer Service Executive before transitioning into a Sales Operation Executive role, where her "make it happen" attitude, customer-led outcomes, and ability to think outside the box shone through. ​ Over the years, Penny has cultivated strong customer relationships and built a solid rapport across all levels of the business creating win-win solutions for all parties involved. Her easy going approach and willingness to assist with any task have contributed to both her personal and professional growth.

Desiree has been with the co-op for over 20 years and has held multiple roles throughout her tenure including supply chain operations, and export giving her an all round understanding of the Fonterra business. Desiree has been instrumental in creating processes and procedures to streamline multiple workflows, adding significant value, by improving efficiency across operational business units. More recently in her role as an Account Executive in the Australian Ingredients team, Desiree offers support in delivering ingredients solutions to a wide range of customers including multinationals.

In her free time, she combines her passion for travel and the outdoors, enjoys hiking and experiencing different cuisines and spending time with friends and family. ​

As Sales Manager for Ingredients at Fonterra, Rhamon excels in building and nurturing customer relationships. With over 20 years of sales experience, he has a strong background in Account Management and people development, spanning foodservice and dairy ingredients. He plays an integral role in our ingredients business, focusing on the Advanced Nutrition Channel, particularly proteins.

​ Rhamon consistently drives profitable sales growth by creating and implementing clear, mutually beneficial strategies. His success is evident in the recognition and trust he has earned from customers, who see Fonterra as a vital partner. ​

Melissa is a bubbly person with excellent communication skills. Having spent 15 plus years working in high demand and fast-paced environments where attention to detail is essential, Melissa thrives in this customer centric role.

​ Melissa focuses to achieve positive outcomes which support the Fonterra business and her customers. She enjoys the challenge to ‘think outside the box’ to exceed expectations. Melissa will go above and beyond to ensure positive results and maintain thriving customer relationships. ​

As a Sales Operation Executive at Fonterra Australia, specialising in Ingredients, Renee brings over 20 years of sales experience. Her career journey began in Food Service, where she worked as a Distributor Manager at Anchor Food Professionals.

With a proven track record of exceeding expectations, Renee has honed her skills in sales and customer service, excelling in roles that require a deep understanding of customer dynamics and effective sales strategies. She is always seeking opportunities to expand her skill set, embracing new challenges to deliver results that meet and exceed targets while cultivating strong relationships both internally and externally. ​

Amelia joined the co-op in 2022; as the global brand manager for our Food Service business; Anchor Food Professionals. She was appointed to her role in the ingredients business in 2024 and brings with her a vast background in various global consumer product businesses.

Focused on insights, market trends, new product innovation, and sustainability. Amelia works to bring solutions our customers to enable them to expand and grow their business through valuable dairy solutions.

Sandra has been with Fonterra in the Ingredients team for nearly 2 years. She is endlessly curious about products and their applications, and internal processes and how to make them better. Sandra is passionate about being the customer's voice within Fonterra and simplifying the Fonterra experience for the customer. Sandra is working on expanding her sales and account management capabilities and loves finding solutions that work for her customers .

When she isn’t working, Sandra is one of the crazy people swimming at sunrise in Port Phillip Bay year around, enjoys camping and barracks for the Geelong Cats. ​

Vic has been in the Fonterra network for 17 years and leading the Fonterra Australia Domestic Ingredients business for the past 3 years. Recently Vic’s responsibilities have expanded to include the Oceania Foodservice business, a reflection of her leadership skills and strong business acumen. With a passion for food, people and innovation, Victoria is dedicated to making the Fonterra experience a positive one across the enterprise and for all those we touch.

When she is not working, you’ll find Vic either doing some form of physical activity (preferably on a surfboard) or chilling at home with friends and family over good food and wine.