Senior Management

Jim Leighton

BACHELOR OF ARTS, MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jim joined Ingham’s in November 2018 as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Jim has more than 40 years of experience in fast‑moving consumer goods, most recently as the President and Founder of 40 North Foods, a start‑up venture backed by global companies Pilgrims Pride and JBS. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer, Interim CEO and Director at Boulder Brands where he played a key role scaling the business and ultimately selling it to Pinnacle Foods. He also spent seven years at Perdue Farms, including serving as President of the company’s global Food Group.

Jim also serves as an Independent Non‑Executive Director of Aryzta AG.

Gary Mallett

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (ACCOUNTING)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Gary joined Ingham’s in 2019. He is responsible for the company’s financial and management reporting, treasury, investor relations, governance and information technology. Gary has more than 30 years’ experience in a range of senior finance roles with ASX listed companies including Brambles and Origin Energy. Prior to joining Ingham’s, Gary was Chief Financial Officer at Senex Energy. Gary also serves as secretary and director on a number of Inghams Group subsidiary companies.

Jonathan Gray

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NEW ZEALAND

Jonathan joined Ingham’s in 2008. He is responsible for leading the New Zealand business and managing all operations, sales and marketing as well as support services. Jonathan’s experience in the company includes executive responsibility across Australia and New Zealand, having previously held the roles of Sales and Marketing Director based in Australia and General Manager, Sales and Marketing for New Zealand. He has more than 18 years’ experience in retail sales in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. Prior to joining Ingham’s, he held senior positions with Countdown Supermarkets and Marks and Spencer.

Tim Singleton

BACHELOR OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Tim joined Ingham’s in 2019. He is responsible for Ingham’s Australian operations, spanning primary processing, further processing, warehousing and logistics, quality, continuous improvement, engineering, regulatory compliance, and our turkey farming, operations and strategy development. Tim joined from Case Farms in the US, where he held the position of Vice President. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the poultry industry, including in key operational roles at Pilgrim’s Pride, Simmons Prepared Foods and Tyson Foods.

Chris Croese

CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER

Chris joined Ingham’s in 2019 and brings more than 30 years’ experience in retail operations, sales and customer relationship management in the poultry and broader food industry. He has held senior leaderships roles with Woolworths, most recently as the Head of Meat, and prior to that had senior roles with Beak and Johnston, Harris Farm and Hans Smallgoods.

Seb Brandt

BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

Seb joined Ingham’s in 2019. Seb has more than 20 years’ marketing experience in the food and beverage, QSR and retail categories, having held prior roles with companies including Fosters, McDonald’s, PepsiCo and Red Bull. Seb’s skills and passion lie in creating new business through the innovation, development and implementation of brand and consumer strategies.

Anne‑Marie Mooney

BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
CHIEF AGRIBUSINESS OFFICER

Anne‑Marie joined Ingham’s in 2018. She is responsible for leading our farming, feedmill and procurement with a focus on continually improving the nutrition and welfare of our animals. She was previously General Manager Milling Operations, and Feed Business Director. Anne‑Marie has more than 20 years of experience across the energy and agriculture sectors, including senior executive roles in both commercial and operational areas at Ridley Corporation Ltd.

Grant Kerswell

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT), MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

Grant joined Ingham’s in 2019. Grant provides strategic advice and support in the core areas of people, culture and communications, including organisational development, performance management, capability, talent and succession, recruitment, remuneration and workplace relations. Grant brings more than 20 years of extensive leadership experience in the human resources function from previous leadership roles at Arnott’s Biscuits/Campbell Soup in the Asia Pacific Region, Broadspectrum, Coca‑Cola Amatil and Seven Network.

Edward Alexander

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (ECONOMICS, FINANCE)
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Ed joined the Ingham’s team in 2015 where he supported the organisation to create value through operational excellence initiatives. He went on to lead the implementation of our five‑year strategy as General Manager, Transformation and was promoted to Chief Strategy Officer in 2020. He brings more than 10 years’ experience in strategy and integrated business planning through his previous roles at Aon Risk Solutions and Ernst & Young.

David Matthews

BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS, BACHELOR OF LAWS
GENERAL COUNSEL AND COMPANY SECRETARY

David joined Ingham’s in 2015. David has more than 30 years’ experience as a lawyer with international law firms in Australia and the United Kingdom and with large, listed global companies. Prior to joining Ingham’s, he was General Counsel and Company Secretary of Fonterra Co‑operative Group, Telcom New Zealand’s Australian operations, and Arnott’s Biscuits/Campbell Soup in the Asia Pacific Region.