The a2 Milk Company has advised of several Executive Leadership Team (ELT) changes in respect of its ANZ business unit and the strategy and legal functions.
Eleanor Khor has resigned from her position of Managing Director - ANZ and Strategy to take up a new opportunity with another company.
“Eleanor has been a key member of our Executive Leadership Team, and I would like to personally thank her for her substantial contribution to the Company over the past seven years,” said David Bortolussi, Managing Director and CEO.
“Eleanor has been our Chief Strategy Officer since 2021, during which time we have refreshed the Company’s growth strategy and made significant progress in transforming our supply chain. Eleanor has led the ANZ business unit since 2023, driving improvements in brand health, employee and customer engagement, sales and earnings. We wish Eleanor all the best in the next stage of her career.”
As a result of Khor’s resignation, Jaron McVicar, currently Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer & Company Secretary, will take on leadership of the ANZ business unit while retaining executive responsibility for Sustainability as Managing Director – ANZ and Sustainability.
In his new ANZ leadership role, McVicar will focus on realising the full potential of the a2 MilkTM brand, primarily in the liquid milk category, and on evolving the Company’s supply chain in ANZ.
He joined a2MC in 2016 and has been extensively involved in a wide range of commercial and operational matters across the group, demonstrating broader leadership potential.
Kate Tidbury, currently a2MC’s Group Head of Legal, will join the ELT in the role of Chief Legal Officer, and replace McVicar as Company Secretary. She has been with a2MC since 2021, joining the Company from one of New Zealand’s leading law firms and working closely with McVicar and the rest of the ELT globally since then.
David Muscat, CFO, will assume leadership of the Corporate Strategy function, with the China Strategy and Analytics team reporting directly to Xiao Li, Chief Executive – Greater China.
This will align corporate strategy closely with other group functions and processes and provide ongoing business development support to China.
“I congratulate Kate on her promotion to the ELT, which reflects her strong leadership and technical capability, and Jaron, David and Xiao on their new areas of responsibility consistent with well-developed internal succession plans,” said Bortolussi.
Khor will be finishing up in her role at the end of March 2026, assisting with an orderly transition of the ANZ business unit leadership to McVicar over the next two months and the transition of the strategy function. All changes to the ELT will take effect at the end of March.
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