Pure Dairy appoints new CCO

Dairy consulting company Pure Dairy has appointed Andrew Wellington as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

With over 20 years’ experience in the dairy and food processing industries, Wellington brings a wealth of expertise in operational leadership, market expansion and supply chain optimisation for the business at a pivotal time.

In April next year, Pure Dairy will be opening its own production facility in Dandenong South, which will feature state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, an R&D kitchen, logistics operations and the company’s corporate offices. The facility is designed to strengthen Pure Dairy’s ability to deliver innovative solutions for dairy and plant-based products.

The company’s new CCO has been immersed in the dairy industry ever since his early childhood. Having grown up on a dairy farm in northern Victoria, he started his career driving milk tankers and then completed a cadetship with Murray Goulburn and studied food technology at The University of Melbourne.

Over the following years, he held leadership positions across the dairy sector in both Australia and New Zealand. At Open Country Cheese, he served as General Manager of Operations before it rebranded as Open Country Dairy and he assumed the role of Group Projects Manager, heading national plant integration and capital projects. At Thermaflo NZ, he served as Technical Director, specialising in plant design. Most recently, Wellington was Chief Operating Officer at Union Dairy Company, where he managed large-scale operations with a focus on driving efficiency and innovation.

Adrian Josephson, Executive Chairman of Pure Dairy, said: “Andrew has the breadth of experience and insights to consolidate the work of our multidisciplinary teams. Through our international offices and network of partners, we have real-time data on everything, and this requires a leader who can immediately see the big picture.”

Established in 2011, Pure Dairy has evolved from a foundation in dairy commodity trading to include a full range of consulting and trade services across international commodity trading, foodservices and retail.

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