The Australian Food and Grocery Council has announced the appointment of Gary Dawson as the group's new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Dawson will begin his role at the end of July.

 

Chairman of the AFGC, Mr John Doumani, congratulated Gary on his appointment from a field of high calibre candidates.

 

“Gary brings tremendous experience and proven success at senior executive levels in both the public and private sectors, with a career spanning media, politics and business. Importantly, he also has experience in an Industry body, having worked as Director of Communications at the NSW Law Society.

 

Mr Dawson comes to the AFGC from Thales Australia where he is the senior executive in charge of corporate affairs, communications and strategy.  Prior to this he filled a similar role at the ABC, managing strategy and communications.

 

Mr Doumani also paid tribute to the leadership provided by Acting Chief Executive Dr Geoffrey Annison.

 

“Geoffrey is a great asset to the AFGC with tremendous knowledge of our industry and commitment to its ongoing growth.  The Board thanks him for providing steady leadership to the organisation until Gary’s arrival, and we are delighted that Geoffrey will continue as Deputy CEO beyond that date.”