David Kirk
Chairman
David is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Bailador Investment Management and is Chairman of Bailador Technology Investments, Forsyth Barr Group, and the NZ Rugby Players Association. He sits on the Board of various Bailador portfolio companies and charitable organisations including KiwiHarvest and the Sydney Festival.
Mr Kirk’s Executive Management career included roles as the CEO of Fairfax Media and CEO and Managing Director PMP Limited. David was Chief Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1992 to 1994 and was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in London prior to that.
David is a Rhodes Scholar with degrees in Medicine from Otago University and Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
Michael Daly
Executive Director
Joined Rip Curl in 2002 and fulfilled the roles of CFO and then COO before being appointed to the CEO of Rip Curl in January 2013. While based predominantly in the Torquay head office, Michael spent over two years in the USA for Rip Curl. Prior to joining Rip Curl, Michael spent 10 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers across Australia and the USA specialising in servicing mining industry clients with debt or equity registered in the USA.
John Harvey
Non-Executive Director
John is a professional Director with a background in accounting and professional services. He has over 35 years professional experience, including 23 years as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he also held a number of leadership and governance roles.
He retired from PwC in 2009. Mr Harvey has extensive experience in financial reporting, governance, information systems and processes, initial public offerings, business evaluation, acquisitions and mergers.
Mr Harvey is currently a non-Executive Director of Stride Property, Investore Property, Heartland Bank, Napier Port and Kathmandu Holdings. Former non-Executive director roles include APN News & Media, Port Otago, Ballance Agri-Nutrients and New Zealand Opera.
Andrea Martens
Non-Executive Director
Andrea has extensive executive leadership experience having spent over 20 years working with some of the world’s best known-brands and organisations.
She is currently the CEO of ADMA and has previously held roles as the Global Chief Marketing Officer for Jurlique International, and Managing Director and VP Marketing, Home and Personal Care for Unilever Australia and New Zealand.
Andrea is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and named as one of the top 50 CMOs in Australia by CMO Magazine. Andrea was appointed to the board of HYG Holdco Pty Limited (trading as Hoyts) in July 2021.
Brent Scrimshaw
Non-Executive Director
Brent has extensive experience leading and growing consumer brands around the world including an 18-year career with Nike Inc across Marketing, Commerce and General Management in three continents. He led Brand marketing for Nike Pacific, was the Regional GM for Nike North America in New York, was also the Chief Marketing Officer for Nike EMEA. Brent also served as Vice President and Chief Executive of Nike Western Europe leading Nike's European operations from Amsterdam. Brent subsequently founded Unscriptd, a sports technology and media business sold to The Players’ Tribune (a large USA media company) in 2019. He was previously a director of Action Sports Co Fox Head Inc in Irvine California and a non-executive director of Catapult International (CAT).
Brent is currently the CEO of Enero Group (EGG) and currently holds a Non-Executive Director role with ASX listed Rhinomed Limited (RNO).
Phillip Bowman
Non-Executive Director
Philip has extensive experience in retail including fifteen years as a director of Burberry. Other roles include CFO of Bass, CEO of Bass Taverns, Executive Chairman of Liberty PLC, CEO of Allied Domecq, CEO of Scottish Power, CEO of Smiths Group and Chairman of Coral Eurobet and Miller Group.
He has also held office as an independent director of BSkyB, Scottish & Newcastle Group and Berry Bros. & Rudd.
He currently sits on the boards of Ferrovial SA, Better Capital PCC and is Chairman of Sky Network Television Ltd, and Majid al Futtaim Properties.
Abby Foote
Non-Executive Director
Abby is a professional director with over 12 years’ governance experience, including publicly listed and Crown companies. With qualifications in both law and accounting, Abby's career has covered both disciplines, focusing on corporate finance, treasury and commercial transactions. Abby currently serves on the boards of Z Energy Limited, Sanford Limited and Freightways Limited. Abby’s previous governance roles include TVNZ, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Transpower New Zealand, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) and the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA).
Michael Daly
Group Chief Executive Officer
Joined Rip Curl in 2002 and fulfilled the roles of CFO and then COO before being appointed to the CEO of Rip Curl in January 2013. While based predominantly in the Torquay head office, Michael spent over two years in the USA for Rip Curl. Prior to joining Rip Curl, Michael spent 10 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers across Australia and the USA specialising in servicing mining industry clients with debt or equity registered in the USA.
Chris Kinraid
Group Chief Financial Officer
Joined Kathmandu in 2014, with over 10 years in senior group finance and analyst roles at FMCG, pharmaceutical, and technology multinationals including Cadbury, Alliance Boots and Tait Communications.
Chris began his career in audit at PwC.
Reuben Casey
Chief Executive Officer | Kathmandu
Joined Kathmandu in May 2010 with over 10 years experience in senior financial management roles, including TaylorMade-adidas Golf, Meridian Energy, and KPMG.
Brooke Farris
Chief Executive Officer | Rip Curl
Since joining Rip Curl in 2010, Brooke’s journey has seen her run Rip Curl surf events around the world, lead exponential sales growth online as the GM of Digital, become the first female to join the company’s global executive team, and was most recently GM of Women’s.
In the water Brooke is an avid surfer and former competitor, with 2x Australian Surfing Championships and 3 x WA State Titles on her record. On land she has followed her passion and set out in her career to empower growth and equality in women’s surfing. Surfing has been a consistent thread throughout Brooke’s life and has given her the ability to live her passion daily. She hopes to support the growth of surfing in Australia and ensure its future.
Amy Beck
President Obōz
Joined Oboz / Kathmandu in 2019 and has extensive experience in the outdoor and fashion industries with a wide range of skills including retail, brand marketing, distribution strategy, and sales management.
More recently, Amy held executive roles at Smartwool and Lucy Activewear, both part of VF Corporation.
Tony Roberts
Group Legal Counsel
Joined Rip Curl over 20 years ago after commencing his legal career with Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills) in the mergers and acquisitions field, followed by 3 years with boutique corporate advisory firm Centaurus. Tony has acted as Rip Curl’s Group Legal Counsel throughout his time with the company, as well as taking on the role of Rip Curl’s Group CFO from 2013 to 2017.
Jolann van Dyk
Group Chief Information Officer
Joined Kathmandu in July 2014 with over 20 years’ experience implementing all-of-business solutions, across a wide range of industry sectors, to deliver business outcomes. Prior roles with Farmlands, Intergen, HP Enterprise, and Ernst & Young.
Frances Blundell
General Manager ESG and Company Secretary
Frances joined Kathmandu in early 2017 as legal counsel, with over 10 years’ experience in corporate advisory roles with Anthony Harper (Christchurch) and Bristows (London).
After taking up the Company Secretary responsibilities at the start of 2020, Frances is now leading the Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) strategies and initiatives for the Group.
