Management

• Xavier Simonet

  Group Chief Executive Officer

  

  Joined Kathmandu in June 2015 with over 20 years international experience in building brands and developing successful retail businesses in fashion, apparel, accessories and related products.
  
  Prior roles include CEO of Radley (London), VP & GM International of DB Apparel, 11 years at LVMH (primarily Asia-Pacific) and International Director of Seafolly.

• 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. Mr Kinraid is Company Secretary.
  
  
  
  

• 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.
  
  
  
  

• Michael Daly

  Chief Executive Officer - Rip Curl

  

  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 specializing in servicing mining industry clients with debt or equity registered in the USA.

• 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.
  
  
  

• 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.

• Caleb Nicolson

  Group Chief Supply Chain Officer

  

  Joined Kathmandu in 2007, with over 20 years’ experience across Supply Chain, Operations, IT, Project management and Financial functions including multiples head office roles within The Warehouse Group prior commencing at Kathmandu.
  
  
  

• Amy Beck

  President Obōz / Kathmandu North America

  

  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.