Our experienced and diverse senior management team is led by our Managing Director Matt Wilson. Meet the team below.
Matt has been with DB since 2009 and has held the role of Managing Director since January 2022. He is an experienced senior executive who has worked in New Zealand, Asia and Europe across multiple sectors.
During his time with HEINEKEN, Matt has held various roles across the legal, corporate affairs, strategic transformation and general management functions. In 2016, he moved to HEINEKEN Vietnam, one of the largest operations within HEINEKEN globally, before returning to New Zealand and DB in 2020. Prior to joining DB, Matt worked in Europe and in New Zealand in legal and banking.
Darron joined DB as Supply Chain Director from Walter & Wild in NZ where he was Head of Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, and Procurement. As Supply Chain Director, Darron is responsible for driving world class manufacturing through production, planning, logistics, and customer service across DB’s four production sites, developing and implementing an integrated supply chain plan, and growing a high-performance team. Darron has previously held Director and COO roles covering operations, engineering, and supply chain in the FMCG sector.
Karyn O’Loughlin is DB’s General Counsel. Prior to joining DB, she spent four years as Senior Legal Counsel at McDonald’s New Zealand Head Office. Karyn prides herself on providing high quality, pragmatic commercial advice to all areas of the business, and enjoys the fast-paced environment within which DB operates. She has been instrumental in enhancing DB’s commercial interests across numerous projects and initiatives.
Lisa is the Finance Director at DB, bringing with her broad commercial experience from the FMCG industry. Her previous roles have spanned commercial finance, revenue management, category management, and demand planning at senior levels, with her most recent role as Head of Commercial Finance at Woolworths NZ. Lisa is driven to improve the sustainable financial performance of DB, and champion the finance team as key influencers and trusted advisers within the business.
Dick joined DB as Digital & Technology Director, having previously spent seven years in Germany as the Chief Transformation Officer and Director Digital & Technology for HEINEKEN.
Dick’s career began as a management trainee in the Netherlands and has been responsible for shaping and driving a broad scope of cross-functional initiatives within HEINEKEN International, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany. In his current role, Dick is responsible for further unlocking our digitally enabled business transformation agenda.
Christiaan is the Sales Director, having previously spent four years as the Head of Off Premise Sales at DB. Christiaan has built a reputation for and is passionate about delivering commercial results, inspiring customers and building high performing teams. Christiaan has a strong multi-channel FMCG background, having previously spent time in senior sales roles with many of NZ’s favourite food and beverage brands.
Emily is the People Director at DB, she has had a career in FMCG spanning 17 years, leading teams in New Zealand and internationally but most recently, as Chief People Officer at Star Hospitality.
Emily is passionate about growing and developing our people and leading the People function to help deliver the aspirations of DB Breweries.
Amber is DB’s Corporate Affairs Director. She and her team are responsible for leading the government relations and communications agendas, as well as driving DB’s ambitious Brewing a Better New Zealand sustainability programme, which includes carbon neutral production by 2030 and leading a safe and social drinking culture.
Amber is an accomplished communications professional with experience working across the public and private sectors, both agency and in-house. She has a passion for people, the planet and for strategic communications solutions that drive business results.
Fraser is the Marketing Director at DB, with a broad range of expertise in the FMCG industry. Fraser joined DB from Nestle NZ where he was Head of Marketing – Brand, Shopper & Digital, and before that held senior marketing roles in FMCG across New Zealand and the UK. As Marketing Director, Fraser is responsible for the leadership, development, communication, and implementation of our strategic marketing plan and the Marketing team.
