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Mimmo Lubrano

Mimmo Lubrano is the CEO of Sandhurst Fine Foods and has been working alongside his brother Ray for the past 28 years.

Years of experience gives Mimmo his in-depth knowledge and understanding of food cultures and products from across the globe and foodservice in general. He is an extremely accomplished presenter and loves to share his knowledge, so it’s no surprise to see him speaking on stage at industry events and masterclasses.

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Nathan Quigley

Nathan Quigley is an Associate Director of Crossman Communications (Sydney). Nathan has 15 years international Public Relations (PR) experience, working in senior strategic roles on some of the world’s most high profile QSR and FMCG brands. Award winning, he has proven expertise in the issues management, consumer and CSR practice areas of PR.
 

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Nick Sargent

Nick Sargent is Head of ANZ Delivery Advertising at Uber Advertising, leading a team that looks after the business' QSR customers. 

With almost 20 years of strategic sales, advertising, and digital media experience, Nick is a seasoned leader in the industry. He spent the last three years establishing and leading the restaurants advertising business at Uber Advertising for Australia & New Zealand. 

Prior to joining Uber Advertising, Nick spent nine years at Google as the Industry Manager across the QSR, Retail, Tech & Telcos industries, leading Google partnerships teams for Australian enterprise businesses.

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Paola Tanner

Paola Tanner is the director of Fuse. Fuse is an agency wholly dedicated to helping franchise chains achieve excellence in marketing implementation across all channels. FUSE is launching a new system in November to address all 5 points discussed in this article. Fuse clients get free use of the Fuse online portal to execute their marketing at local and national level both in traditional and digital channels.

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Paul Sharpe

Paul Sharpe is the General Manager of Australia/New Zealand at FranConnect. Paul is responsible for all go-to-market activities for FranConnect in ANZ including strategy, sales, customer success, and the continued growth of all FranConnect product lines in ANZ. 

A creative business and sales leader with demonstrated capability in transforming and building high-performing teams within the B2B Information Technology Services sector, Paul has also held senior leadership roles at Nexon, IBM, Samsung, and NTT Ltd, with extensive experience leading sales, product, and marketing teams.  

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Peter Buckingham

Peter Buckingham is the Managing Director of Spectrum Analysis Australia Pty Ltd, a Melbourne based mapping and statistics consultancy, a Certified Management Consultant, and Victorian Chapter President of the Institute of Management Consultants.

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Peter George

Peter George is the Executive Chairman of Retail Food Group.

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Peter J Caddick

Peter J Caddick is the Co-Founder of The Social Ammo. Peter and the Social Ammo team have been proud to provide pro-bono work and all the social media content for this years CEO Cook Off.

The Social Ammo believe in jointly helping businesses and NPO's tell their story through Social. In the process we hope our circular structure will become an example to others to follow.

Peter landed in Australia in 2008 with only some bright ideas and a passion for creating brands with inspiration. Jump forward to 2014, after a establishing a successful national cafe franchise brand Charlie Lovett, Peter now embarks on a new creative dream.

A social enterprise called The Social Ammo. Pioneering disruptive technologies, innovating social content and jointly delivering value to charities and companies in a circular structure. Social Ammo is changing the way social media is used and perceived in the business landscape.  

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Rachael Sutton

Rachael Sutton is a partner with the law firm Holman Webb.


Telephone: (02) 9390 8422

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Rachel Scoular

Rachel Scoular is a leading media dietitian, nutritionist and food industry consultant, with a wealth of experience in industry and manufacturing. Rachel is passionate about innovation and specialises in recipe generation, new product development and nutrition communications. She is well-trusted in the field with a notable social media following of over 25,000. Rachel currently consults in the QSR space and food manufacturing sector, assisting small start-ups, mid-tier and nationwide brands to achieve success.

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