Our Board

MAICD

James Kostarakis is a Director of Countrywide Australasia Limited and member of the Finance Risk and Audit Committee. Mr Kostarakis is the Managing Director of Fastrac Foodservice which was established in 1991; a second-generation family owned and operated Foodservice Distributor in Victoria. James has worked in many roles including sales, marketing, purchasing, supplier negotiations, corporate governance, compliance, finance, as well as logistics and warehousing. James has over 20 years’ experience in the Foodservice sector.

Trevor is Managing Director of Sydney Food & Packaging Wholesalers Pty Ltd. It is a family run foodservice distributor established in 2004. We are associated with NAFDA, one of the largest groups of independent foodservice operators in Australasia. Our HACCP accreditation and fully audited set of procedures provide our customers with peace of mind when ordering through SFPW.

Cath Fifoot has over 20 years FMCG experience, spanning both Sales & Category. She has broad channel exposure having worked in several diverse categories, with the last 2.5 years being in Foodservice. Cath is currently the Commercial Director Oceania for Lamb Weston Australia, leading both Sales & Marketing for the business. She will bring multi-channel & diverse industry thinking, in conjunction with a strong supplier lens. Cath is excited to be a part of IFDA and its critical agenda.

Brad Lee is the Head of Food Service at Bega. He was formerly the CEO of NAFDA Foodservice, an Australian public company comprising of 52 family owned and operated independent food distribution shareholders with sales revenue in excess of $1.4b.