Meet the passionate team who power FareShare.
Leadership team
Daniel Moorfield
Chief Executive Officer
With an extensive career spanning over 25 years in the food sector and a passion for creating positive change in people’s lives, Daniel took the helm of SecondBite in September 2023. His impressive background includes leadership roles at various food businesses across Australia and Asia, with his most recent position being at McCormick, the world’s leading herb and spice company. In this capacity, he spearheaded growth and transformation, fostering sustainability and profitability.
Fiona Maxwell
Director of Community, Innovation and FareShare
Fiona’s career has spanned the non-profit, government and university sectors in Australia and the USA, including leadership positions at Philanthropy Australia, Brisbane Powerhouse, Next Wave Festival, and Artsupport Australia. Through these roles and as a board member of many organisations, Fiona has gained extensive experience supporting philanthropists, non-profits, advisors and intermediaries, and helping them build stronger, more sustainable relationships with supporters. When she isn’t developing key partnerships for FareShare Brisbane, she puts her expertise to good use as Deputy Chair of DVConnect, a state-wide domestic violence crisis service, and as a fellow of the Australia Council Arts Leaders Program.
Lucy Coward
Chief Operations Officer
Over the course of a 20 plus year career in Procurement, Supply Chain and International Business, Lucy has a proven ability to identify and realise cost savings and efficiencies. Lucy has a keen focus on leading and optimising complex supply chains in FMCG, agriculture and manufacturing in Australia and internationally. Lucy began her career providing export and international business development advice to food, beverage, agricultural and FMCG companies. She has built a strong technical skillset in procurement, logistics, negotiation and international supply chain management.
Melanie Fisher
Chief People Officer
Melanie brings a wealth of experience in People & Culture (P&C) functions, with 18 years in HR operations and leadership roles worldwide. Melanie has a proven track record of managing large teams and
leading program and project delivery, driving enterprise-wide change and
people-centric strategic programs. Melanie has sucessfully optimised P&C functions for several large organisations and has a stong foundation in designing leadership, induction, and professional development programs.
Jo Swift
Director of Philanthropy & Transformation
Jo’s extensive history in the for-purpose sector includes youth homelessness, education scholarships, NDIS programs, leadership programs and now food rescue. She has held numerous Board positions in the peak body and start up space and membership on several Ministerial Advisory Committees. Jo is a member of the AICD and Women on Boards.
Kevin Shim
Director of Finance
Kevin has extensive experience in finance management in NPOs, having previously worked as Finance Manager at Multiple Sclerosis and at South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network where he successfully managed the rapid growth of the business.
Solly Fahiz
Director of Government Relations & Strategy
Solly brings considerable experience as a skilled management and strategy consultant and nearly a decade working in the highest levels of politics and government. Solly has also served in an Executive Management role in the TAFE sector and as a consultant assisting clients with government and stakeholder relations. His near decade in politics included as Chief of Staff and Adviser to State and Federal Ministers, and as a Media Advisor to a State Premier.
Emma Watts
Director of Fundraising & Communications
Emma has held numerous leadership roles within the NPO, government and corporate arenas, heading up fundraising, communications and stakeholder engagement in the conservation, social services, and animal welfare sectors. Emma has coupled her professional career with a strong volunteer history, including roles as a wildlife rescuer and Non-Executive Board Director at Animal Aid and The Thin Green Line.
Operations and volunteering
Tania Visentini
Production Manager
Leads our Melbourne kitchen team responsible for cooking thousands of nutritious meals every day.
James Fien
Production Manager
Heads our Brisbane kitchen established in 2018 to provide nutritious, cooked meals for vulnerable Queenslanders.
Isabel Menssink
Garden Program Manager
Leads our kitchen garden teams and plans our vegetable crops and harvests across three sites in Melbourne.
Jason Mollenhauer
First Nations Officer
Coordinates our Meals for the Mob program, providing free, nutritious meals to First Nations communities from our Brisbane kitchen.
Our board is made up of committed, experienced members of the Australian community who kindly donate their time and experience to help FareShare feed as many people as possible.
Board
Simone Carson AM | SecondBite Co-Founder
Simone is a co-founder of SecondBite and was appointed Director in September 2006.
Simone was a Registered Nurse with a keen focus on children's health. Simone worked in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital and co-ordinated research projects for the Infectious Diseases Department. She also gained a certificate in Paediatric Intensive Care and subsequently became a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Simone completed a Bachelor of Education at La Trobe University and the Graduate Company Directors Course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Simone has a special interest in volunteers who are the "golden thread" enabling the significant growth and expansion of SecondBite's work in the community and relationships within the food security sector. Simone is a member of the SecondBite Volunteer Committee and a Trustee of the SecondBite Future Trust. Until 2019, she was a board member of the St Vincent's Institute Foundation.
In recognition of Simone’s tireless work in the community, she was inducted into the Victorian Honor Roll of Women in 2016, made a member of the Order of Australia in 2017 and awarded Melbournian of the Year in 2018. Simone was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2018 and will be looking to improve food rescue in Australia by examining best practices globally.
David Harris OAM | Co-Chair
David joined FareShare when it was known as One Umbrella and production in the kitchen was just 1000 meals per week. During his tenure of 23 years, David has watched the staff and volunteers in awe as production has risen to more than 60,000 meals a week. In addition to his formal involvement, David has been a regular participant in the annual Upstream Challenge, a sponsored walk, raising significant funds for FareShare. David was also a member of the Foodbank Victoria Board for 12 years, retiring in 2017.
David is a director and part-owner of the TIC Group and is involved in a number of other private companies. A Certified Public Accountant, he has been a long-serving member of the FareShare Board
Joel Mahemoff | Co-Chair
Joel joined the board of SecondBite in April 2023 and became chairperson later that year.
Joel is currently the Chief Executive Officer of JGL Investments having joined the group in October 2001. JGL Investments is one of Australia’s most prolific private investment groups with a diverse range of interests in Australia and internationally.
In addition to his role as CEO Joel maintains private company directorships for a number of global and domestic strategic investments of the Group. He is the Founding Partner of Capital Zed, a private venture capital fund focused on investing in high-growth companies in the tech and consumer segments. JGL’s Employee Philanthropy is a long-time supporter of SecondBite where Joel chairs the allocations committee.
Joel worked for several years in the UK within the Investment Banking arm of CIBC World Markets. He was involved in the early establishment of CIBC’s European Leveraged Finance business. Prior to this, Joel worked as an analyst in Macquarie Bank’s Corporate Advisory/Investment Banking Division. He completed two years as a solicitor with Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks in their Structured Finance/Taxation and Corporate departments.
Joel graduated from Monash University with LLB (Hons)/BComm (Hons) and is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
David Lomax
Dave was appointed Director of SecondBite in February 2018 and is Chair of the SecondBite Finance & Risk Committee. Dave is a Partner in the Ernst & Young (EY) Transaction Diligence team with over 17 years of professional experience in the UK and Australia covering M&A and Audit. Since joining the EY Transaction Diligence team in 2006, Dave has gained significant financial due diligence experience, working with clients on a number of significant Australian and international M&A transactions.
Dave sponsored SecondBite through the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program in 2015, in which SecondBite was crowned EY Southern Region 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
Dave is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Sandra Dudakov OAM
Sandy Dudakov was a building project manager before joining One Umbrella, the forerunner to FareShare. In her time she has seen the charity grow from collecting food in private cars to now having nine refrigerated vans driving around Melbourne, and from having to cook in borrowed kitchens to operating Australia’s largest charity kitchens in two states. Sandy is especially pleased to have been around to see the Wrongs & Other Acts 2002 passed in Parliament which by offering legal protection encourages businesses to donate safe food to charities.
Paul Conroy
Paul Conroy is the CEO of The Ian Potter Foundation. He has extensive experience in the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. This includes practising as a corporate lawyer in Australia, Asia and the UK, working as Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Fosters' Group Ltd and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd as well as a number of executive and chief executive roles in Australia and the US. Paul has also been a director of a number of for-purpose organisations, including as Chairman of the Summer Foundation, which supports and empowers young people with disabilities.
Andrew Mossop
Andy has over 20 years of experience working in retail across both Australia and Europe. He is currently Executive General Manager for Fresh at Coles and alongside his team he is responsible for managing the end-to-end functions of Produce, Meat, Deli, Seafood and Bakery. Outside of this commercial customer facing role he is also responsible for Store Development and the Coles Local format. Prior to working at Coles Andy held multiple roles across Tesco, Amazon and WHSmith covering marketing, Telco, franchising and online pure play through both retail and marketplace.
Sam Schachna
Sam was appointed Director of SecondBite in July 2016 and is a member of the Risk and Finance Committee. Sam has over 18 years of experience across the Consumer Goods, Financial and IT Advisory Services industries. Sam's professional career commenced at KPMG, where for over six years he led projects and provided strategic, regulatory and financial advice to leading blue-chip clients.
In 2008, Sam joined Menora Foods, a national leader in fast moving consumer goods. As Managing Director, Sam led a nation-wide team of over 150 staff with responsibility across domestic and international operations. In 2015, Menora was acquired by Monde Nissin, one of the leading branded food manufacturers in the ASEAN region. In 2017, Sam co-founded Simple Foods that developed and marketed a range of innovative natural and organic brands across major retailers in Australia and New Zealand. Simple Foods was acquired in July 2019.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Systems from Monash University.
Chris Campbell
Chris is the CEO of Citywide Service Solutions Pty, a leading physical services company in Australia. Prior to this, he had more than 30 years’ experience in the resources sector, including with BHP Billiton, in various senior executive roles. More recently, Chris has acted as a non-executive director, including with the Victorian Government’s Metropolitan Partnership, and for innovation company Breakthrough Technology. He has been a ‘friend’ of FareShare for a number of years, participating in volunteering opportunities himself, and also with colleagues and teams from Citywide.
Patron
Charles Goode AC
Our Patron: Mr Charles Goode is the Chairman of Australian United Investment Company Ltd, Diversified United Investment Ltd and Flagstaff Partners. He retired in February 2010 as Chairman of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group after serving as a director for four years and as Chairman for 15 years. He retired in July 2007 as Chairman of Woodside Petroleum Limited after serving as a director for 19 years and as Chairman for eight years. Mr Goode has a wide range of community interests, including chairing The Ian Potter Foundation, one of Australia's largest philanthropic foundations, for many years. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2001.