Meet The Team

David De Paoli - Owner / Managing Director

David created Austchilli in 1995 by drawing upon his experience in small crops, his knowledge as a qualified mechanical engineer and his passion for innovation.

Ian Gaffel - General Manager

Ian Gaffel as General Manager for the group since 2002 says the secret of our success has been in retaining the strength of our team and the strong relationships with our clients. 

Trent De Paoli - Technical Manager

In 2003 Trent joined Austchilli with over 12 years food industry experience, and as a qualified Food Technologist, he provides Technical Support to the Austchilli group. 

Ewen Holzberger - Operations Manager

Ewen started with the Austchilli group in early 2001. He's been at the coal face of the company's growth, implementing the strategies for our highly successful QA Systems incorporating SQF2000, HACCP, Australian Certified Organic and National Organic Program (NOP USA)to name but a few.

Peter Hanigan - Sales Development Executive

Peter joined the Austchilli team in January 2009 and with his expertise and experience is certain to help Austchilli maintain it's growth both at home and abroad.

Kim Mallyon - HR & New Directions Manager

Austchilli’s recent growth has allowed us the opportunity to bring into our team Kim Mallyon to support the Management team and staff in continually improving service to our clients.

 


Scott Hern - Production Manager

Scott has been the Production Manager at Auctchilli since March 2011 and has over 25 years of manufacturing experience.