Pure Dairy has appointed Andrew Wellington as its newest chief commercial officer.
With over 20 years’ experience in the dairy and food-processing industries, Wellington brings a wealth of expertise in operational leadership, market expansion and supply chain optimisation.
Wellington’s appointment comes at a pivotal time. Servicing partners in 72 countries with end-to-end custom solutions, Pure Dairy has built a reputation as international thought leaders in dairy and will be pouring their intellectual capital into their very own production facility as of 2025.
Pure Dairy’s new, state-of-the-art $100M Victorian plant will provide Australian businesses with a competitive edge in the rapidly changing international market.
“Andrew has the breadth of experience and insights to consolidate the work of our multidisciplinary teams,” said Adrian Josephson, executive chairman of Pure Dairy.
“Through our international offices and network of partners, we have real-time data on everything, and this requires a leader who can immediately see the big picture. It’s key to being able to pivot – and we’re dealing with a very dynamic international market.
“For example, EU exports are currently hampered by the Red Sea shipping crisis and US-China tariff hikes are on the horizon. There are some major opportunities coming up for quality Australian dairy, and I can’t wait to see where Andrew takes Pure Dairy.”
Wellington has been immersed in the dairy industry ever since his early childhood. Having grown up on a dairy farm in northern Victoria, he started his career driving milk tankers and then completed a cadetship with Murray Goulburn and studied Food Technology at Melbourne University.
Over the following years, Andrew held leadership positions across the dairy sector in both Australia and New Zealand.
At Open Country Cheese, he served as general manager of Operations before it rebranded as Open Country Dairy and Andrew assumed the role of group projects manager, heading national plant integration and capital projects. At Thermaflo NZ, he served as technical director, specialising in plant design.
Most recently, Wellington was the chief commercial officer at Union Dairy Company, where he managed large-scale operations with a focus on driving efficiency and innovation.
“I’ve been privileged to learn about virtually every aspect of the dairy industry over the course of my career, so I’m incredibly inspired to now find myself in a place where I can put all this knowledge to use,” said Wellington.
“With an international network of partners, big data and a multi-disciplinary team, Pure Dairy has a proven track record of capitalising on any opportunity. You can only imagine the potential as we open our very own production facility next year. I’m very glad to be here for it.”