Ian Edgley LLB
non-executive and independent Chairman

Ian Edgley has been a director since 2001 and was appointed Chairman in 2005.  His extensive experience includes his role as the managing partner of the Adelaide law firm, Povey Waterhouse and Basheer, practicing commercial law and specialising in the liquor industry. Ian’s involvement in the wine industry includes roles as the former chairman of Wolf Blass Wines and the former deputy chairman of the Andrew Garrett Group. Ian has also been a director of International Vineyards Pty Ltd. Ian has a wealth of experience in the housing, marketing, motor vehicle, sporting and entertainment industries.

Ian, the chairman of the Compliance Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee, is currently a director of seven public companies managed by FABAL.

Grahame Tonkin Assoc Dip Account, FCPA, FICS, FAICD
non-executive and independent Director

Grahame Tonkin, a director since May 2007, was formally the Executive Director of Food South Australia, a division of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA). Prior to joining PIRSA, Grahame was managing director of Tarac Australia Pty Ltd, which provides a range of services for the Australian wine industry. Grahame was also Managing Director of The Australian Dairy Corporation / Austdairy Pty Ltd and Managing Director of Inchcape Liquor Marketing, responsible for their wine and spirits distribution operations across the Asia Pacific Region. He is also a non-executive director of Alaska Milk Corporation, the largest dairy processing and marketing company in the Philippines. Grahame has had extensive experience in the food and wine sector and is an independent wine producer. Grahame is chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.

Bruce Spangler FCA, FAICD
non-executive and independent Director

Bruce Spangler, a director appointed in February 2010, is a chartered accountant who has recently moved from the role of senior partner and chair of a significant chartered accounting firm to undertaking non executive directorship roles.  He has had experience in chairing local, national and international groups and has spent 35 years providing financial and commercial advice to and working with a large number of SMEs in many industries.  He has also been the audit partner on many significant clients as well as undertaking many intra-office reviews. He has a wealth of experience in the rural sector as well as the sporting and community areas.

Bruce is a member of the Compliance Committee and a director of a number of companies managed by FABAL.

Chris Day MBA (Int Bus), LLB, BEc and Grad Dip Fin Serv, FAICD, FFin
Chief Executive Officer

Chris Day has been a director and the chief executive officer of FABAL since 1982.   His responsibilities include strategic management and business planning.  Until 2004, he was the chief executive officer of Berren Asset Management Limited, the manager of Australia's largest publicly-listed wine investment fund, the International Wine Investment Fund. He also worked for the Hardy Wine Company and Foster’s Wine Estates. Chris has 16 years’ experience in the wine industry and a further seven years’ experience in the legal, accounting, tax and merchant banking industries. Chris is the chairman of the Business Development Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.  He is currently a director of eight public companies.

Dimitrios Georgiadis LL.B., FTIA, MAICD, Notary Public
Director, Business Development

Dimitrios Georgiadis, a director from incorporation to 1990 and since 1995, is the managing director of his own legal practice with more than 20 years’ experience in the fields of wine, commercial, securities and property law. Dim has been a member of the Law Society of South Australia since 1984, and a member of the Society's Commercial Law and Property Law Committees. Dim is a member of the South Australian Liquor Licensing Commissioner's Forum. He is a director of several wine, property, and investment and eight public companies. He has been a member of the board of governors (currently the Deputy Chairman) of a private college for 19 years.Dim has specific responsibilities of business development.  He is chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Business Development Committee.