Ari Mervis

Ari was appointed Chairman of McPherson's Limited on 16 February 2021 and as Deputy Chairman on 27 April 2021. Ari is a professional company director with global experience spanning a range of industries in branded goods, consumer staples, agriculture, food and beverages.

Ari has vast experience having lived and operated businesses in complex geographies and having led and been involved in both listed and unlisted companies, as well as joint venture structures and not for profit organisations. His experience is further enhanced through having actively participated in significant mergers and acquisitions, and divestments, including post-acquisition integration and synergy delivery.

Ari was most recently Executive Chairman for Accolade Wines and prior to that was CEO and Managing Director for Murray Goulburn. Before that he had a successful career at SABMiller, culminating as CEO for CUB and MD for the Asia Pacific region. He was also Chairman of China Resources Snow Beer, SABMiller India and SABMiller Vietnam.

Ari holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, with majors in Economics, Commercial Law and Marketing.