Secretariat and Board of Directors

Staff of POPAI Australia & New Zealand

Karen Spear
General Manager
Ph: (02) 9984 9322 or 0412 668 579
Email: karens@popai.com.au 

Lyn Shields 
Member Services Manager
Ph: (02) 9984 9322
Email: lyns@popai.com.au

Melissa Keown
Accounts
Ph: (02) 9984 9322
Email: popai@popai.com.au

POPAI Australia & New Zealand Board of Directors

POPAI Australia & New Zealand is managed by a Board of Directors elected by member companies every two (2) years. Our current Directors are:

Phil Smith, Chairman- 20 years experience at CEO and General Manager level across the building & furniture industries with 6 years in current role as CEO for Adval Australia Pty. Ltd.
Contact Phil: psmith@adval.com.au

David Evans, Vice Chairman - Chief Executive of SPOS, David has an extensive background in the FMCG channel in Food, with National Sales Manager roles with Cerebos Foods, Fresh Food Australia/NZ and Schweppes Drinks covering grocery, impulse and foodservice business streams.
Contact David: davidevans@spos.com.au

Anthony Steel, Company Secretary - Managing Director of Frank Steel Displays with over 25 years of experience in the Point of Purchase & display industry.
Contact Anthony: a.steel@fsd.com.au

Jeff Gittus, Director - Managing Director and founder of Active Display Group with 30 years experience in the Point of Sale, Signage and Display industry.
Contact Jeff: jeffg@activedisplay.com.au

Dale Rees, Director - General Manager, Ergo Asia with 20 years experience in Procurement, Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Point of Purchase industries.
Contact Dale: dale.rees@ergoasia.com

Debbie Schubert, Director - Debbie has an extensive career record in FMCG encompassing Trade and Consumer Marketing in both Australia and New Zealand. For the last 6 years Debbie has worked as National Trade Marketing Manager for PepsiCo Australia.
Contact Debbie: debbie.schubert@pepsico.com.au