Our Team
Management
Our leadership team sets the direction that keeps customers at the centre of everything we do. With more than two decades guiding operational, commercial, and strategic decisions, we focus on delivering consistent growth, dependable service, and high-quality fresh produce—building partnerships that our customers can rely on season after season.
General Manager
Dean Robertson
Dean is responsible for leading the company’s operational, commercial, and strategic direction. With a strong focus on performance, supplier partnerships, and customer outcomes, over the last 25 years he has a proven track record of delivering growth across the business and customers while maintaining high standards in logistics, fresh produce quality, service delivery and strong customer collaboration.
Retail Support
Our Retail Experience team works shoulder-to-shoulder with stores to lift standards and grow results. Drawing on decades of hands-on produce and retail expertise, we help partners improve their fresh departments, sharpen presentation, and elevate the customer experience—turning practical, in-store insight into stronger sales and lasting partnerships.
Head of Retail Experience
Justin Gauci
Justin brings over two decades of experience in retail consulting and fresh produce leadership, including roles with a major Australian supermarket chain. He plays a key role in driving store performance, creating new partnerships, strengthening existing partnerships, and enhancing the customer experience across the Fresh Selections network.
Retail Experience Specialist
Lisa Close
Lisa Close – Retail Experience Specialist
Lisa is a trusted member of the team, known for strong relationships and consistent, high-quality support. With hands-on experience as a Produce Manager in a regional IGA, she works closely with stores to improve fresh departments, lift standards, and deliver strong results
Retail Experience Specialist
Brendon Bisschop
Brendon brings broad experience across corporate and independent retail, including Produce Manager and Retail Consultant roles. Based on the Sunshine Coast, he supports stores with practical insight to drive sales, improve presentation, and enhance the customer
Buying Team
Our buyers bring generations of combined market experience to sourcing the best produce for our customers. Working closely with growers, market agents, and stores, we align quality, value, and range to meet each customer's needs—delivering commercially smart, consistently high-quality fresh produce that drives real performance.
Senior Buyer
Stelios Kyriacou
Stel has been involved in the fruit and vegetable fields for over three decades from his time working on various farms, specialty product growing across multiple countries. His buying pedigree is a result of buying in international markets as well as a decade in the Sydney Markets and more recently Brisbane Markets specialising in wholesale and retail procurement.
Senior Buyer
Jess Angove-Strange
Jesse plays a key role in connecting wholesale supply with retail outcomes, working closely with growers, market agents and stores to deliver commercially driven, high-quality fresh produce ranges. With two decades of experience across both sectors, his passion is aligning product, pricing, and innovation to drive performance, consistency, and long-term customer partnerships.
Senior Buyer
Rob Vardermere
Rob has a distinguished career operating in the Rocklea Fruit and Vegetable Markets for more than three decades. Over this time, he has built extensive product knowledge and procurement experience across a diverse range of businesses, including supermarket supply, warehousing, providore services, restaurants, agent sales, and his own fruit retail outlet. Rob is focused on sourcing great value and quality produce, buying to meet the varying needs of our customers.
Buying Team
Senior Buyer and Quality Assurance
David Lunn
David has been involved in all aspects of the industry for 47 years having started in Retail for a decade then moving into the markets in Buying, Selling, Retail Consulting, Quality Assurance and Logistics roles and has been at Fresh Selections for over a decade.
Logistics
Our operations team oversees transport, produce handling, and delivery coordination with a focus on efficiency and reliability. By keeping supply chains running smoothly, we ensure customers receive quality produce, on time, every time.
Finance
Behind every reliable service is a strong financial foundation. Our finance team brings clarity and rigour to the numbers, supporting accurate reporting, sound financial controls, and insight-driven decisions. That discipline translates into stability and confidence for our customers, ensuring we remain a dependable partner for the long term.
Finance Manager
Hough Delport
Hough is an experienced Finance Manager with over 13 years’ expertise in financial accounting, reporting, and business performance management. He leads the finance function, business analytics, and financial reporting. Known for his practical and insight-driven approach. Hough supports stronger financial controls, improved reporting accuracy, and informed business decision-making.