Board & Governance

Freya Marsden is an economist, sustainability and governance specialist and experienced Chair, Chair of Risk, Audit, and Finance and Non-Executive Director with over 20 previous Board and Committee roles across a broad range of sectors.

Freya’s Non-Executive roles are supported through extensive sustainability, circular economy and climate related environmental understanding, data governance, and deep experience and capability as Chair of finance, risk and audit. Freya loves utilising her governance and risk and audit experience to drive optimal outcomes, including establishing and utilising frameworks that protect and create value, manage risks, and maximise opportunities.

Freya holds a Master of Commerce, Bachelor of Agriculture and Resource Economics including environmental science, has undertaken the Cambridge University Sustainable Finance course, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership Non-executive Director Programme and is an active member of the AICD.

Freya brings extensive community sector experience including working to alleviate disadvantage and work within the disability sector.

Lisa Rippon-Lee is a senior executive with over 25 years’ experience establishing and leading corporate affairs functions in multinational organisations across a variety of industry sectors, including manufacturing, property development, mining and professional services in Australia, and across Asia Pacific and Europe.

Lisa is Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Australia, leading the development and delivery of the Coca-Cola Bottler’s corporate brand, stakeholder and sustainability strategy in Australia across government, policy and regulatory affairs, corporate communications and media relations, ESG progress and community development, issues management and internal and external communications.

Lisa is also a non-executive Board member of the Container Deposit Scheme Coordinators Exchange for Change (NSW) and Exchange for Change (ACT).

Jules Sidebottom is a senior corporate affairs and sustainability leader with extensive experience in the private sector, politics, and public policy.

Jules is the Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Government Relations at Asahi Beverages and leads its engagement with governments, public policy, and industry associations across Oceania.

Prior to joining Asahi Beverages / Carlton & United Breweries Jules was the Chief of Staff to the then Federal Opposition Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and has worked as an Adviser in several Ministerial portfolios, including Immigration and Citizenship, Employment, Skills & Training, Housing, Homelessness, Small Business and Human Services.

Jules has a Law Degree and an Arts Degree from the University of Tasmania.

Philippa Perkins is an experienced finance and commercial professional with over 20 years of experience in complex projects, corporate establishments, reorganisations and transformations across a number of industries.

Philippa works in Lion’s CDS team supporting the establishment and monitoring of container deposit schemes across Australia. Philippa has been involved in collection schemes across Australia and New Zealand over the last 6 years and was a key member in the establishment of the Western Australia and Queensland container deposit schemes.

Philippa is a director of Marine Stores Pty Ltd, a joint venture business between Lion and Coopers that acts as a Supercollector in South Australia and the Northern Territory. She is also a director of Exchange for Change (NSW) and Exchange for Change (ACT), the container deposit scheme coordinators in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory, and acts as an alternate director of Western Australia Return Recycle Renew, which operates the WA container deposit scheme.

Prior to joining Lion, Philippa spent over 15 years at EY as a consultant, managing financial restructures and turnarounds in both Australia and Europe.

Kylie Lethbridge is an industry executive with over 30 years of experience involving government services, tourism, marketing and stakeholder management.

Kylie is the Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Brewers Association, having started the role in March 2020 with a diverse career history.

Kylie began her journey working in Ministerial support teams before progressing to a variety of communications and marketing, tourism, economic development and management roles within local and state government in Australia and federal government in the UK.

Having owned her own small business, Kylie understands the challenges many small beverage suppliers face. She is a leader and author of strategies and policies that support organisational outcomes and has delivered effective results from her work in destination development and international trade.

Kylie has held multiple Board directorships, is considered an excellent relationship and stakeholder manager as well as a nurturing leader and facilitator of change.