The Directors of Allied Brands are:
- Lachlan McIntosh - Chairman
- Peter Graham - Managing Director
- Peter Elligett - Executive Director
- Company Secretary: James Fay
Lachlan McIntosh
(Appointed 20 July 2006) - Lachlan McIntosh has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He specialises in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. He has had substantial experience in the franchise industry both from a franchisee’s and a franchisor’s perspective. Lachlan is a director of ASX listed Industrea Limited (since April 2004). Lachlan is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Peter Graham
Peter Graham has spent over 35 years working in the hospitality and hotel industry. He oversaw the establishment the Iluka Quality Inn and later, in conjunction with his brother David, oversaw the development of the Quality Inns Group of hotels, resorts and condominiums in Australia and the Pacific, growing the group to become Australia’s largest tourist resort accommodation operator.
Peter brings to the board a wealth of experience and knowledge in the franchising and retail industries.
Peter is a Director of the Gold Coast Indy Partnership and a former Director of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation, Gold Coast Tourism Bureau, Sea World Property Trust and Sea World Nara Hotel.
He has been a Director of a number of hotels, including Quality Inns Pty Ltd, Flag Inns Ltd and Quality Pacific Hotels Limited and is a former Commissioner with the Australian Tourist Commission.
Peter Elligett
Peter has been involved in the retail franchise industry since 1982.
After training as a radiographer, Peter joined McDonalds Restaurants in 1982 as a Trainee Manager. After holding various store management positions he was promoted to the position of Operations/Franchise Consultant, a position that he held until 1989.
After leaving McDonalds, Peter joined Auto-Bake Pty Ltd as Franchise Manager for the company’s Cookie Man division and owned and operated an Amber Tile franchise before rejoining Auto-Bake Pty Ltd in 1996 as General Manager of the Cookie Man division.
In 1997, Peter lead a management buy out of the Cookie Man franchise division from Auto-Bake Pty. Ltd. and also established a contract manufacturing biscuit business servicing clients such as Arnotts, Woolworths and Coles.
In March 2007, Cookie Man was sold to Allied Brands Ltd. Peter continues on in the position of Managing Director of Cookie Man Pty. Ltd.