Page 50 - Food&Drink Business magazine September 2022

REAR VIEW
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Each issue we ask industry leaders about their working life. This month we talk to the managing director of Chobani Australia, Lyn Radford.
1TELL US ABOUT YOUR CURRENT ROLE.
As the managing director of
Chobani Australia, I have the privilege of leading and inspiring our people to make a difference using food as a force for good.
Our mission has always been to bring better food to more people, and we do this by not only making delicious, nutritious products, but also by ensuring they are available to everyone – different consumers, in different markets, through different channels.
We make yogurts under the Chobani and Gippsland Dairy labels, as well as non-dairy products such as oat milk and oat yogurt, under the Chobani label.
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But since day one, we’ve never deviated from our commitment to make food the right way, not the easy way and we’ve always had the courage to innovate and do things differently.
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specific role or title, chase new skills and experiences to broaden your skillset.
At Chobani, it’s always been about more than yogurt, we believe that the most important thing we make is a difference. Our Founder and CEO, Hamdi Ulukaya, wants to make the world a better place and together we are finding ways to strengthen the communities we call home and make good food accessible to everyone.
So, for me, I want to ensure that we continue to focus on moving the needle and making a tangible difference for our communities and our planet so that Chobani’s legacy in Australia is about the impact we make, rather than just the deliciousfoodweproduce. ✷
✷ ADVERTISER LIST
A S Harrison & Co 25 ADM Australia 11 Combilift 52 Earlee Products 27 Foodbank Australia 41 GNT 21 GS1 Australia 45 Hawkins Watts Australia 23 Heat and Control 07 Hydroflux Cover Mettler-Toledo 35 Nunn Media 37 Process Partners 17 Radial Design 19 RMR Process 15 Roxset 43 SMC 31 SWA Water Australia 51 Tecpro Australia 47 Theta Technologies 39 Trimatt Systems 29 Visy Technology Systems 33
WHAT HAS BEEN
YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE? I’m really proud of having played a part in building the Chobani brand and company in Australia. It’s been a wild ride over the past 11 years – from air freighting yogurt from the US for our launch, to hiring an ex-military jet to ship our production machinery, and even hand-packingorders!
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WHAT WAS YOUR
BIGGEST MISTAKE AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
In the past, I’ve run into trouble when I haven’t trusted my gut. By nature, I’m not a procrastinator, so when I hesitate on a decision and don’t go with my gut instinct, it usually doesn’t work out. Learning to trust my gut and stick to my guns has been a really important part of my leadership journey.
YOU STILL WANT TO ACHIEVE?
WHAT WOULD
YOU TELL YOUR 25-YEAR-OLD SELF?
Be curious and courageous and be brave enough to try new things.Ratherthanchasinga
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WHAT IS ONE GOAL
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