Mark Hardgrave

Chairman

Mark has over 35 years’ experience having held previous positions in corporate finance, funds management and various C-suite roles.

Mark has held positions in funds management, equity capital markets and mergers & acquisitions in various roles at firms such as M&A Partners, Bennelong Group, Thorney Investment Group, Merrill Lynch and Taverners Group.

Appointed Director 1 May 2019.
Appointed Chairman 31 December 2019.
Member of Audit Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee.

Charlie Mcleish

Managing Director

Before his appointment at Pental, Charlie McLeish spent over 30 years in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry including 20 years managing major bakeries within Bunge Australia (Goodman Fielder) focusing on Business Turnaround.

After Goodman Fielder, Charlie spent 15 years at George Weston Foods in the position of General Manager of Tip Top Bakeries Victoria where he implemented the business turnaround from negative EBIT of $6M to positive EBIT of $12M within an eight year period.

Charlie then transitioned to National Sales Director of Don Smallgoods.

Charlie McLeish has vast sales, marketing, manufacturing and logistics experience with proven turnaround capabilities.

Appointed CEO 1 January 2014.
Appointed Managing Director 6 April 2020.

Oliver Carton

Company Secretary

Oliver is a qualified lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in a variety of corporate roles. He currently runs his own consulting business and was previously a Director of the Chartered Accounting firm KPMG where he managed its Corporate Secretarial Group. Prior to that, he was a senior legal officer with ASIC.

Oliver is an experienced company secretary and is currently company secretary of a number of listed and unlisted companies, ranging from Pental Limited to the not for profit Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd.

Sam Johnstone

Director

After initially working in investment banking, Sam joined Penfold Motors in 1999. He worked in various facets of the business, and for 12 years ran Penfold Mazda as its Dealer Principal – Penfold Mazda was the largest Mazda Dealership in Victoria and one of the largest in Australia.  Sam spent two years as Chairman of the MDAV (Mazda Dealer Association of Victoria), and two years on the committee of the NMDA (National Mazda Dealer association).

Sam’s most recent role was as Penfold Motor Groups’ Managing Director.  This encompassed 5 brands operating over 10 sites in 3 primary locations of Burwood, Doncaster and Frankston.   In 2021 Sam oversaw the sale of Penfold to Peter Warren Automotive Holdings (ASX:PWR).  Sam continued as Managing Director of the Penfold operation under PWAH for two years following the sale.  Sam holds an MBA from Monash University.