Leadership Team
John Cullity - Chief Executive Officer
John Cullity was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2018.
Prior to this, John held the position of Chief Financial Officer at EBOS from 1 July 2014 to 31 March 2018. He has more than 25 years’ experience in senior management roles within publicly listed companies in Australia and the United States. He has worked on a number of corporate transactions involving acquisitions, business divestments and debt refinancing.
John holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.
Leonard Hansen - Chief Financial Officer
Leonard Hansen was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in May 2021.
Leonard is a Chartered Accountant with extensive knowledge of all financial aspects of EBOS, having filled a variety of senior finance roles at EBOS over the last nine years including as acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining EBOS, Leonard was a Senior Manager of the Audit and Advisory group at Deloitte New Zealand.
Brett Barons - Chief Executive Officer, Symbion
As Chief Executive Officer - Symbion, Brett is responsible for the Healthcare division of EBOS. This includes all functions across Australia and New Zealand of retail pharmacy wholesale, institutional healthcare and contract logistics. His career in the pharmacy sector began in 2002 and has included executive positions with Symbion in business development, finance, supply chain and strategy. Prior to this, Brett worked with Air New Zealand as Senior Vice President Finance – Customer Service and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Brett is a Director of the National Pharmaceutical Services Association, a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Adelaide.
Julie Dillon - Chief Executive Officer - Animal Care
Julie was appointed Animal Care CEO in November 2021.
Prior to this, she was Vice President and General Manager of the Colgate-Palmolive (CP) Division of Hill’s Pet Nutrition business for Australia, New Zealand and Greater Asia.
Julie also has extensive experience within the consumer products segment of Colgate-Palmolive across the US, the UK and Europe in general management, brand marketing, digital, and strategy and innovation roles.
Julie holds a Bachelor of International Business from Griffith University.
Matt Muscio - Chief Executive Officer – Devices
Matt Muscio was appointed Chief Executive Officer – Devices on 1 June 2022.
With over 20 years experience in the medical technology industry, prior to EBOS Matt had led the LifeHealthcare group of companies as CEO since 2015 after serving as COO from 2013, where he was responsible for sales, marketing, and commercial operations. He has led the vision for the broader LifeHealthcare group through acquisitions and organic growth.
Prior to LifeHealthcare, he spent 13 years working with Johnson & Johnson’s medical orthopaedic business.
Matt holds a Bachelor or Business from the Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School.
Simon Bunde - Executive General Manager, Strategic Operations, ESG and Innovation
Simon has over 20 years senior leadership experience within logistic-centric organisations in Europe, Asia, and Australia/NZ across a variety of industries including FMCG, Electronics, Food, Pharmaceuticals and NGO’s. He has been with the Company since 2004 and is responsible for EBOS’ Strategic Operations and keeping the Group at the forefront of innovation.
Simon holds a Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University, a UK based institution with worldwide recognition, and an Engineering Degree in Logistics from Hogeschool Venlo in the Netherlands.
Janelle Cain - General Counsel
Janelle joined EBOS Group as General Counsel in 2015. Prior to this she was a senior lawyer at Incitec Pivot Limited, an ASX 50 company. Janelle commenced her career with top-tier law firm Minter Ellison and has also worked with Norton Rose Fulbright in London. She has extensive experience in commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance matters.
Janelle holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Martin Krauskopf - Executive General Manager, Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions
Martin was appointed Executive General Manager, Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions in September 2022. In his role Martin leads the Group’s strategy, M&A and investor relations functions, working alongside other Group leaders to drive growth and shareholder value.
Prior to joining EBOS in March 2020, Martin had a 15 year career in investment banking with Macquarie Group based in Australia and Hong Kong, completing over $15 billion worth of M&A and capital markets transactions across a broad range of sectors. Martin began his career with KPMG.
Martin holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
David Lewis - Executive General Manager
David was appointed Executive General Manager in April 2018. He has worked on a wide variety of projects across the Group and helps ensure our divisions work together including coordinating our representation to Suppliers.
Prior to this David led the Onelink business in Australia, a responsibility that involved transferring the Group’s considerable experience to deliver medical product distribution services for NSW Health. Preceding this project David was General Manager of EBOS Healthcare Australia for 3 years.
David previously held the position of General Manager of ProPharma, the EBOS Group’s NZ-based pharmacy wholesale operation for 15 years, during which time the market share grew to 60%. He held a range of senior executive roles before joining EBOS including seven years with Fletcher Steel.
David holds a post-graduate Diploma in Marketing from Auckland University.
Jacinta McCarthy - Group General Manager HR
Jacinta McCarthy was appointed Group General Manager - Human Resources on 11 November 2019.
Prior to this, she held the position of GM - People at David Jones from February 2018 and Group GM - People at Country Road from 2010.
Jacinta brings over 20 years’ experience working in complex, fast paced, multi-site, listed organisations in the UK, USA and Australia. She has significant experience in Human Resources, particularly in the areas of cultural strategy, organisation design, acquisition and integration, industrial relations, and succession and talent management.
Jacinta holds a Bachelor of Arts from Swinburne University and a Masters of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management from the University of Melbourne.