Ex-Foster’s CEO Trevor O’Hoy becomes chairman of Maggie Beer

So it’s beer again for Trevor O’Hoy, who resigned as CEO of Foster’s in 2008, after 33 years with CUB, thus taking responsibility for the brewer’s ill-fated foray into wine.

In October 2016 he was appointed Chairman of the iconic Barossa Valley food company Maggie Beer Products. Founded by Ms Beer, 71, who is Australia’s answer to Jamie Oliver in that she was a chef, a cookbook writer and TV personality (but no brewer), the gourmet food company is now entering a new growth phase and Ms Beer was looking for a chairman to maintain the health of the brand.

Incidentally, Mr O’Hoy has not left the world of beer altogether. Since 2014 he has held a small shareholding in the Byron Bay-based craft brewer Stone & Wood, where he is also a company director. Stone &Wood is estimated to produce between 80,000 and 100,000 hl beer annually.