Our team is made up of every Grower, Team Member and Director of Tropical Pines.
Based in our two central hubs of Yeppoon, Central Queensland and Beerwah, Southern Queensland, our team works cohesively to ensure our customers are receiving our best, sweet tasting Pure Gold Pineapples.
Our team includes
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ANTHONY DOBSON
GENERAL MANAGER
Start Year: 2021
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
With over 30 years’ experience in the Fresh Produce Industry across businesses in the UK, Europe and Australia. Anthony brings a wealth of knowledge to the business, as he works to ensure that pineapples are on every consumer’s shopping list
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MARTIN HEFFERNAN
FINANCE AND ADMIN MANAGER
Start Year: 2024
Vision without execution is just hallucination.
Martin is an experienced continuous improvement and change professional with expertise in financial management. Over 20 years, he has led compliance, change programs, and revenue enhancement initiatives. He holds an MBA (Executive) and a Master of Professional Accounting, leveraging strong financial skills to drive business success.
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DAVE PAPPAS
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND PACK HOUSE FOREMAN
Start Year: 2002
All roads lead to the Pines.
From packing and sorting to gluing and tagging, Dave also looks after forklift maintenance, loading transport trucks and manages his group of 25 employees in the Pack house for the past 10 years.
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DAN O'BRIEN
SALES MANAGER
Start Year: 2016
Customers only get our best
Following on from his career as a retail buyer and category manager for Coles, 7-Eleven, Simplot and Kmart, Dan adds extensive experience to the Tropical Pines team. Whilst managing the relationships with our customers, he helps ensure our pineapples get to the right places at the right time.
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AMANDA CHAY
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Start Year: 2008
Is it fair? Is it logical?
One of our longest serving employees, Amanda has great knowledge of all aspects of Tropical Pines and is our key planner for all our growers, pack sheds and transport logistics.
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