Executive Team

Ian Atherton began his career with Gilbey’s in Ireland and has had 30 years of experience in sales and general management roles. Former Managing Director of Suntory Australia and Founder/Director of Spirits Platform in 2015. Ian has been acknowledged for his contribution to whisky and was inducted into the Keepers of the Quaich and the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame in 2019.

He is currently the CEO of Spirits Platform.

Neale Joseph is a seasoned commercial leader with extensive senior executive experience spanning consumer goods, retail, technology, and nutrition sectors across Australia and the Asia Pacific, where he has built and led high-performing teams within leading organisations including David Jones, Motorola, Simplot and Dulux.

He is Chief Commercial Officer at Spirits Platform, where he leads all go-to-market functions, driving strategic growth, customer-centric innovation, and commercial performance for the company’s portfolio and partners.

A customer-first commercial leader, Neale is passionate about placing customers at the centre of business strategy to drive sustainable growth. He is also a Board Member of the Orygen Youth Mental Health Foundation, supporting improved mental health outcomes for young Australians.

Antony Nobilo’s experience includes 20 years of multi-national finance experience with Vittoria Food & Beverage and Convenience Food Systems International.

He holds the position the Head of Finance and Company Secretary for Spirits Platform.

Stefano has over 30 years of Operations Management experience of which 11 years in the spirits business with Suntory Australia and Spirits Platform.

He is a founding member and the Head of Operations at Spirits Platform.

Ryan Sullivan is a marketing leader with deep expertise in the alcohol and spirits sector. He is Marketing Director at Spirits Platform Pty Ltd, a role that builds on his extensive experience in strategy, and go-to-market execution across premium beverage brands within Australia & internationally.

At Spirits Platform, Ryan Sullivan leads brand marketing, strategy, digital and channel excellence across a portfolio of premium and luxury spirits. With deep experience spanning brand building, category development, distribution and customer marketing, Ryan partners closely with customers and distributors to drive sustainable growth, elevate execution standards and build world class brands in market.

Before joining Spirits Platform, Ryan held global roles with William Grant & Sons in London, where he worked across 25+ markets and partnered with key teams and distributors, further honing his skills in brand and channel marketing within the spirits industry.

Lani began her career as an administrator crossing various industries including commodity trading and commercial real estate before settling in to freight forwarding.

While holding national administration roles, Lani discovered that people were her passion and made the transition into Human Resources.

During her 15 years in heavy industry including stevedoring, warehousing and transport and logistics, Lani worked her way up to National HR Manager looking after large-scale blue-collar workforces. After transitioning into traditional hospitality as GM HR for a well-known hotel, Lani has now come on board with Spirits Platform.

Lani holds degrees in Business Administration and Human Resources. When not the “People Person” she enjoys playing the drums, listening to music and driving fast cars.