
SecondBite’s board consists of dedicated professionals who are committed to ending hunger, and ending waste. Our board members volunteer their time, experience and ideas to help SecondBite rescue as much food as possible to feed Australians who need it.

Simone Carson (AM) | SecondBite Co-Founder
Simone is a co-founder of SecondBite and was appointed Director in September 2006.
Simone was a Registered Nurse with a keen focus on children’s health. Simone worked in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital and co-ordinated research projects for the Infectious Diseases Department. She also gained a certificate in Paediatric Intensive Care and subsequently became a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Simone completed a Bachelor of Education at La Trobe University and the Graduate Company Directors Course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Simone has a special interest in volunteers who are the “golden thread” enabling the significant growth and expansion of SecondBite’s work in the community and relationships within the food security sector. Simone is a member of the SecondBite Volunteer Committee and a Trustee of the SecondBite Future Trust. Until 2019, she was a board member of the St Vincent’s Institute Foundation.
In recognition of Simone’s tireless work in the community, she was inducted into the Victorian Honor Roll of Women in 2016, made a member of the Order of Australia in 2017 and awarded Melbournian of the Year in 2018. Simone was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2018 and will be looking to improve food rescue in Australia by examining best practices globally.

David Harris OAM | Co-Chair
David joined FareShare when it was known as One Umbrella and production in the kitchen was just 1000 meals per week. During his tenure of 23 years, David has watched the staff and volunteers in awe as production has risen to more than 60,000 meals a week. In addition to his formal involvement, David has been a regular participant in the annual Upstream Challenge, a sponsored walk, raising significant funds for FareShare. David was also a member of the Foodbank Victoria Board for 12 years, retiring in 2017.
David is a director and part-owner of the TIC Group and is involved in a number of other private companies. A Certified Public Accountant, he has been a long-serving member of the FareShare Board.

Joel Mahemoff | Co-Chair
Joel joined the board of Second Bite in April 2023 and became chairperson later that year.
Joel is currently the Chief Executive Officer of JGL Investments having joined the group in October 2001. JGL Investments is one of Australia’s most prolific private investment groups with a diverse range of interests in Australia and Internationally.
In addition to his role as CEO Joel maintains private company directorships for a number of global and domestic strategic investments of the Group. He is the Founding Partner of Capital Zed a private venture capital fund focused on investing in high-growth companies in the tech and consumer segments. JGL’s Employee Philanthropy is a long-time supporter of Second Bite where Joel chairs the allocations committee.
Joel worked for several years in the UK within the Investment Banking arm of CIBC World Markets. He was involved in the early establishment of CIBC’s European Leveraged Finance business. Prior to this, Joel worked as an analyst in Macquarie Bank’s Corporate Advisory/Investment Banking Division. He completed two years as a solicitor with Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks in their Structured Finance/Taxation and Corporate departments.
Joel graduated from Monash University with LLB (Hons)/BComm (Hons) and is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Sandra Dudakov OAM
Sandy Dudakov was a building project manager before joining One Umbrella, the forerunner to FareShare. In her time she has seen the charity grow from collecting food in private cars to now having nine refrigerated vans driving around Melbourne, and from having to cook in borrowed kitchens to operating Australia’s largest charity kitchens in two states. Sandy is especially pleased to have been around to see the Wrongs & Other Acts 2002 passed in Parliament which by offering legal protection encourages businesses to donate safe food to charities. Sandy volunteers her time one day per week to the kitchen in Abbotsford.

Paul Conroy
Paul Conroy is the CEO of The Ian Potter Foundation. He has extensive experience in the commercial and not-for-profit sectors. This includes practising as a corporate lawyer in Australia, Asia and the UK, working as Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Fosters’ Group Ltd and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd as well as a number of executive and chief executive roles in Australia and the US. Paul has also been a director of a number of for-purpose organisations, including as Chairman of the Summer Foundation, which supports and empowers young people with disabilities.

David Lomax
Dave was appointed Director of SecondBite in February 2018 and is Chair of the SecondBite Finance & Risk Committee. Dave is a Partner in the Ernst & Young (EY) Transaction Diligence team with over 17 years of professional experience in the UK and Australia covering M&A and Audit. Since joining the EY Transaction Diligence team in 2006, Dave has gained significant financial due diligence experience, working with clients on a number of significant Australian and international M&A transactions.
Dave sponsored SecondBite through the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program in 2015, in which SecondBite was crowned EY Southern Region 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
Dave is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Andrew Mossop
With over 20 years in retail across well-known brands, such as Tesco, Amazon and WH Smith, Andy has a breadth of experience across FMCG, fresh foods, telco, online and franchising. Returning to Coles for the second time after spending some time back in his native UK, Andy was the Executive General Manager of Fresh, managing the day-to-day functions of the Bakery, Meat, Deli, Seafood and Fresh Produce business units.
Andy is currently Executive General Manager Commercial Transformation and Store Development which includes all aspects of central commercial functions from ranging, pricing, data, transformation programs, wholesale and store development.
Andy also sits on the Board of Directors for SecondBite and FareShare Australia who are leading food charity and rescue organisations.

Sam Schachna
Sam was appointed Director of SecondBite in July 2016 and is a member of the Risk and Finance Committee. Sam has over 18 years of experience across the Consumer Goods, Financial and IT Advisory Services industries. Sam’s professional career commenced at KPMG, where for over six years he led projects and provided strategic, regulatory and financial advice to leading blue-chip clients.
In 2008, Sam joined Menora Foods, a national leader in fast moving consumer goods. As Managing Director, Sam led a nation-wide team of over 150 staff with responsibility across domestic and international operations. In 2015, Menora was acquired by Monde Nissin, one of the leading branded food manufacturers in the ASEAN region. In 2017, Sam co-founded Simple Foods that developed and marketed a range of innovative natural and organic brands across major retailers in Australia and New Zealand. Simple Foods was acquired in July 2019.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Systems from Monash University.

Chris Campbell
Chris is the CEO of Citywide Service Solutions Pty, a leading physical services company in Australia. Prior to this, he had more than 30 years’ experience in the resources sector, including with BHP Billiton, in various senior executive roles. More recently, Chris has acted as a non-executive director, including with the Victorian Government’s Metropolitan Partnership, and for innovation company Breakthrough Technology. He has been a ‘friend’ of FareShare for a number of years, participating in volunteering opportunities himself, and also with colleagues and teams from Citywide.