Management structure

Dairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) is managed by an executive team, which provides support and advice to the Board, leads implementation of the DFSV strategic plan and oversees day-to-day operations of the organisation.

Executive team

Corrie Goodwin – Chief Executive Officer

The role of the Chief Executive Officer is to provide the leadership and strategic direction to enable DFSV to meet its statutory and corporate objectives.

Ms Corrie Goodwin has extensive experience in both government regulation, agriculture and the Victorian dairy industry, having previously worked for DFSV in an executive General Manager role responsible for regulatory operations, and has most recently held the position of Head of Responsible Dairy for Fonterra Australia.

Corrie brings with her more than 20 years of experience driving transformational change and leading broader industry and regulatory reform to meet challenges common to agribusiness and trading environments.  She has held a range of non-executive directorships, industry committees and advisory roles including a Directorship of the Australian Dairy Industry Council, Vice President of the Australian Dairy Products Federation and is the current Deputy Chair of the Victorian Game Management Authority.

Corrie is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Andrew Chen - General Manager Operations

The role of the General Manager Operations is to lead delivery of DFSV’s core function of regulatory oversight of Victorian dairy production. This includes monitoring compliance and responding to non-compliance and is supported by the technical services team providing scientific advice.

Andrew’s professional experience spans over 25 years in Local Government, State Regulatory Authority (Dairy Food Safety Victoria), Retail and Food Manufacturing Consumer Goods sectors having worked with organisations such as Lactalis Australia, Murray Goulburn Co-Operative, Fonterra Australia, Coles and Patties Foods. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Health) and is an experienced Lead Food Safety Auditor.

Andrew previously worked as National Quality Manager – Supplier and Co-manufacturer at Lactalis Australia and has had various roles in Food Safety, Quality Operations and Standards, Systems and Compliance, Supplier Quality Management and Procurement Quality.