D'Orsogna appoints new Managing Director

Jason Craig, an agribusiness leader with more than 25 years operating in all parts of the food supply chain, has been appointed as Managing Director of D’Orsogna Limited.

D’Orsogna is a family owned business headquartered in Perth. It produces and distributes cured and cooked whole and sliced hams, gourmet continental goods, bacon and cooked sausages. Its premises at Palmyra, near the port of Fremantle, has been D’Orsogna’s home since 1973 and remains its head office. The company also has a $65 million, 11,000 m² food manufacturing facility in Victoria.

Prior to his new appointment as MD of D’Orsogna, Craig has headed CBH Marketing and Trading since 2012, a grain exporter with an annual turnover in excess of $2.5 billion via its activities in grain accumulation, trading, financing, shipping and distribution.

Tony Iannello, D’Orsogna Chairman, said the current Managing Director, Greig Smith, will work closely with Craig to ensure a smooth transition.

“During [Smith’s] tenure he successfully managed significant challenges, including workplace and supply issues surrounding the 2020 incursion of COVID-19 and developing and expanding our state-of-the-art facility which opened in Merrifield Victoria in 2019,” Iannello said.

“More recently, Greig restructured critical transport and cold storage arrangements after changes in that industry space, so on behalf of the Board, management and staff of D’Orsogna I thank him for his commitment and wish him all the best.”

Iannello said Craig had the right experience and qualities for the company, with an ability to shape organisational strategy and deliver results.