Executive Leadership Team

Zhiqiang Li

Executive Director

Zhiqiang is the Executive Director of Yili Group in Australia and New Zealand as well as the Executive Director of Westland Milk Products. He is responsible for the overall governance, development, supervision and direction of the Yili Group in Australia and New Zealand.

Zhiqiang has nearly 20 years’ experience in the dairy industry. He has spent many years in management roles related to supply chain, procurement, and production processes for the Yili Group, while working to develop the company's overseas strategic management and sustainable profitability. While General Manager and Procurement Director for Yili, he built a centralised procurement model for marketing and purchasing as well as a localised supplier delivery model. This work achieved procurement cost savings and improvements. By integrating Yili’s supply chain digital operations into this model, he helped lay the foundations for the development of Yili’s industry-leading digital supply chain. Zhiqiang is responsible for combining the management cultures of China, Australia and New Zealand for the Yili Group and exploring unique and innovative ways of doing business for multinational investment enterprises.

Anthony Bourke

Chief Operating Officer

Anthony joined Westland Milk Products in September 2024, after 30 years’ experience in the dairy industry, mostly from within Australia. Anthony has worked within operations, supply chain and technical roles across all dairy groups, from FMCG to commodity and infant products. Anthony holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Melbourne, with a post graduate diploma in Applied Science (Dairy Technology), also from the University of Melbourne.

Mark Lockington

General Manager Environment & Milk Supply

Mark joined Westland Milk Products in 2002 as the head of finance and became company secretary in 2008. Prior to joining Westland, Mark worked in various financial, accounting, administrative and management roles in the agriculture, mining and infrastructure industries in New Zealand and Australia.

Hamish Yates

General Manager Sales and Marketing

Hamish joined Westland Milk Products in 2015 and following progression through a number of senior and executive positions, moved into the GM Sales and Marketing role in December 2020. With more than 20 years’ sales and marketing management experience, Hamish is responsible for delivering Westland’s sales revenue, volumes and profits across our various sales channels; market and product development; marketing strategy and execution; and brand management

Kelvin Zhou

General Manager Finance

Zhou Xianchang (Kelvin) is General Manager Finance for Westland Milk Products. As such, he plays a key role in all the management and reporting structures and requirements between the Yili Group and its subsidiaries in New Zealand.

Kelvin brings sound experience to the role of managing financial and business support for Yili in the Oceania region. Previously, Kelvin worked as the Supply Chain Finance Director of Yili’s Infant Nutrition Business Division from February 2023. Before joining Yili Group, he worked in various multi-national companies based in China and Singapore, including Pepsi, Mars Wrigley, Danone, Reckitt, and Tupperware. He oversaw several financial functions such as supply chain finance, commercial finance, FP&A and business intelligence.

Deb Mello

General Manager People & Culture

Deb joined Westland Milk Products in 2025 to take the leading role in our People and Culture division. Deb holds a degree in psychology and an MBA in People Management, with an executive management extension from UC Irvine, California. After more than 15 years working across industries such as aviation, dairy and energy around the world, Deb is passionate about helping people and businesses thrive.

Gina Xu

General Manager Digital

Gina Xu joined Westland Milk Products in 2024. Gina’s role focuses on enhancing business competitiveness through advanced digital capabilities. Gina holds a masters degree in finance and accounting after studying in the United States. Before this role, she led Yili Group’s international digital planning and development. Gina has also worked for eight years at Mars Foods Co. Ltd, where she was responsible for system architecture and master data management.

Kevin Wang

General Manager Supply Chain

Kevin is a seasoned supply chain management leader with 19 years of experience in global supply chain strategy development, transformation optimisation and cost control. In his current role as Group General Manager of Westland Milk Products, he is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of the supply chain, leading the procurement management, a nationwide warehousing, and logistics network. In his career, Kevin has demonstrated exceptional cross-functional leadership in areas such as supply chain transformation, cost optimisation and innovative practices. Previously, Kevin was a supply chain executive at General Mills and Fonterra Brands. Kevin holds a master’s degree in business information systems from Auckland University of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in e-commerce (supply chain management) from the University of Waikato.

Dr. Anil Kaw

General Manager Innovation

Anil is an experienced food scientist with decades of experience across major international and New Zealand food and dairy businesses. With a graduate degree of a Bachelor of Science, and post-graduate qualifications of a Master of Science in Dairy Chemistry, a Ph. D in Food Technology, and an Executive MBA from Massey University, he also brings a wealth of highly technical and operational knowledge to the business. Anil has worked across the dairy business, from plant management to his career point now in driving innovation for the growing international market for nutritious, healthy products.