Management

Managing Director Alex Commins Colorpak’s Managing Director since 2003, Alex takes personal responsibility for business growth through acquisitions and attracting new clients.
Operations Development Director Paul Commins Paul joined Colorpak in 1993 after managing his own screen printing business. Today his focus in improving business productivity.
National Manufacturing Director Harry Commins Harry joined Colorpak in 1992 from a large printing company. He oversees production, maintenance, crewing, quality and safety.
Chief Financial Officer Stephen Nicholls Before joining Colorpak in 2004, Stephen held senior financial positions with companies in IT and Services sectors.
General Manager, Northern Region David Johnson David has been with Colorpak since 1980, working his way from an apprentice printer to his current role.
General Manager, Brandpack Peter Allison Peter joined Colorpak from Carter Holt Harvey in 2011, bringing 20 years experience in prepress and new product development.
General Manager, New Zealand Garth Pickett Garth joined Colorpak in 2011. He has a technical, development and management career that includes extensive packaging experience.
Chief Information Officer Paul Grobler Paul joined Colorpak in 2008. He keeps us at the forefront of technology and provides stable and reliable systems.
General Manager, Foilmasters Matthew Murcott Matthew joined Colorpak in 2007, bringing 20 years experience in product embellishment.
National HR Manager Lisa Bremner Lisa joined Colorpak in 2006 and manages the HR team across the business to achieve a productive and stable workforce.
National IR Manager Cate Cleary Cate brings wealth of experience to helping the company develop its industrial relations strategy and manage the implementation.
Sales and Operations Manager, Villawood Andrew McKinna Andrew joined Colorpak in 2011, bringing experience from across the packaging industry: he started as a fitter and toolmaker.
National Quality Assurance Manager Steven Davies Steven joined Colorpak in 2006 and has helped the company stay at the forefront of change in quality compliance.
Operations Manager, Mt Waverley Brad Rowe Brad came to Colorpak with the CHH acquisition and has been managing operations at Mt Waverley since 1990.
Sales Manager, New Zealand Debbie Goulding Debra joined Colorpak in 2011 bringing 25 years international experience in the print and packaging industry.
Sales Manager, Victoria Matthew Johnson Matthew started with Colorpak as an estimator, 24 years ago. Now, he has wide experience across the business.
NSW Human Resource Manager Ashleigh Jones Ashleigh has a strong background in all aspects of Human Resource management, across a wide range of industries.
Production Manager, Regents Park Paul Veigel Paul joined Colorpak in 2006. His first challenge was bringing the Sydney operations into the Regents Park facility.
Factory Manager, Braeside David Chapman David joined Colorpak in 2000 as a senior printer and has hands-on experience with every press.
Quality Assurance Manager, Regents Park Ian McNamara Ian joined Colorpak in 2010. He has 30 years in the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries managing quality manufacturing.
Brandpack Manager, New Zealand Nick Moore Nick’s father and uncle were in the print industry and he has made it his career, specialising in pre-press.
Operations Manager, New Zealand David O’Neill David joined Colorpak in 2011 and brings 11 years manufacturing experience, predominantly in the food industry.
Manager, Brandpack NSW John Goodridge John studied graphic design and has been involved in packaging design and pre-press for over 27 years.
Pack System Services Jason Sondhu Jason has specialised in technical challenges of packaging since he graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Monash University.
Divisional Accountant, Regents Park Prema Lal Prema joined Colorpak in 2007 after 8 years at Amcor and various other financial and commercial roles before then.
Manager - Flexibles Scott Beadman Scott Beadman joined Colorpak in 2011. Scott comes to Colorpak with 29 years of experience in the Labels / Flexibles industry. Scott started as an apprentice printer & has worked his way up from a printer through

Wayne Bartlem

Wayne Bartlem

Financial Controller

Wayne has 15 years experience at site, divisional and corporate level in packaging, manufacturing and other industries.

Wayne has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from Griffith University, Brisbane, has been CPA qualified since 2000 and has completed a variety of leadership courses including a 10 day leadership program at Mt Eliza Business School.

He has 15 years’ finance experience in a variety of financial and commercial positions, at both a site level and also at a divisional and corporate level. This has been in the manufacturing industry (packaging businesses) as well as the import, warehousing, distribution and service industries. His various positions have meant a number of geographical transfers and he has worked at the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Kyabram and Melbourne.

Specific experience of note:

8 years experience with Amcor in a variety of financial roles. Final position with Amcor was in the Food Cans division as the Divisional Accounting Manager, Australasia.
Commercial Manager with Australian Liquor Marketers (division of Metcash)
Commercial Manager MSS Security (division of Chubb at the time)