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Sep 16, 2026
Lisa OakleyHOST
Can't wait to hear more about that.
Lisa OakleyHOST
With significant executive leadership experience across Australia and New Zealand, Roz has held senior roles with LIC, Fletcher Building, Lion, Vodafone, Foxtel Fruit Call Beverages and Hudson.
Lisa OakleyHOST
Her career has spanned periods of complex transformation, giving her deep expertise in leading change, building high-performing cultures and aligning people strategies with commercial outcomes.
Lisa OakleyHOST
Woof! That's a lot.
Cameron SmithHOST
I can't remember which of the major companies it was, but one of the, you know, main ones that-
Tim BorehamGUEST
Yeah, it's like Lion and Carlton.
Tim BorehamGUEST
So, like, Lion bought-
Cameron SmithHOST
Yeah
Tim BorehamGUEST
... um, Lion bought Stone & Wood, and then Carlton bought Balter.
Cameron SmithHOST
Yep.
Tim BorehamGUEST
So they were, like, the two big...
Tim BorehamGUEST
But Lion and Carlton are both owned by Japanese, so like Asahi and Kirin.
Mike BurkeHOST
Mm.
Mike BurkeHOST
And, I mean, Lion bought them.
Mike BurkeHOST
So Panhead are owned by Lion.
Scott DouglasHOST
There's a part of me that wants to go, is it the fact that you don't sell out? But, I mean, I don't mean it disrespectfully.
Mike BurkeHOST
No, no, no.
Mike BurkeHOST
And, hey, that might be the case.
Mike BurkeHOST
Or maybe, and Lion have done this a few times, right? So Lion and DB, they've bought Kraft.
Mike BurkeHOST
And you think...
Scott DouglasHOST
Now, I believe the guy's name that started this was Mike Nelson, and he started this in 2013.
Scott DouglasHOST
Got bought out by Lion in 2016.
Scott DouglasHOST
Mm-hmm.
Scott DouglasHOST
And I'm pretty sure when I read about it, they got bought out for $13 to $15 million, somewhere along or somewhere within that region.
Scott DouglasHOST
And he stayed on for quite a while and then he's just recently jumped out and left it to Lions hands.
Scott DouglasHOST
So one, I hope the beer stays the same.
Scott DouglasHOST
Sure it will do.
Mike BurkeHOST
You tell us the pie.
Scott DouglasHOST
So I realised I needed to learn a lot.
Scott DouglasHOST
So I went to Lion, worked at Lion for a while.
Scott DouglasHOST
I did a couple of things, but understood big business.
Scott DouglasHOST
And then when I was leaving Lion, I realised that I needed to help business owners out.
Scott DouglasHOST
Like imagine if I had had a Sherpa or a guide or a coach or something like that.
Scott DouglasHOST
when I was 19 and when I was 24 around how to break through that growth cliff.
Scott DouglasHOST
And I wouldn't have called it passion at the time.
Scott DouglasHOST
But I just kept going and kept going and kept going.
Di EdwardsHOST
How did you meet him?
Marney McQueenGUEST
Well, we met at Melbourne Cup because my sister and her fiancé at the time worked for Lion, the alcohol distributor.
Marney McQueenGUEST
I went to one of those Lion ones.
Marney McQueenGUEST
Did you? Yes, I did.
Marney McQueenGUEST
At Melbourne Cup a few years ago.
Dave McCoidHOST
You're going to kick yourself when I talk about these two because you would have seen them.
Dave McCoidHOST
And I think you said once, did you go for a ride in one, I think? The Lion Breweries 4x2 beer tankers.
Carl KirkbeckHOST
The beer tankers, yeah.
Carl KirkbeckHOST
No, we mentioned, yeah, I've got a fantastic photograph of one of them parked outside the bloody Warwick Arms, mate.
Dave McCoidHOST
pubs do.
Carl KirkbeckHOST
Yeah, you can go buy your new Lancer EX there with cloth interior.
Carl KirkbeckHOST
But once upon a time, you could get yourself a Lion Cold delivered to you by an R model, max, single drive, semi-trailer, bloody tanker.
Mark HarveyGUEST
And what a
Dean CarrollGUEST
It became Fine Wine Partners.
Dean CarrollGUEST
I merged with Lion Nathan's wine business.
Dean CarrollGUEST
Okay.
Dean CarrollGUEST
Which, again, was a fantastic time.
Simon DellGUEST
I then got out of marketing.
Simon DellGUEST
I didn't get fired from working with Lion Nathan.
Simon DellGUEST
It was one of those kind of ones where they suggested I leave.
Simon DellGUEST
One of those conversations.
Matt JonesGUEST
And ultimately, we wanted every single person.
Matt JonesGUEST
The day when we sold the business to Lion, we had 150 staff coming to work at Four Pillars, most of them in this incredible distillery in Healesville, in the Yarra Valley.
Matt JonesGUEST
We wanted every one of them to be part of the Four Pillars family and as much embody the Four Pillars story as the founders.
Matt JonesGUEST
So that's where you then start to get clear on how people will experience the brand story and the role that each individual plays.
Matt JonesGUEST
We'd actually just put money down on a lease for a second hospitality venue in Sydney just as the first lockdowns hit.
Matt JonesGUEST
So it was a terrible time for Four Pillars.
Matt JonesGUEST
We were 12 months into our partnership with Lion.
Matt JonesGUEST
Now, the reality is we still had all leadership decision-making.