Our Leadership

Phillip Godkin

As Executive Director of SilverChef’s global business, Phillip takes a strategic lens to SilverChef’s global growth. His vision involves ongoing investments in the global hospitality sector, ultimately empowering a greater number of customers to achieve their dreams. SilverChef’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Mangan, reports to Phillip.

Before stepping up into the Executive Director role, Phillip originally joined SilverChef in 2019 as Chief Executive Officer, leading the business through the global pandemic, a transformational core platform upgrade, the acquisition of Econolease in Canada, and expansion into the USA. Before joining SilverChef, Phillip spent more than 20 years at the Westpac Group, where he held a variety of executive leadership roles.

Jeremy Mangan

Jeremy was appointed as CEO of SilverChef’s global business in 2024. Having spent his entire career immersed in hospitality, Jeremy is passionate about driving investment in the global hospitality industry and growing the SilverChef and Econolease businesses globally.

Jeremy joined SilverChef in July 2017 as National Sales Manager for Australia. He moved through a number of senior leadership roles – most recently Chief Commercial Officer, where he was responsible for driving growth, leading our Marketing and Sales teams and developing our dealer channels across Australia and New Zealand.

Peter Forsberg

Peter joined SilverChef in December 2020 as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for SilverChef's financial strategy and financial operations globally. 

Peter has more than 20 years’ experience as a CFO in public and privately-owned companies across a wide range of industry sectors. Prior to SilverChef, Peter was CFO of Thorn Group, a publicly listed financial services company, where he also served as acting CEO for 11 months. 

Amanda Tye

Amanda joined SilverChef in January 2018 and took on the role of Head of People and Impact in January 2020, becoming Chief People and Impact Officer in 2022.  In 2023 she added Customer Success to her remit, becoming Chief People, Customer and Impact Officer.

She has more than 20 years' experience in HR across the education, banking and telecommunications sectors. An experienced leader, Amanda has a proven track record in growing high-performing teams and delivering strategic outcomes. 

Before joining SilverChef, Amanda was General Manager, Talent Acquisition and Development, at a major telecommunications provider.

Ben Ward

Ben joined SilverChef in February 2020 as Chief Information Officer, responsible for technology, global transformation, strategy and operations globally.

He is an accomplished industry leader with 20 years’ of senior-executive experience across a wide range of industries and organisations.

Ben specialises in results-driven business transformation; his industry leadership has been recognised by Gartner, Business Review Australia, and CIO Magazine.

Dunstin Lynch

Dunstin joined SilverChef in February 2017 as Head of Group Risk, responsible for risk management, corporate governance, fraud management, audit and compliance globally.

He is an accomplished senior executive, whose key achievements at SilverChef include reducing risk through the introduction of effective controls and governance frameworks and leading the company’s COVID crisis response.

Before joining SilverChef, Dunstin spent 18 years at Heritage Bank, where his most recent position was General Manager, Technology.

Jessika Woolford

Jessika joined SilverChef in mid 2023 as Global Head of Marketing before stepping into Chief Marketing Officer in mid 2024. Jessika has spent her career in marketing roles across a variety of B2B and B2C industries, in both for-purpose and commercial organisations.

As CMO, Jessika leads all our global marketing strategies, programs and deliverables to align with our global business strategy. Jessika is passionate about purpose and positive impact, which is part of our DNA here at SilverChef.

Robert Phelps

Robert joined SilverChef in February 2016 as Executive General Manager for Australia/New Zealand and subsequently led our Canadian business as President, SilverChef Canada for five years.

In 2022 Robert took on the leadership of SilverChef’s Certified Used division globally. The division provides a business-critical remarketing channel for equipment returned through our flagship rental product, Rent–Try–Buy.

Stuart Zalunardo

Stuart is responsible for leading SilverChef’s Canadian business, comprising both the SilverChef and Econolease brands.

Stuart, who joined SilverChef in November 2020, leads SilverChef's business in Canada, home to more than 100,000 foodservice businesses. Previously, he was the company’s Sales Director for Australia and New Zealand. 

Stuart has more than 30 years' experience driving growth within the finance industry. Prior to SilverChef, Stuart was National Head of Industry Business Banking at St George Group, where he led a national team of industry-aligned business bankers across St George, BankSA, and Bank of Melbourne.

Alexander Gillett

Al joined SilverChef in 2024 as the Chief Commercial Officer, where he is responsible for driving growth, leading our Sales teams, and developing our dealer channels across Australia and New Zealand.

Al brings a wealth of experience in professional services, banking and finance, spanning over 20 years. Prior to joining SilverChef he was Principal at a boutique investment bank and a corporate advisory firm. He has held executive leadership roles in Westpac Group’s specialist business division, overseeing financial, customer, risk, compliance, systems and portfolio management for the Group’s asset finance and capital finance divisions.