Charlie McLeish joined Pental in May 2011 as chief operating officer. He became chief executive in January 2014.
Prior to his appointment at Pental, Mr McLeish spent over 30 years in the fast moving consumer goods industry including 20 years managing major bakeries within Bunge Australia (Goodman Fielder) and focusing on business turnaround. Following Goodman Fielder, he spent 10 years at George Weston Foods as general manager of Tip Top Bakeries Victoria where he significantly improved business growth from negative EBIT of $6M to positive EBIT of $12M within eight years. Following that, he became the national sales director of Don Smallgoods.