Our Leadership

Phillip Godkin

As Executive Director of the SilverChef Group, 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. the SilverChef Group'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 the SilverChef Group 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.

Dunstin Lynch

Dunstin joined the SilverChef Group in February 2017 as Chief Risk Officer, responsible for risk management, corporate governance, fraud management, audit and compliance globally. Most recently, Dunstin temporarily relocated to Canada to support our growing North American business, building and leading the Credit and Risk function as Chief Risk Officer – North America.

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 28 years at Heritage Bank, where his most recent position was General Manager, Technology. 

Peter Forsberg

Peter joined the SilverChef Group in December 2020 as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for the SilverChef Group'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 the SilverChef Group 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.

Brad Lever

Brad joined the SilverChef Group in 2016 and has held several key leadership roles across the business, including Global Transformation Manager. 

In 2025, he was appointed to Chief Information Officer, responsible for the strategy, operations and roadmap of our Global Technology function. Brad brings deep technical expertise and a strong focus on delivering meaningful outcomes in complex environments, with a proven track record of driving transformation across the business.

Stuart Zalunardo

Stuart joined the SilverChef Group in 2020 as Sales Director for Australia and New Zealand, before relocating in 2022 to Canada to lead our SilverChef and EconoLease businesses, as well as our expansion into the US market. In 2025, he returned to Australia and was appointed Chief Risk Officer. With more than 35 years’ experience in the finance industry, he brings strong expertise in relationship management, credit, strategy and business leadership.

Before joining 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.

Jessika Woolford

Jessika joined the SilverChef Group 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 organizations.

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 the SilverChef Group.

Robert Phelps

Robert joined the SilverChef Group 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 the SilverChef Group's Certified Used division globally. The division provides a business-critical remarketing channel for equipment returned through our flagship rental product, Rent–Try–Buy.

Niall Grigg

Niall has spent more than 10 years at the SilverChef Group in key sales and leadership roles, including leading the New Zealand business and managing Customer Success AU. Niall has built deep expertise across the hospitality and finance sectors and has strong insight into how SilverChef helps partners and customers successfully grow their business.

Niall was appointed to Chief Growth Officer AUNZ in 2025, where he is responsible for driving Growth, leading our Sales teams, and developing our dealer channels across Australia and New Zealand.