About
Hally Labels
Sales Team
Sales Team Australia
Our team work closely with our clients to brainstorm label solutions, forecast demand, manage stock, and ensure your labelling needs are seamlessly met. Each of our Account Managers has expertise across all types of industries and applications.
Please scroll down to find our NZ-based team, they're under the Australian group.
Steve Kabaj
National Sales Manager
Joined in 2010
Steve is the National Sales Manager for Australia and looks after the Sales and Customer Action teams. You can read more about Steve's pedigree in his Leadership Team bio.
Allen Ford
Account Manager
Joined in 2018
Allen is the newest member to the sales team at Hally and is based out of our Brisbane facility. Allen has a strong background in FMCG goods with experience in dairy, beverages and general grocery. His energy and eagerness will provide a great resource for our customers in the development of their labelling needs and general product decoration requirements.
Anne Costin
Account Manager
Joined in 2018
Anne is based out of our Sydney plant looking after a variety of clients in Sydney and country New South Wales. Anne has a strong background with FMCG manufacturing in Australia across multiple industries and takes a strong interest in the use of labels to gain marketing advantages for her clients, large or small.
Craig Lems
Strategic Account Manager
Joined in 2007
Craig is a Strategic Account Manager with a number of national customers. With extensive experience in the FMCG and beverage sectors his knowledge of these industries and detailed understanding of applications and materials delivers exceptional solutions to our customers.
David Mollee
Account Manager
Joined in 2008
David is the Senior Account Manager for a variety of clients in Queensland, and has special expertise in the meat and poultry sectors. He also looks after our clients in Western Australia, and makes regular trips to the west coast.
Lindsay Byrom
Account Manager
Joined in 2010
Lindsay is the Account Manager for a number of Sydney based customers. Her knowledge of materials helps customers select the best label solution for their needs in FMCG, confectionery, pharmaceutical and chemical environments.
Manuel Rooney
Account Manager
Joined in 2012
Manuel is an Account Manager with a large portfolio of Queensland and Northern New South Wales customers in many industries. Whether it be beer and wine, non-food or industrial industries his knowledge helps provide his customers the right advice for their labelling needs with his extensive packaging experience.
Sam Carroll
Internal Account Manager
Joined in 2013
Based in Brisbane Sam is a former Customer Action Team member who now looks after a variety of accounts. Her customer base is varied including artisan food producers, craft beverages, cosmetics and retail. Attention to detail, organisation and tenacity are the key qualities that ensure her clients receive exceptional service.
Patrick Farrell
Account Manager
Joined in 2018
Patrick recently joined our Australian Sales Team and is based out of our Melbourne Sales Office. His background in packaging and print across various industries in manufacturing and wholesale gives him a solid platform to service our new and existing customer needs. Whilst only a ‘newbie’ to the label game by comparison to some 20+ year veterans, Patrick has a burning desire to make his customers labels deliver more business for them.
Steve Stills
Account Manager
Joined in 1995
Steve is based out of our Sydney plant and has key responsibilities across many of our Sydney meat, FMCG, food and beverage customers. Steve brings extensive label experience to his customers, and is always exploring ways to deliver a better label solution by utilising his pre-press background.
Vanessa Seng
Account Manager
Joined in 2018
Vanessa has recently joined Hally Labels in our Victoria (Melbourne) sales office and looks after a range of our Victorian and Tasmanian customers. Vanessa joins us with a background in Sales, Account Management, Business Development and has worked in a variety of industries including Label Printing across manufacturing and B2B environments like so many of our valued customers.
Sales Team New Zealand
Murray Davis
National Sales Manager
Joined in 2012
Murray is the National Sales Manager for New Zealand, and looks after the Sales and Customer Action teams, as well as being a member of our Leadership Team and Senior Management Team. Murray is an experienced General Manager and Sales Manager and has always worked at the customer interface. When recently questioned for our newsletter on what makes him happy, he said: “Pretty simple really. A beautiful far north NZ beach on a hot sunny day surrounded by my family knowing that I’ve got some great beef to cook up on the BBQ later that day.” Yep, that sounds pretty good...
Chris Watt
Business Development Manager
Joined in 2002
Chris has been with Hally Labels for over 10 years and has performed a number of roles; most recently as head of our quality department. This has instilled in Chris a deep understanding of all aspects of our business; there is very little about labels he doesn't know!! Chris manages our Business Development focus across the North Island plus the important Kiwifruit Sector for Hally meaning he will regularly be in the Bay of Plenty region. There is no doubt Chris’ energy and enthusiasm along with his strong technical and process background will be a real asset for our customers. Outside of work Chris has his hands full as a husband and relatively new father. To ease his mind he likes to find himself at the family batch in the Coromandel as often as he can.
Dean Wrightson
Account Manager
Joined in 2018
Dean is the latest addition to the Hally sales team in New Zealand. He joins us with a strong background in Sales, Business Development and Account Management. He has significant experience in packaging, labelling and manufacturing environments having worked in numerous B2B environments. Dean’s role will have an aspect of new customer acquisition in the North Island whilst managing a significant existing customer base. Outside of work Dean is a real outdoors man who loves to spend quality time with his family either kayaking or hiking. We’re delighted to welcome Dean to Hally.
Guy Bignold
Account Manager
Joined in 2007
Guy is one of our meat and thermal experts, and looks after many of our regional meat clients across both the North and South Island. Years in the Red Meat Sector means there is very little that Guy hasn’t seen or had to deal with to support the industry and our customers. Unfortunately for Guy he is a long suffering West Ham supporter. Up until last year he was also a long suffering Hurricanes supporter, maybe the worm has turned...
John Coull
Business Development Manager
Joined in 2004
John’s expertise lies in FMCG and wine labelling. John’s passion for his customers is unquestionable and he will not stop to ensure that their expectations are met. John also loves new challenges so is always on the lookout for new customers and label opportunities. John likes to keep himself pretty fit so can regularly be found on a bike in the hills of Canterbury, on the ski slopes in Queenstown or a swimming pool doing lengths.
Nick Shepard
Senior Account Manager
Joined in 2011
Nick is also one of our meat and thermal experts, and looks after many of our regional meat clients. He also has significant wine labelling expertise and travels regularly within the South Island. Nick has exceptional Account Manager skills and inevitably develops deep and comprehensive relationships with his customers. Nick’s idea of heaven is packing up the family in the car and renting a bach at Kaiteriteri Beach, just outside of Nelson.
Rachel O'Connor
Account Manager
Joined in 2006
Rachel manages a large portfolio of smaller customers. Rachel was also in the past our Customer Services Manager so she acutely understands the demands and requirements of our customers. Her clients love her personal service and regularly make contact with the business to compliment her work and say thanks for going the extra mile. Rachel loves her rugby and has been a long supporter of the Hornby Rugby Club on the sidelines and at a Committee level.
Steven Hessey
Business Development Manager
Joined in 2018
Steven is the latest member of the Hally New Zealand Sales Team. Steven joins us with a very strong background in Sales and Account Management. Most recently he has been in the apparel sector with Glengyle Knitwear where he was an owner and Director in the business. Prior to this he sold print equipment for 6 years with Aarque Graphics with the 5 years before that selling furniture and joinery supplies to the Building sector. As a consequence Steven has a unique skillset blending creativity with pragmatism. When not at work Steven has his hands full as a father of three boys, which makes us tired just thinking about it!!
