MANAGEMENT TEAM
Clinton Cahn
Chief Executive Officer
Clinton Cahn has experience across investment banking at UBS, private equity at TPG Capital and corporate strategy at Crown Resorts.
Clinton was the Chief Financial Officer from 1 May 2020 to 30 June 2024 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 24 August 2023, having held the role of Acting Chief Executive Officer from April 2022 to July 2022 and again from February 2023 to August 2023.
Clinton joined The Reject Shop in March 2020.
Amy Eshuys
Chief Operating Officer
Amy Eshuys is an experienced retail professional, with extensive international merchandise experience and deep knowledge of discount variety retail, having worked in both Australia and the United States.
Prior to joining The Reject Shop, Amy held the combined role of Vice President and General Merchandise Manager for Buying, Merchandising & Sourcing at CTS (formerly known as Christmas Tree Shops) based in New Jersey. CTS is a specialty retailer with 80 stores that combines low price every day and seasonal merchandise. In her time with CTS, Amy was responsible for developing and executing a compelling merchandise offer to meet the needs and wants of customers in a very competitive and challenging marketplace.
Amy was appointed Chief Operating Officer of The Reject Shop in April 2022.
Andrew Woolf
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining The Reject Shop, Andrew Woolf spent 15 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the UK and Australia, most recently as a Director in their Financial Assurance practice primarily focused on consumer and retail markets.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant.
Andrew joined The Reject Shop in 2020 as the Financial Controller and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in July 2024.
Patrick Myers
Chief Commercial Officer
Patrick Myers is an experienced retail finance professional with 15 years’ experience predominately in commercial roles.
Prior to joining The Reject Shop, Patrick was at Swisse Wellness for over three years and at Coles Group for six years. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Economics and Finance and is a Chartered Management Accountant.
Patrick joined The Reject Shop in 2021 as the Head of Commercial and Strategy and was appointed Chief Commercial Officer in July 2024.
Lauren Harris
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Lauren Harris is an experienced legal and governance practitioner, having previously held roles at a top tier law firm (Ashurst) and a number of ASX 100 companies across a range of industries. Lauren has oversight of the Quality & Product Compliance, Legal and Company Secretarial functions at The Reject Shop.
Lauren holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce.
Lauren joined The Reject Shop as General Counsel in January 2024 and was appointed Company Secretary in February 2024.
Hamish Briggs
General Manager, Operations
Hamish Briggs is a passionate operational leader and retailer, with 15 years’ experience across Woolworths and The Reject Shop.
Joining The Reject Shop in 2018 as an Area Manager, Hamish progressed into the role of National Operations Manager and Head of Central Operations and served as the State Manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Hamish has played a critical role in the transformation journey at The Reject Shop over the past 4 years, leveraging his expertise in retail management to drive operational excellence, simplification, cost optimisation and store engagement.
Hamish was appointed General Manager, Operations in July 2024 and oversees the Store Operations, Central Operations and Loss Prevention functions.
Natasha (Tash) Reeve
General Manager, People and Culture
Tash Reeve is an accomplished Human Resources professional who has worked in various industries and sectors in Australia and the United States, including at Hertz, 7-11 and Amazon. Tash specialises in organisational development, talent management and executive coaching. Tash oversees the Safety, Talent Acquisition, People and Culture Business Partnering, Employee Relations and Payroll functions at The Reject Shop.
Tash holds a Bachelor of Business Management specialising in Human Resources Management and Marketing.
Tash joined The Reject Shop in April 2023 as Head of Business Partnering and was appointed General Manager, People & Culture in May 2024.
David (Dave) Newett
General Manager, Technology
Dave Newett has nearly 30 years of technology experience, with over 20 years’ experience in retail focused technology roles.
Prior to joining The Reject Shop, Dave held a number of senior technology roles at Kmart. During his time at Kmart, Dave helped define the technology strategy, led major transformation initiatives from a technology and business perspective and was instrumental in enabling the enhanced use of data to drive business outcomes.
Dave joined The Reject Shop as Head of Technology in July 2021 and was appointed General Manager, Technology in October 2023.
Paul Rose
General Manager, Property
Paul Rose is an experienced senior level professional with over 20 years’ experience in retail property, working with major retailers and major landlords throughout Australia.
Paul held senior roles for 10 years with leading ASX listed property trusts and commercial agencies in centre management, leasing and development. Paul then held senior property roles with Wesfarmers owned Kmart Australia from 2009 and incorporated Target Australia from 2016. During this time, Paul was part of the property leadership team that delivered major store network growth to assist with repositioning Kmart Australia.
Paul joined The Reject Shop in February 2020.
Andrew Stein
Chief Customer Officer
Andrew Stein has more than 25 years of experience in discount variety retail in the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
In the US, Andrew was Chief Marketing Officer at Kmart where he led the brand repositioning, the development of the loyalty program, and creating Cannes Lion award-winning advertising. At Big Lots, Andrew was the Chief Customer Officer and led the brand reinvention, the launch and building of e-commerce, the redevelopment of the loyalty program and several years of comparable store sales growth.
Andrew then moved to the Warehouse Group in New Zealand to lead Customer Strategy and Demand Generation in the new agile structure for The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming brands.
Andrew joined The Reject Shop in March 2022.
John Bacon
General Manager, Supply Chain
John Bacon has over 25 years of retail experience having worked at Coles, Coles Liquor, Lovisa and, as a supply chain consultant with a variety of other retailers. As a consultant, John has worked on a variety of supply chain transformation projects with each of Woolworths, Bras N Things and Pillow Talk while also assisting Forever New and Cotton On.
Since 2017, John has developed his skillset to include managing supply chains in domestic and international contexts where he provides proactive leadership to build supply chain capacity, capability and resilience.
John is keen to contribute to the learning and development of the next generation of retailers through education and mentoring. John is a sessional lecturer at the University of Melbourne in e-commerce and supply chain.
John joined The Reject Shop in December 2022
