- The company's managing Director Dave Chambers,
- Mark Brosnan, the General Manager SuperValue and Fresh Choice Supermarkets, the building's owners, John Hutton and Tim Gould, members of the Ballin family.
- Can I also acknowledge the franchisees and as a former Minister of Commerce I understand the importance of the model in New Zealand.
- The initial leaders of the Countdown business including Jim Veitch, and members of the Rattray Family.