Our People

The fine people of Five Senses Coffee.

When Five Senses started out, we were committed to building a business that we had fun working at. Turns out, succeeding at that is all about surrounding yourself with amazing people. Over the years, the Five Senses team has grown to a lively, warm group of people, all of whom show incredible care for not only their work but also their colleagues and all those we work with at origin and in cafes. In addition to being a swell bunch of individuals, they’ve got some serious coffee chops behind them – from cafe owners to baristas, world coffee championship judges to Q graders a-plenty, their collective expertise is a rich resource they’re always keen to share.
We’re incredibly proud of our crew – they’re what make this journey so much fun.

Dean Gallagher

Founder & Owner
With enough energy to power a semi-conductor, drinking coffee is probably overkill for Dean. Force of nature entrepreneur, he loves big steak Fridays, an aged red wine and turning everyone up to 11. Willfully stuck on old school ristrettos.

Jason Gray

Chief Executive Officer
Captain of our ship, Jason has been with Five Senses for over 10 years. Originally from a finance background, he now has equal parts coffee and numbers running through his veins. His latte art swans are still a disgrace but no one has the heart to tell him. He goes to more music gigs than all of us combined, bleeds Dockers purple, and talks a lot of trash on the ping pong table.

Brad Butler

Chief Operations Officer
We all know teachers have organisational super powers and are fueled by coffee. Heading up all things operations, Brad is a former teacher who inspires others to be great. When he’s not recovering from a sporting injury, you can find him gathered around the coffee machine talkin’ extraction yields and fantasy sports.

Chantelle Mueller

Chief Financial Officer
Leaving Merredin for the big smoke of Perth to study accounting, Chantelle has found herself as a literal bean-counter. Whatever you do, don’t screw around with her spreadsheets, but she can be bribed with offerings of gin and cheese.

Jeremy Hulsdunk

Chief Commercial Officer
Besides being a walking encyclopedia on coffee, Jeremy is also a certifed Q Grader, two time WA Barista Champ, WA Latte Champ and WA Cupping Champ! With so many accolades nestled in his pool room, you'd think they were his best feature, but no! It's his witty charm and love for pink and grey galahs.

Ashley Brian

Marketing Manager
Ash lives the basketball life both on court and off. You will often see him zipping around Northbridge on a Vespa, sporting a different pair of Jordans every single time. A man of the people, Ash heads up marketing and all things home and office coffee. If the modded SynessoMac on his kitchen bench is anything to go by, he takes home tech very seriously.

Valter Peres

Technical Services Manager

Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Valter brings over 30 years of experience in maintenance and technical services, along with a sharp, analytical mind. He’s been with Five Senses for over 10 years, quietly keeping things running as they should. Outside of work, he follows his beloved Corinthians, never misses Brazil at the World Cup, and is always up for a proper Brazilian BBQ.

Brett Millar

National Production Manager
A previous award winning restauranteur, Brett heads up National Production with his positive and infectious energy. Based at our VIC roastery since 2007, you're in for a great chat and a lending hand from everyones 'Go 2 Guy'.

Jacqueline Pace

Human Resources Manager
Meet Jacqueline, or as we like to call her, Jacqui! With a whopping ten years of HR know-how under her belt, Jacqui is all about turbo charging our team into the stratosphere. When she's not transforming our workplace, you'll find her soaking up the magic of live musicals and concerts, dancing to those irresistible 80's jams, and keeping up with her two energetic boys! 

Zoe Tulloch

National Roasting Manager

Joining us from across the ditch, proud Kiwi Zoe made her way to Melbourne in 2018 and hasn’t looked back since. Falling in love with specialty coffee whilst working as barista, restaurant manager and roaster at some of the city's finest coffee institutions, she comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and plenty of cute pics of her pets! If there's a bag of pineapple lumps on the table, you know she won't be gar away ...

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