Our People

Lesley Scogna
Brand Ambassador

After living overseas for 15 years experiencing a number of varying cultures including Kuwait, Dubai, USA, Abu Dhabi and Malaysia, Lesley returned home to Perth with her two daughters Rachel and Emma to settle them into the Australian way of life.

In 1999 she was invited to join MadFish by owners, Brother Jeff and Amy Burch. Lesley eagerly accepted this new challenge with much anticipation for the future. The beginnings were a very exciting time, when Lesley joined the company it was in the process of establishing the Leston Vineyard in Margaret River, named after her much loved father, Leston. MadFish continued to become a family affair with Brother David taking on the role of managing the Leston vineyard.

Lesley reminisces about fond memories of spending school holidays and weekends with my daughters in the vineyard pruning and during the first harvest the excitement of picking the first crop! It really was “all hands on deck” with the whole family being involved and working happily together.

From 1999 to 2005 my role grew from managing tastings in the Perth metropolitan region to the larger wine and food fairs across Australia. In 2003 Lesley began her role as Brand Ambassador to our distribution team in Western Australia, supporting and driving the sales team whilst still continuing with her tasting coordinator role. In 2006 Lesley’s role as Brand Ambassador Western Australia expanded to Brand Ambassador for Australia. 

When not travelling for work you will find Lesley enjoying rowing with her aptly named “MadFish” rowing quad out of the Swan River Rowing club. Each morning Lesley will be down on the beautiful Swan River enjoying the tranquillity of an early morning row, watching the sun rise and sharing the water with the dolphins that also call the Swan River home.