Sam Robinson is a well known Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer who is highly respected in the red meat industry and an acknowledged farming leader.
Formerly Chairman of Richmond Ltd before its acquisition by PPCS, Sam Robinson is a member of the Prime Minister's Growth and Innovation Advisory Board, is a Director of the Port of Napier, and was a member of the Government's Food & Beverage Task Force. Until recently he was also the Chair of the Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust (AGMARDT).
He farms close to Waipukurau.
Dr Jane Adams Appointed July 2007
Dr Adams has wide ranging experience in food
technology in public and private sectors and is currently employed
by Zespri Group Ltd in as Innovation Leader, managing research into
kiwifruit productivity and market access as well as extension services.
After gaining a PhD in plant biochemistry, Dr
Adams joined Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd as an export and development
manager for a company involved in new innovations in fresh food. She
was also technical advisor to the New Zealand Board of Goodman Fielder
Wattie Ltd and undertook one of the first waste audits of a major
company in New Zealand. She later joined the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries Quality Management Division, became a registered quality
systems auditor and developed quality assurance systems for several
food companies. She then developed her own consultancy business in
post-harvest science and science management. In 1996 she joined UNITEC
Institute of Technology as a senior academic manager and became Dean
of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences.
She has been involved in strategic management
of research both at an institutional and national level. She
contributed to national research strategies for food science and
technology and for forage crops and reviewed applications for
research funding for the Foundation for Research and Technology
from 1992 to 1998. In 2006 Dr Adams became a Member of the New
Zealand Order of Merit for her services to food science and
technology. She is currently chairperson of the New Zealand
Horticultural Science Advancement Trust and a member
of Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand.
Mr Danny Chan Appointed July 2005
Danny is the Executive Chairman
of Alpha Asset Management Ltd and has had interests in floriculture,
education, seafood processing and security systems. Until 1994, he
headed the Taiwan office of Fidelity Investments of the USA, the world’s
largest fund management company. He was formerly a director of Airways
Corporation Ltd and Everbright Pacific, a subsidiary of the Chinese
government-owned China Everbright Ltd. Danny has lectured in managerial
finance and business analysis at Victoria University of Wellington.
Danny is currently a director
of the following companies (and subsidiaries thereof): Academic Colleges
Group Ltd, Assessment Services Ltd, BioPacific Management Ltd, FlowerZone
International Ltd, Griff Trading Ltd, Guardall Security System Ltd,
Orient New Zealand Property Trust, Orient Pacific Management Ltd,
PhytaGro Inc, Tahere Callas Ltd and Talaford Investment Ltd.
Ms Susan Huria – Deputy Chair Appointed July 2005
Susan Huria is a specialist in the Maori sector with experience in governance,
marketing communications and general management. She held a senior role at
Auckland International Airport for ten years before starting her own management
practice in 2000, Huria Anders. Her previous directorships include Radio New
Zealand Limited, Housing New Zealand Corporation, Ngai Tahu Development Corporation
and Workbase. Since 2005 Susan has been an independent member on the Fonterra
Governance Development Committee.
She is currently a director of Airways, Watercare, Northland Port and Manukau Leisure Services Limited
Mr Andrew MacPherson Appointed June 2008
Andrew MacPherson was CEO of textiles R&D institute Canesis Network (which was acquired by AgResearch in 2007) and prior to this was CEO of AgResearch’s fully owned subsidiary, AgVax. A trained Veterinarian, he is currently chairman of the Johnes Disease Research Consortium and a director of the Animal Health Board.
Mr MacPherson owns an east coast sheep and beef station and lives in Wellington.
