View Full Profile Sir Henry van der Heyden DCNZOM, BE (Hons) Lincoln
Sir Henry van der Heyden has been Fonterra Chairman since 2002. He is also Chairman of the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee. Sir Henry is a Director of Auckland International Airport Ltd, Independent Egg Producers Ltd, Elevation Capital Management Ltd, Pascaro Investments Ltd and Manuka Ltda. He is a member of Rabobank's Food Agribusiness Advisory Board of Australia, the New Zealand Business Forum and the Director Remuneration Committee of Zespri International.
View Full Profile Colin Armer
Colin Armer was elected to the Board in 2006 and is Chairman of the Supplier Relations Committee, the International Farming Ventures Group, and Payments Working Group. He also sits on the Audit Finance and Risk Committee, the Appointments Remuneration and Development Committee and the External Relations Committee. Colin is a Director of Dairy Holdings Ltd. Colin and his wife, Dale, have extensive dairy farming interests in both the North and South Island.
View Full Profile Malcolm Bailey B.Ag. Econ. Massey
Malcolm Bailey was elected to the Board in 2004, and sits on the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, Supplier Relations Committee, the External Relations Committee and the Milk Payments Working Group. Malcolm is also represents Fonterra on Dairy Companies Association NZ, and is a member of the International Food and Agriculture Trade Policy Council. He is also a Director of Embryo Technologies Ltd, Hawke's Bay Dairies (2002) Ltd, Hopkins Farming Group Ltd, Agrico Holdings Ltd. Malcolm's dairy farming interests are as a shareholder in the Hopkins Farming Group and he lives on a 200 hectare dairy support block near Feilding.
View Full Profile Ian Farrelly B.Ag. Massey
Ian Farrelly was elected to the Board in 2007 following a 20 year career in the banking industry. He is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee, the Supplier Relations Committee and the Milk Payments Working Group. Ian is also a Director of First Mortgage Managers Ltd, Spectrum Dairies Ltd and F.D. Lands Ltd. He runs a 400 hectare calf rearing farm in Te Awamutu, owns a 50 percent share in three Waikato Dairy Farms and also has ownership in dairy farms in Canterbury.
View Full Profile David Jackson M.Com. (Hons), FCA
David Jackson was appointed to the Board in September 2007. He is an appointed Director. David is Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee and serves on the Fair Value Share Review Committee, the Capital Structure Committee and the Milk Price Panel. As Chairman of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, he is an observer on the Appointments, Remuneratin and Development Committee.
David serves on the Boards of several companies including Pumpkin Patch Ltd, Nuplex Industries Ltd and The New Zealand Refining Company Ltd. He spent more than 30 years with accounting firm Ernst & Young in a variety of roles. He served as Chairman of the Board of Management for Ernst & Young Ltd New Zealand from 1999 to 2002.
View Full Profile John Monaghan
John Monaghan was elected to the Fonterra Board in 2008. John is Chairman of the External Relations Committee and is a member of the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee, the Fair Value Share Committee and the Capital Structure Committee. He is also a Director of the CentrePort Ltd and CentrePort Properties Ltd. He has farming interests in the Wairarapa and Canterbury regions.
View Full Profile Nicola Shadbolt
Nicola Shadbolt was elected to the Board in 2009. She serves on the Capital Structure Committee, the Supplier Relations Committee, the Milk Payments Working Group and the International Farming Ventures Group.
Nicola is also Professor of Farm and Agribusiness Management at Massey University, and co-author of Farm Management in New Zealand. She is a Director of five farming and forestry equity partnerships that include two dairy farms in the Manawatu. Nicola is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management.
View Full Profile Jim van der Poel
Jim van der Poel was elected to the Board in 2002 and serves on the Fair Value Share Review Committee, the External Relations Committee, the Supplier Relations Committee, the Milk Payments Working Group, the Capital Structure Committee and the International Farming Ventures Group. He is also Chairman of the Spectrum Group of Companies and a trustee of the Asia NZ Foundation. Jim has won a number of industry awards including the AC Cameron Award, 2002 Nuffield Scholarship, Sharemilker of the Year and the Dairy Exporter Primary Performer Award. Jim and his wife Sue live at Ngahinapouri in the Waikato and have farming interests in Waikato, Canterbury and the United States.
View Full Profile John Waller
John Waller was appointed to the Board in February 2009. He is an appointed Director. John chairs the Fair Value Share Review Committee and the Milk Price Panel, and is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, and the Capital Structure Commitee. John is Chairman of the BNZ and the Eden Park Redevelopment Board and of the Eden Park Trust Board. He is Director of National Australia Bank Ltd, BNZ Investments Ltd, Haydn & Rollett Ltd, National Equities Ltd, Alliance Group Ltd, Sky Network Television Ltd and Donaghy's Ltd. John was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 20 years. He was a member of their Board and led their Advisory practice for many years.
View Full Profile Ralph Waters CP. Eng. FIE Aust, M. Bus.
Ralph Waters was appointed to the Board in July 2006. He is an Appointed Director, and serves on the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee. Ralph also serves as Chairman of Fletcher Building Ltd and as a Director of Westpac New Zealand Ltd and Woolworths Ltd. He was Chief Executive of Fletcher Building from May 2001 until his retirement in August 2006. Before joining Fletcher Building, Ralph was Managing Director of the Australian publicly-listed company Email Ltd, and has also held a number of engineering and managerial positions in London and the Middle East.
View Full Profile John Wilson B. Ag. Sc. Massey
John Wilson was elected to the Board in 2003. He is Chairman of the Capital Structure Committee and serves on the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee, and the Milk Price Panel and the Fair Value Share Review Committee.
John is also the Chairman of South Auckland Independent Testing Society Ltd and a member of the Institute of Directors. In 2000 he was awarded the Nuffield Scholarship. John lives on his dairy farm near Te Awamutu and also manages a dairy farming business based in Geraldine, South Canterbury, which he owns jointly.
View Full Profile David MacLeod
David MacLeod was elected to the Board in 2011. He is a member of the Audit Finance and Risk Committee, the Capital Structure Committee, the Milk Payments Working Group, the Fair Value Share Review Committee, the External Relations Committee and the International Farming Ventures Group. David has served on the Boards of Port Taranaki and Greaves Electrical. He is Chairman of the Taranaki Regional Council and has served as a National Council member of Local Government New Zealand. David lives near Hawera in South Taranaki and is a Director of PKW Farms Ltd., one of Fonterra's largest shareholders.
