TIM JONES (SUMMERFRUIT NEW ZEALAND) WAYNE SANDS (TWIN AGENCIES) Presented with a Lifetime Achiever Award by the FMC in 2016, Sands started working in Woolworth’s variety stores before eventually founding and running sales business Twin Agencies – which now has a team of 160-plus representing market leaders with a combined annual sales turnover of more than $200m. In 1995, Sands and wellknown food manufacturers Dick Hubbard, Andrew and Brian Whittaker recognised a need to have a sales and merchandising service focused on caring for New Zealand manufacturers. BRUCE WILLS (HORTNZ) www.foodtechnology.co.nz 71 ALISON BARRASS (HEILALA and ROCKIT) DR BRUCE CAMPBELL (PLANT & FOOD RESEARCH) NICKY HYSLOP (IRRIGATIONNZ) By combining funds from a group of local manufacturers, the industry could break free from multi-national manufacturers dominating supermarket chains. The company now cares for eight New Zealand manufacturers including Hubbards and Whittakers, providing the essential link between manufacturer and retailer as a combined front to the supermarket chains. He is the current owner of Whoopi Cakes in Auckland. www.twinagencies.co.nz Hyslop has been on the IrrigationNZ board for five years and the chair since last year. She is a registered farm management consultant for 20 years with Macfarlane Rural Business and, in partnership with husband Jonty, farms an intensive sheep, beef and arable fully-irrigated property at Levels in South Canterbury. She is a director with Opuha Water Partnership.“Having grown up on a high country station, farmed an intensive irrigated property and with farm advisory, I have an appreciation of a range of farming businesses, challenges and above all a desire to see all farming communities continue to prosper economically, environmentally and socially.” www.irrigation.co.nz Former Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills has been appointed to the position of independent board director for Hort- NZ. The Hawke’s Bay hill country farmer holds various directorships including Ravensdown, and has been appointed to the board of two National Science Challenge projects. www.hortnz.co.nz With more than 20 years’ experience at major international fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies including PepsiCo, Watties, Kimberley Clark and Goodman Fielder, Barrass is currently a director for Heilala Vanilla and Rockit Global. She stepped down as chief executive for Griffins Foods in late 2016 to take on an appointment on Spark New Zealand’s board. www.heilalavanilla.co.nz Innovation will be key to the on-going success of the horticulture industry, Campbell – who received the 2017 Horticulture New Zealand Industry Service Award – says. “Science and innovation are essential if New Zealand horticulture is to continue delivering healthy food for a growing global population in a fast-moving world,” Campbell says. “We have a reputation for exciting, great tasting fruits and vegetables, produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. This has allowed us to move beyond commodity trading to commanding a value premium from the most discerning of global consumers. Science and innovation is the only way we can continue to deliver to this market and grow New Zealand food exports into the future as the world speeds up and we face increasing global challenges in food production.” Campbell is the chief operating officer for Plant & Food Research, and has led the institute’s summer student programme. www.plantandfood.co.nz As the new chairman of the Summerfruit New Zealand board, Jones has stepped up from his vice chairman role. He is a cherry grower in Central Otago, an exporter and runs this country’s largest cherry packhouse. Chief executive Marie Dawkins says Jones will assist the board in achieving a $250m industry by 2035. “He has a huge wealth of summerfruit industry experience, energy and vision, which will be invaluable as we start aligning our strategic and work plans,” she says. www.summerfruitnz.co.nz
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