View Full Profile Sir Henry van der Heyden DCNZOM, BE (Hons) Lincoln
Sir Henry van der Heyden has been Fonterra Chairman since 2002. Sir Henry is a founding director of the Co-operative and has contributed to industry governance for 16 years, as both a director and chairman. He also played a considerable role in the industry rationalisation that led to Fonterra’s establishment.
Sir Henry is Chairman of the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee and the External Relations Committee, and is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. He is a Director of Auckland International Airport Ltd, King St Advertising Ltd, Independent Egg Producers Ltd, Northern Feed Mill Ltd, Elevation Capital Ltd and Manuka SA Ltd. Sir Henry is a member of Rabobank’s Food Agribusiness Advisory Board of Australia.
View Full Profile Colin Armer
Colin Armer was elected to the Board in 2006 and chairs the Shareholder Relations Committee and the Milk Price Working Group. Colin sits on the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee and the Farm Development Governance Board. He is also a Director of Dairy Holdings Ltd in Timaru.
Over the past 30 years Colin has built up dairy farming interests in the Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau region of the North Island and in the South Island.
View Full Profile Malcolm Bailey B.Ag. Econ. Massey
Malcolm Bailey was elected to the Board in 2004, and is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, the Shareholder Relations Committee, the External Relations Committee and the Milk Price Working Group. Malcolm is Fonterra’s representative on the International Food and Agriculture Trade Policy Council. He is also a Director of Embryo Technologies Ltd, Hawke’s Bay Dairies Ltd, Hopkins Farming Group Ltd, Agrico Holdings Ltd, Grand Bend Ltd and The Taonui Land Company Ltd.
Malcolm is a former National President of Federated Farmers, a former Fonterra Shareholders’ Councillor, and has been a Special Agricultural Trade Envoy for the New Zealand Government and an External Monetary Policy Adviser to the Reserve Bank.
He farms 205 hectares near Fielding and has other dairy farming interests in the lower North Island.
View Full Profile John Ballard MBA
John Ballard was appointed as an independent Director in May 2006 and serves on the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee. John has served on the Boards of several listed companies including Woolworths Ltd, CSR Ltd, Rinker Ltd, Email Ltd and Southcorp Ltd where he was CEO.
He is also a trustee of FMM Holdings Ltd, FD Lands Ltd, Wide Developments Ltd, Island Glen Dairies Ltd, Jamieson Dairies Ltd and of Spectrum Group Ltd.
John’s farming interests extend to a property producing milk-fed veal in New South Wales.
View Full Profile Ian Farrelly B.Ag. Massey
Ian Farrelly was elected to the Board in 2007 and is a member of the Shareholder Relations Committee, the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and the Milk Price Working Group. Ian is also a Director of Spectrum Group Ltd.
He spent 21 years in the banking industry, including 14 years as head of ASB Bank’s Rural Division. During his tenure, the Rural Business grew from a nil base to over $5 billion in lending and 15 per cent market share. Ian runs a 400 hectare calf rearing farm in Te Awamutu.
View Full Profile Greg Gent
Greg Gent has been a Board member since Fonterra’s formation. Greg chairs the Farm Development Governance Board and sits on the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee, the Fair Value Share Review Committee, the External Relations Committee and the Milk Price Working Group. He is also Chairman of FMG Insurance Ltd and a Director of Equestrian Sports NZ Ltd.
View Full Profile David Jackson M.Com. (Hons), FCA
David Jackson was appointed to the Board as an independent Director in August 2007. David is Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee and serves on the Fair Value Share Review Committee. David serves on the Boards of several companies including Pumpkin Patch Ltd, Nuplex Industries Ltd and The New Zealand Refining Company Ltd.David 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 a member of the Shareholder Relations Committee, Governance Development Committee and the Milk Price Working Group. He is also a Director of Waimana Dairy Ltd, Monloy Farm Ltd and Monaghan Farm Ltd. John has more than 20 years of extensive experience in the New Zealand dairy industry, with leadership roles including Chairmanship of the Fonterra Governance Development Committee, the Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, and the Wairarapa Agri-Business Forum.
John’s dairy farming interests include farms in the Wairarapa and Canterbury.
View Full Profile Nicola Shadbolt
Nicola Shadbolt was elected to the Board in November 2009. Nicola is Associate Professor in Farm and Agribusiness Management at Massey University, and co-author of “Farm Management in New Zealand”. She is a member of five farmer co-operatives, and runs a dairy farm 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 and the Farm Development Governance Board. Jim is a Director of DairyNZ, Tower Peak Holdings Ltd, Spectrum Management Services Ltd, Chertsey Dairies Ltd and Mitcham Holdings Ltd. He 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.
View Full Profile John Waller
John Waller joined the Board as an independent Director in February 2009. John chairs the Fair Value Share Review Committee and is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. John is Chairman of BNZ and the Eden Park Redevelopment Board. He is a Trustee of the Eden Park Trust Board and a member of the Auckland Transition Agency.
John is also a 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 the 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 as an independent Director in July 2006 and serves on the Appointments, Remuneration and Development Committee. Ralph also serves as a Director of Fletcher Building Ltd, Fisher & Paykel Appliances Ltd and Westpac New Zealand 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, and is on the Appointments, Remuneration and
Development Committee and the Fair Value Share Review Committee. John is the Chairman
of South Auckland Independent Testing Society Ltd (SAITL) and a member of the Institute of Directors. He was the first chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Council. In 2000 John was awarded the Nuffield Scholarship and in 2003 he was selected for the Fonterra Advanced Development Programme.
John runs a dairy farm near Te Awamutu and holds joint ownership of farms in Geraldine, South Canterbury.
