Board of Directors

PETER MCBRIDE

Elected Director, Chairman

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Member of the People, Culture and Safety Committee, the Disclosure Committee and the Governance Development Programme Committee and Fonterra appointed Director of Fonterra Farmer Custodian Limited

TERM OF OFFICE Elected 2018, last re-elected 2021

Peter became Chair in November 2020. He is currently the Chair of Sydney Markets Limited, is a Director of Trinity Lands Limited and Sequal Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries, and is a member of the New Zealand China Council and the Zespri Global Supply Advisory Board.

Peter was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Trinity Lands Limited, a dairy and kiwifruit operation largely based in the Waikato. He was also previously the Chair and a Director of Zespri Group Limited and other related companies, and a Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum.

B. Horticulture, PG Dip Com Agribusiness

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, the Co-operative Relations Committee and the Sustainability and Innovation Committee

TERM OF OFFICE Elected 2017, last re-elected 2023

Brent had a 25-year career in both New Zealand and abroad in various corporate advisory roles, including being a Partner at PwC for more than 12 years. He is a fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. He currently Chairs the Board of Waitomo Group Limited and Better Eggs Limited, and is a Director of Rabobank NZ Limited and Power Farming Holdings Limited. 

Brent is actively involved as a shareholder of two dairy operations in the Waikato. In addition to his strong financial skills and knowledge, Brent has particular expertise in Fonterra’s Farmgate Milk Price and the drivers of the Co-operative’s earnings.

BCA, FCA

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Chair of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee, Member of the Disclosure Committee and the Milk Price Panel.

TERM OF OFFICE Appointed 2017

Bruce is a Chartered Accountant and has had a 35-year career at PwC, including holding the position of Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand practice from 2009 to 2016. Bruce is Chair of The Farmers Trading Company Limited and Prolife Foods Limited and is a Director of Vector Limited.

Bruce was previously the Chair of Fletcher Building Limited, a Director of the Bank of New Zealand and a member of the University of Auckland Business School Advisory Board. He was a founding Board Member of the New Zealand China Council. Bruce has extensive experience in financial reporting, information system processes, risk management, business acquisitions, capital raising and IPOs across both listed and private companies.

BCom, FCA (CAANZ)

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Chair of the People, Culture and Safety Committee and Member of the Sustainability and Innovation Committee.

TERM OF OFFICE Appointed 2020

Holly has more than 30 years of extensive governance, management and product/marketing experience. She was CEO of major Australian retailer Best & Less and held senior executive roles at Telstra Corp, Ford Motor Company (in the US and Australia) and Pacific Brands.

Holly is currently a Non Executive Director on the Boards of the ANZ Banking Group, the Woolworths Group and agritech start-up Nbryo Ltd.  She is also Chair of the Susan McKinnon Foundation Advisory Board and an Advisor to Bain & Co and climate advisory and investment firm, Pollination.

Holly’s previous governance roles include Deputy Chair of Australia Post and the Boards of Endeavour Group, Abacus Property, Nine Entertainment and AMP Limited. She was previously the Pro-Chancellor of Western Sydney University.

Holly and her husband live on a small rural property in the Southern Highlands, NSW.

BA, Yale University MBA, Georgetown University 

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Chair of the Sustainability and Innovation Committee and Member of the Co-operative Relations Committee

TERM OF OFFICE Elected 2022

Alison has in-depth experience in and understanding of, research and development and applied innovation in relation to the commercialisation of ingredients and food products for human nutrition.

Alison is currently Chair of Totally Vets Limited and a Director of Livestock Improvement Corporation. She was previously a Director of Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService) and a Board member of the National Science Challenge “High Value Nutrition”. Alison and family own a 510 cow, fifth generation dairy farm in the Wairarapa.

BAgrSc (hons), PhD

Appointed Director

TERM OF OFFICE Office appointed 2024

Alistair is based in Australia and has 30 years of experience in the mining, metals, manufacturing and logistics sectors. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of BlueScope Steel Limited and Alcoa Corporation and previously served on the board of Alumina Limited, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcoa Corporation.

Prior to commencing his governance career Alistair held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASX listed Sims Limited, based in the United States and Australia.  Prior to joining Sims Limited, he held a number of senior leadership positions including as Director of the Patrick Terminal & Logistics division of Asciano Limited and as Chief Operating Officer of Rio Tinto’s Bauxite and Alumina Division.

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Member of the Co-operative Relations Committee, the Sustainability and Innovation Committee, the Disclosure Committee and the Governance Development Programme Committee, and Fonterra appointed Director of FSF Management Company Limited

TERM OF OFFICE Elected 2017, last re-elected 2022

Andy was a farm management consultant for 38 years and is a past President of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management (NZIPIM). He is a Director of ANZCO, chairs the SFFF Plantain Project and Edgewater Hotel Lake Wanaka Boards and is a member of the International Farm Management Association (IFMA). Andy is a previous Director of Ngai Tahu Farming Limited and AgResearch, past chair of Deer Industry New Zealand, and served on the council of Lincoln University for 12 years.

Andy and his wife Tricia commenced farming in 1989 and live near Ashburton. His shareholding interests are in Canterbury. He has a strong interest in the governance of food processing and manufacturing, research and development, and strategic use of technology in the farming sector.

B.Agr.Sc

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Chair of the Disclosure Committee, Member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and the People, Culture and Safety Committee

TERM OF OFFICE Elected 2020, last re-elected 2023

Cathy has a number of governance roles having previously enjoyed a 30+ year career as a commercial and corporate lawyer with MinterEllisonRuddWatts. She has significant expertise in governance, equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and private equity services. Amongst the numerous awards she has won, Cathy was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to law and women in 2016.

Cathy is a director and indirect shareholder of Thistlehurst Dairy Limited, based in the Waikato. Key commercial Boards that Cathy serves on as a non-executive director are Fletcher Building and Rangatira. Cathy chairs the Boards of Tourism Holdings and Fertility Associates and is Pro-Chancellor of the Council of the University of Auckland. She was previously on the advisory Board at New Zealand Treasury and a member of the New Zealand Securities Commission and the New Zealand China Council.

ONZM, LLB

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES Chair of the Co-operative Relations Committee, Member of the Disclosure Committee and Fonterra appointed Director of FSF Management Company Limited

TERM OF OFFICE Elected 2018, last re-elected 2021

An experienced company director, John was the previous chair of MHV Water, New Zealand’s largest intergenerational irrigation co-operative.

As the owner of several mid-Canterbury dairy farms forming part of the Rylib Group, John is highly focused on investing in and mentoring the next generation of farmers in New Zealand and on safeguarding the sustainability of farming for the long term. He brings professionalism, cost consciousness and a strategic mindset to governance, ensuring that business operations align with core strategy and are consistently adding value.

John served on the Fonterra Co-operative Council from 2009 to 2011.

B.Agr, PG AgrSci