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Investor Site Visit Briefing

3 August 2018

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Orchard-to-Market Excellence

Seeka is an international fresh produce business

In Australia:

Grows, processes and markets

▪Kiwifruit

▪Nashi pears

▪European pears

▪Stone fruit

▪Kiwifruit pollen




In New Zealand:

Grows, processes and markets

▪Kiwifruit

▪Avocado

▪Kiwiberry

▪Kiwifruit pollen

Develops, leases and manages orchards

Manufactures

▪Kiwi Crush, avocado oil

Imports, ripens and supplies

▪Bananas, tropical fruit

Wholesales

▪Seasonal produce

Largest grower of

kiwifruit in New Zealand

and Australia

Australia’s largest

nashi grower

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Performance

Growth through expansion of product portfolio, geographical reach and value chain

1987199219972002200720122017

Revenue

$1.2m

Revenue

$186.8m

2016


2017


Revenue $191.3m $186.8m

EBITDA $24.8m $23.1m

NPBT $13.6m $9.9m

NPAT $10.4m $5.8m

Total assets $197.3m $222.0m

Shares 17.5m 17.5m

Basic EPS $0.65 $0.35

EPS

excluding

extraordinary

items

$0.47¹ $0.44²

Significant investment

in infrastructure to

prepare for growth in

volumes

Revenue CAGR FY13-FY17 = 17.7%

EBITDA CAGR FY13-FY17 = 24.9%

1. Normalised EPS excludes receipt of $3.6m insurance proceeds which after tax reduces EPS from $0.65 to $0.47

2. 2017 a prior period deferred tax adjustment of $1m was expensed. This had the effect of reducing EPS by $0.06 and would have resulted in $0.41 EPS.

Impairments less revaluation gains resulted in a further $0.03 reduction and would have made EPS $0.44

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$2.3m

$2.9m

$22.0m

$6.4m

REVENUE¹

Orchard

$48.58m

Post Harvest

$96.70m

Retail Services

$24.29m


Seeka Australia

$16.54m

Revenue and EBITDA by Operating Segment FY2017

Orchard Division, New Zealand

Growing export crops of kiwifruit, avocado and

kiwiberry from more than 220 orchards via

management, lease and long-term lease contracts


Post Harvest Division, New Zealand

Contract processing service to harvest, pack,

coolstore and supply kiwifruit, avocado and kiwiberry

from more than 700 orchards, including all produce

from our orchard operations and for independent

growers


Retail Services Division, New Zealand

Markets local and imported produce in New Zealand,

exports to Australia and niche international markets,

and manufacturers and sells high value functional

foods under the ‘Kiwi Crush’ trademark and avocado

oil


Seeka Australia Division

Owns 10 large orchards plus post harvest facilities

that supply Australian retailers with a large proportion

of Australia’s locally grown kiwifruit, nashi and pears


EBITDA²

1. Revenue excludes $0.7m not allocated to segments

2. EBITDA totals $23.1m with inclusion of ($10.5m) of Corporate Division

Orchard

Seeka Australia

Retail Services

Post Harvest

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Australian Operations

Rob Towgood

Commercial manager








Fully integrated orchard,

to market-supply service

Orcharding Operations

Simon Wells

GM Orchards








Grow all products

kiwifruit, kiwiberry,

avocado

Post Harvest Operations

Kevin Halliday

GM Post Harvest Services








Harvest, pack, coolstore

and supply all products

Retail Services

Ray Hook

GM Retail Services








Domestic marketing of

local and imported fruit

Supply

Kate Bryant

GM Supply








Manage the supply chain

interface to market clients

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

Financial management

Stuart McKinstry, Chief

Financial Officer and

Company Secretary

Grower Services

Annmarie Lee

GM Growers & Marketing








Manage relationship with

orchard owners. Marketing

and communications

Information systems

Jason Swain, GM

Information Services

Michael Franks,

Chief Executive

Officer

Enabling functions


Led by an Experienced Management Team

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Operating performance

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Volume and market returns

Orchard Division, New Zealand

Millions of trays

2016A 2017A 2018F

Hayward (Green) 8.9 5.9 7.5

Zespri SunGold 2.3 2.6 3.1

Total 11.2 8.5 10.7

201320142015201620172018

HaywardSunGold

New Zealand kiwifruit grown


Millions of class 1 trays



FY 2017

$6.4m EBITDA

▪Up 13% on PCP

2017 kiwifruit volumes

decreased on PCP by 21%

following an industry wide drop

in Hayward (Green) yields

Grew 8.45m trays of kiwifruit

(30.7m kilograms)

Grew 98,356 trays of avocado

(0.54m kilograms)


8.5

11.2

9.2

7.2

6.9

Turnover/ revenue

($m)

47.9 48.6

EBITDA ($m) 5.6 6.4

10.7

2018 kiwifruit

volumes are

forecast to

rebound

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Volume and profit

Post Harvest Division, New Zealand

Millions of trays

2016A 2017 2018F

Hayward (Green) 25.0 16.6 20.4

Zespri SunGold 7.4 9.0 10.7

Total 32.4 25.6 31.1

19.6

21.4

27.8

32.4

25.6

31.1

201320142015201620172018F

Class 1 & 2 kiwifruit trays


Millions



FY 2017

$22m EBITDA

▪Down 18% on PCP

25.6m trays processed

▪Down 21%

Fruit loss the best in Seeka’s

history

▪1.18% Hayward (Green)

conventional

▪0.42% for Hayward (Green)

organic

▪0.73% for Zespri SunGold

Innovation in management

and procurement has yielded

positive results


Turnover/ revenue

($m)

110.8 96.7

EBITDA ($m) 26.8 22.0

1. Kiwifruit volumes decreased in 2017 by 21% PCP following an industry wide drop in Hayward (Green) yields

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2018 kiwifruit

volumes are

forecast to

rebound

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2018 Packed Kiwifruit Volumes Increased by 21%¹ – Class 1 Trays

2017A 2018¹

Packed

trays

Packed

trays

Fruit Size

Average

yield

Packed

trays

Fruit Size

Average

yield

%

Change

Hayward

14.88m 29.1 9,029 18.23m 30.3 11,772 23%

Organic

687k 33.8 5,586 948k 33.4 8,392 38%

Sweet Green

90k 34.5 6,762 52k 35.6 6,416 -42%

SunGold

8.64m 26.2 11,440 10.7m 26.7 13,044 24%

Total packed

25.11m 30.39m 21%

1. Packed kiwifruit volumes and forecast balance of Controlled Atmosphere (CA) stores to be packed

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Retail Services Division, New Zealand

2016

($m)

2017

($m)

Turnover 53.7 54.2

Revenue 16.8 24.3

EBITDA 1.9 2.9

FY 2017

$2.9m EBITDA

▪Up 53% on PCP

Seeka benefits from strong

avocado market. Returns of

$40.81 per tray

Delicious Nutritious Food

Company had partial first year

EBITDA totalling $0.29m

Supply change of a key

customer led to impairment of

banana business by $2.03m

Banana business under

review

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Kiwi Crush media campaign

Three month ad campaign (1 June – 31 August) to drive sales and raise brand

awareness

Media plan includes digital, outdoor, TV and medical centre screens

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Integrated from orchard-to-market

Seeka Australia Division

2016A 2017A 2018F

Kiwifruit (tonnes) 2,375 2,982 2,589

Nashi pears (tonnes) 1,523 1,201 1,549

Packham pears

(tonnes)

996 854 1,154

Other (tonnes) 884 727 854

FY 2017

$2.3m EBITDA

▪Up 130% on PCP

Kiwifruit harvest yields and

quality improved on previous

year with good returns

Nashi volumes down with

seasonal fluctuation

Major investment and growth

plan, forecasted EBITDA growth

from 2020¹


Revenue ($m) 15.2 16.5

EBITDA ($m) 1.0 2.3

1. Seeka management 2018

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Revenue by segment

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NZ$million



FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17

New Zealand Post Harvest 68.5 88.3 110.8 96.7

New Zealand Orchard 38.0 42.3 47.8 48.6

New Zealand Retail Services 8.7 9.6 16.8 24.3

Seeka Australia - 1.2 15.1 16.5

Total 115.2 141.4 190.5 186.1

FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17

New Zealand Post Harvest 10.8 13.3 26.8 22.0

New Zealand Orchard 4.2 4.0 5.6 6.4

New Zealand Retail Services 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.9

Seeka Australia - (1.4) 1.0 2.3

Corporate (5.4) (3.7) (10.6) (10.5)

Total 11.4 13.9 24.7 23.1

EBITDA by segment

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NZ$million



Kiwifruit Avocado Kiwiberry

Contract supply 1,691 381 7 2,079

Managed 573 55 3 631

Orchard lease 375 8 4 387

Long term lease 71 27 - 98

Total 2,710 471 14 3,195

New Zealand orchard supply

arrangements

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Hectares FY18-19



Production 228

Currently in development 63

Potential development land 213

Bare land 63

Total 567

Seeka Australia owned orchards and land

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Hectares, FY17 (all fruit)



1, 2. Seeka Annual Report 2017, Segment information p21. Seeka Annual Report 2015, Segment information p22. Revenue excludes other revenue

3, Seeka management – Orchard operations. Includes recently purchased Northland properties including 81ha kiwifruit and 28ha avocados

4. Seeka management – Orchard operations

Key Metrics of Seeka’s Operating Segments

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Seeka’s growth outlook

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Seeka is anticipating volume growth in kiwifruit, avocados, nashi and new variety pears

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Australian kiwifruit sales anticipated to grow 153% by 2024, including new varieties²


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The New Zealand kiwifruit industry is predicting export earnings to increase 165% by 2025

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3

As a grower, packer and distributor, Seeka has a significant share of New Zealand kiwifruit, New

Zealand avocados and Australian pears, and a dominant share of Australian kiwifruit and nashi

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Avocados are experiencing major growth in plantings and demand - market access now granted

to China

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New ventures expected to deliver material value – Delicious Nutritious Food Company³

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Seeka’s Investment Attributes

1. Zespri 5 Year Outlook, November 2017, p5

2. Seeka management

3. Delicious Nutritious Food Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seeka Limited

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Kiwifruit is a Premium Category

18.6% CAGR in export value of New Zealand kiwifruit from 2013 to 2016¹

Zespri has a $4.5 billion export target by 2025 - 9.4% CAGR over a nine year period²

Strong consumer demand for kiwifruit in Asia

▪214,540 tonnes exported in 2015, NZ’s largest kiwifruit market³

▪Strong export value growth in China (18.3% CAGR) and Taiwan (9.4% CAGR ) from 2009 to

2015⁴

Seeka is a key supplier to the global kiwifruit trade with 19.7% market share of New

Zealand kiwifruit production and more than 80% of Australia’s production⁵

Seeka positioned to benefit from bigger kiwifruit volumes

1. Zespri Annual Report 2017, p9

2. Zespri 5 Year Outlook, November 2017, p5

3,4, World kiwifruit review 2016, Belrose Report, p43

5. Seeka management

High in vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and fibre content. Kiwifruit’s superior

nutritional value appeals to consumers for health benefits and commands high

pricing

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Trays submit

Harvest year

SunGold/Gold OB

Green Organic

SunGold/Gold

Green/Sweet

Green

ZESPRI FORECAST

ACTUALS, NEW ZEALAND CLASS 1 SUBMIT

1. Class 1 submit is the industry-standard measure of kiwifruit volumes, being kiwifruit graded for export as the crop is harvested measured in trays (~3.5kg per tray) of kiwifruit.

2. Zespri forecast from Zespri 5 Year Outlook, November 2017, p44

New Zealand Industry Volumes Growing with New Gold Variety

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Avocado Growth

15.4% CAGR in export value of New Zealand avocados from 2013 to 2016¹

▪$155.5m generated from NZ exports from 2016 season²

Seeka handles 8% to 10% of New Zealand’s avocado crop³

▪Market share growing through orchard syndication

Seeka delivers a full orchard-to-market service, drawing revenue along the full

supply chain

Seeka successfully acquiring and syndicating Northland orchards

Seeka exports most of its New Zealand avocados to the high-returning Australian

market where they are sold under the Seeka brand

Phytosanitary protocols agreed with China provide an alternative market (plant

disease border controls)

Seeka positioned to benefit from increased avocado volumes


1,2. New Zealand Avocado Annual Report 2017, p22

3. Seeka management – Seeka avocado volumes. Volumes handled refers to volumes packed and marketed by harvest season, which spans two financial years.

Volumes are measured in industry standard trays (~5.5kg per tray) of avocados

Packed with nutrients and a source of good fats, avocados are enjoying incredible

growth in consumer demand

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1. Talking Avocados, Spring 2017, Australian Avocados state of play: 2016/2017, p16

Australian avocado production, imports from New Zealand and consumption¹



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Consumption (kg/capita)


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Australian production volumeImportsConsumption / capita

Avocados an Emerging Category

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Investing for Growth – Balancing Capacity to Expanding Volume

Major capacity works

planned at post harvest

sites in Te Puke and

Kerikeri to increase

capacity and efficiency

Seeka Oakside

Year 1 $10.06m

Year 2 $8.50m

Total $18.56m

Seeka Kerikeri

Year 1 $5.44m

Year 2 $9.00m

Year 3 $3.18m

Total $17.62m

Kerikeri development plan

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Investing in Australia for Growth

Seeka owns 567 hectares in Shepparton, Victoria

▪221 hectares in production

▪63 hectares in development

▪217 hectares with development potential

Orchard investments will deliver growth over the next five years

▪Planting green kiwifruit plus new varieties that are exclusive to Seeka Australia

▪AUD$8m planned with AUD$3.7m spent

Seeka estimates that it has over 80% market share of Australian kiwifruit, and 90%

of Australian nashi

Significant capital expenditure to date to facilitate growth:

▪Upgraded on-site packing and coolstore facilities to handle growth

▪2,650 mega litres of high priority and temporary water shares

Volume and margin growth

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Northland orchard portfolio

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Orchards from T&G Acquisition plus options to buy

Currently selling with lease to secure long term supply. Tender closes 15 August 2018

SunGold

Enza

Gold

Enza Red Hayward Male

Total

kiwifruit

Total

avocado

Lemons Bare land Title area³

Kiwifruit Farm 6.37 17.99 24.36 15.20 5.42 71.1⁴

Kapiro 6.29 9.60 4.91 6.85 0.77 28.42 12.49 81.0⁴

Purerua 5.84 5.51 11.35 12.23 29.8

Whites 6.44 0.91 7.35 12.5⁴

Gold Valley 3.85 3.85 0.37 7.8

Nautilis

(option to buy)

2.95 2.95 13.4

Gold Crest 2.38 2.38 4.5

Hendl

(option to buy)

- 8.00 11.6

Rising Sun² #1

(option to buy)

- 27.91 41.1

Rising Sun² #2

(option to buy)

- 4.00 15.4

Total 34.12 34.01 4.91 6.85 0.77 80.66 27.91 15.20 42.51 288.2

1. The lemon orchard along with the bare land is the approximate gross area with potential for development - the actual area will need to be determined by survey. When converting bare

land and lemon orchards to kiwifruit, we have allocated 85% of the area to kiwifruit canopy hectares, and 15% to access ways and shelter belts. Based on this we estimate that 57.71

hectares of available development land would yield 45.65 canopy hectares of kiwifruit and 4 canopy hectares of avocado.

2. Rising Sun #2 is a contract, subject to subdivision, to buy a further 15.4 hectares of adjoining land. Rising Sun land is suitable for avocado development.

3. Title area includes access ways, shelter belts and land not suitable for horticulture.

4. Title area as per draft concept plan, and subject to completion of land subdivision.

Gross hectares available¹

Planted canopy hectares

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Appendix: Summary of Seeka’s Financial Performance

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Gross packed NZ kiwifruit trays¹

(excluding punnets and kiwiberry)

19,595,166 21,272,271 27,751,496 32,438,544 25,541,753

Turnover (000s) $109,387 $148,568 $184,740 $229,397 $217,902

Revenue (000s) $97,371 $115,672 $142,112 $191,317 $186,814

EBITDA (000s) $9,448 $11,288 $13,925 $24,764 $23,128

EBITDA as a percentage of sales 9.7% 9.8% 9.8% 12.9% 12.4%

NPBT (000s) $3,001 $4,263 $5,246 $13,612 $9,908

NPAT (000s) $2,295 $3,168 $4,272 $10,385 $5,833

Earnings per share - Basic $0.16 $0.22 $0.29 $0.65 $0.35

Operating cash flow (000s) $8,829 $8,529 $1,804 $21,252 $14,058

Operating cash flow per share $0.61 $0.55 $0.11 $1.22 $0.80

Total assets (000s) $98,681 $109,791 $164,318 $197,309 $222,023

Net tangible assets per share $4.02 $4.07 $3.76 $4.34 $5.18

1. Class 1 and Class 2 kiwifruit trays

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$97m

$116m

$142m

$191m

$187m

In 2017 there were lower kiwifruit volumes in New Zealand across the industry,

total kiwifruit volumes decreased by 21% on the previous year, primarily driven

by significantly lower Hayward (Green) volumes which were down 33% on the

previous year

Appendix: Revenue and Packed Kiwifruit Volumes

19.6m

21.4m

27.8m

32.4m

25.6m

31.1m

201320142015201620172018F

Revenue

Total kiwifruit

trays packed²

In 2017 kiwifruit volumes

decreased by 21%, this was

offset by

•Seeka Australia

•Avocados

•Delicious Nutritious Food

Company¹

1. Delicious Nutritious Food Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seeka Limited

2. Class 1 and Class 2 kiwifruit trays

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$2.3m

$3.2m

$4.3m

$10.4m

$5.8m

20132014201520162017

Appendix: Net Profit After Tax and Earnings Per Share

$0.16

$0.22

$0.29

$0.65

$0.35

Earnings

per share

Net profit

after tax

2016 Normalised

EPS excluding

insurance

settlement

$0.47

2017 a prior period deferred tax adjustment of $1m

was expensed. This had the effect of reducing EPS by

$0.06 and would have resulted in $0.41 EPS.

Impairments less revaluation gains resulted in a further

$0.03 reduction and would have made EPS $0.44

$0.44

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Appendix: Share Price

57% shareholder return over two years¹

Jul 16Sep 16Nov 16Jan 17Mar 17May 17Jul 17Sep 17Nov 17Jan 18Mar 18May 18

July 18

$4.40

$6.50

July 16

10c 10c 10c

12c

$2.10 lift in price

42 cents paid in dividends

1, Total shareholder returns inclusive of dividends

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Jason Swain

GM Information Services

19 years experience in

agribusiness, spent 10

years in Post-Harvest

operations before moving

into the Information

Systems Division.

Stuart McKinstry

CFO

Charted accountant , with

more than 25 years

experience in accounting

and 18 years experience in

the kiwifruit industry.

Appointed CFO in 2006


Michael Franks

CEO

More than 20 years

commercial experience

and has held numerous

senior finance roles.

Joined Seeka in 2003 as

CFO. Appointed CEO in

2006.


Simon Wells

GM Orchards

20 years experience in

management in kiwifruit

industry; and has owned

both a kiwiberry and an

avocado orchard. Joined

Seeka in 2007.

Kate Bryant

GM Supply

Joined Seeka in 2015, and

has had 19 years

experience in the kiwifruit

industry, focussing on the

kiwifruit supply chain.


Ray Hook

GM Retail Services

Joined Seeka in April 2014

following the completion of

the Glassfields (NZ)

acquisition. Extensive

experience in senior

management especially in

agribusiness.


Rob Towgood

Commercial Manager

Works on the interface

with the Seeka Australian

operations; also

responsible for planning

and construction of new

infrastructure in New

Zealand.

Kevin Halliday

GM Post Harvest

Joined Seeka in 2003

through the acquisition of

Eleos, Kevin has

significant experience in

kiwifruit supply chain

management.


Annmarie Lee

GM Growers and

Marketing

30 years experience in the

kiwifruit industry, with 25

years owning a kiwifruit

orchard. Joined Seeka in

2005


Appendix: Senior Management Team

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John Burke

Director

Elected April 2012.

Extensive agribusiness

experience including in

kiwifruit, having been the

general manager of Kiwifruit

Vine Health (KVH) and CEO

of Te Awanui Huka Pak.

Cecilia Tarrant

Independent Director

Elected April 2017.

Professional company

director, with directorships

on Fletcher Building,

Payments NZ, and chair of

Government Superannuation

Fund.


Fred Hutchings

Independent Chairman

Elected September 2012.

Extensive commercial and

business experience as a

partner of PwC for 27 years.

Chair of Tui Products and a

director of Speirs Group and

Spiers Limited.

Peter Ratahi Cross

Director

Chair of several Trust

Boards throughout the

Eastern North Island. Chair

of Te Awanui Huka Pak and

Ngā Tūkairangi Trust, the

largest Māori kiwifruit

grower.

Ashley Waugh

Independent Director

Elected May 2014.

Extensive experience in

fresh foods industry, and

was CEO of Australia’s

National Foods until its

merger with Lion Nathan in

2009.


Martyn Brick

Director

Elected April 2013.

Extensive experience in

agribusiness having worked

in rural banking, finance and

horticulture. Former director

of Te Awanui Huka Pak.

Amiel Diaz

Director

Elected August 2009.

30 years executive

management experience in

the fresh produce industries.

Head of the Philippine

subsidiaries of Farmind

Corporation.

Appendix: Board Members

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