Fonterra announces Peter McBride as Chairman-elect
26 June 2020
Fonterra announces Peter McBride as Chairman-elect
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (FCG) has announced that current Farmer Director, Peter McBride
has been selected as the Co-operative’s Chairman-elect by his fellow Directors.
Under Fonterra’s constitution, its Chairman is selected by the Board from within its pool of seven elected
Farmer Directors.
Mr McBride will replace current Fonterra Chairman, John Monaghan when he retires as a Director of the
Co-op at its Annual Meeting this November.
Mr Monaghan says that the early announcement of Mr McBride as Chairman-elect is part of the Board’s
commitment to planned governance succession.
“We have made significant progress over the past two years in our effort to refresh our Co-op’s purpose,
strategy and culture. It is important to the Board that we provide stability while Miles and his team
continue to embed the changes and maintain our momentum.
“Making this decision now also gives our farmer-owners transparency of leadership prior to this years’
Director elections and allows Peter and I a period of handover before I retire from the Board in
November,” says Monaghan.
Mr McBride says he is humbled to be selected by his fellow Directors and is looking forward to leading the
Co-op on behalf of its 10,000 farming families.
“I grew up on a dairy farm near Te Aroha and today my wife Linda and I run the family farm milking 950
cows in the South Waikato, so dairy has always been part of my life.
“I’m looking forward to working alongside John for the next few months before leading our Co-op into its
next phase and creating value for the benefit of our farmer owners and unit holders.
“When John retires from the Board in November it will mark almost two decades of service to our Co-op,
the last 12 years as a Director. He will leave behind a board culture of shared responsibility, which is
something I will look to build on as the new Chairman,” says Mr McBride.
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For further information contact:
Fonterra Communications
24-hour media line
Phone: +64 21 507 072
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