Mike Petersen

Mike Petersen is Non-Executive Independent Chair of Scales Corporation Limited. Mike was appointed to the Board in 2023. Mike has over 30 years' management and governance experience in the agribusiness sector. He is currently a director of ANZCO Foods and Kelso Genetics Limited and is Chair of agri-food digital marketplace developers, Nui Markets Limited. Mike also has advisory roles with a number of other privately-owned companies. Mike was previously Chair of Beef + Lamb New Zealand and was also New Zealand's Special Agricultural Trade Envoy for 6 years. In this latter role he advocated for New Zealand's agriculture trade and market access interests and identified opportunities for New Zealand to commercialise its agricultural expertise offshore.