Rob was appointed to the Board in March 2025 and has significant governance experience spanning agriculture, horticulture, exporting, supply chain and logistics, renewable energy, and retail. He is currently Chair of Farmlands Co-operative Limited, Woolscour Holdings Limited (Woolworks), Hilton Haulage Limited, Fern Energy Limited, Pioneer Energy Limited, AgrizeroNZ Limited and Rewiring Aotearoa Limited. He is immediate past Chair of Silver Fern Farms Limited and Silver Fern Farms Co-operative Limited, a former Councillor of Lincoln University and past Chair of Wool Impact. He was awarded the Deloitte Top 200 Chair of the Year in 2023 and in 2019 received the Cooperative Business New Zealand Outstanding Contribution Award. Rob also is a sheep and beef farmer, farming 10,000 stock units on a carbon positive 1,020ha medium hill country farm with significant forestry assets in South Otago. Rob is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and an alumni of Lincoln University, with a Masters in Commerce and a B.Com (Ag) Economics.
Masters in Commerce, B.Com (Ag) Economics