Synlait CEO sees 'flight to trust' while juggling new challenges at level 3

Synlait CEO sees 'flight to trust' while juggling new challenges at level 3
Rebecca Howard
So far, Synlait Milk hasn’t taken an operational hit from covid-19, though not without “a heck of a lot of effort,” says chief executive Leon Clement. “We certainly saw risk coming and we got pretty close to the bone on a few things, but by and large we found our way through those,” he told BusinessDesk. There were issues with inward container availability, ships that were cancelled, and some initial supply challenges from China as it shut down to manage the covid outbreak inside its borders. “Then, as we worked on contingencies in Eur...

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