Adrian Orr’s first commercial post-RBNZ gig revealed: NZ Bio Forestry

Adrian Orr’s first commercial post-RBNZ gig revealed: NZ Bio Forestry
The appointment is a marketing coup for a would-be forestry-based bio-refinery firm. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Adrian Orr’s first commercial engagement since his dramatic early departure in March as governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will be to market a long-gestating Māori-led bio-forestry venture to international investors.Led by Māori entrepreneurs Wayne Mulligan and Paul Morgan, NZ Bio Forestry has a “whole-of-tree” monetisation process turning NZ plantation forest and its waste products into wood and chemical products, including bio-plastics, which it is seeking to commercialise.Earlier this month, it announced a par...

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