Queen's Birthday Honours for business leaders

Queen's Birthday Honours for business leaders
Man of the land – John Monaghan becomes Companion of the NZ Order of Merit. (Image: NZME)
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The long-serving Fonterra director who oversaw the co-operative’s strategic reset after commercial failures under chief executive Theo Spierings has been awarded one of the country’s highest accolades in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours.John Monaghan becomes a companion of the NZ Order of Merit for services to the dairy industry. He was an inaugural Fonterra shareholders councillor from its inception and became council chairman from 2004 to 2007. In 2008 he joined the board of directors, serving on a rang...

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