Angus Street: NSW bush kid to Sydney journo to NZ Merino CEO

Angus Street: NSW bush kid to Sydney journo to NZ Merino CEO
Angus Street has taken over as CEO of NZ Merino (Image: Supplied)
Riley Kennedy
If everything had gone to plan for Angus Street, he would have been a journalist writing for National Geographic.But the Global Financial Crisis came along and he was one of many Australian journalists who lost their jobs as newsrooms shrunk to move to a digital-first model.Fast forward 15-odd years, and Street moved to New Zealand with his family in August to take over the reins of the The New Zealand Merino Company from long-time chief executive John Brakenridge.From rural Aussie to writingA fifth-generation farmer, Street and his siblings gr...

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