Campbell Parker: The former banker turned DairyNZ CEO

Campbell Parker: The former banker turned DairyNZ CEO
Campbell Parker has been at DairyNZ since October last year. (Image: Supplied)
Riley Kennedy
Campbell Parker is sharpening DairyNZ’s focus.Initially, when the job of leading the organisation came up, he wasn’t keen. But given the former banker’s two key passions are agriculture and leadership, the more he thought about it the more he believed it would be the perfect fit. In October last year, Parker took over as chief executive from Tim Mackle, who is now Zespri’s head of global quality and held DairyNZ’s top job since its formation in 2008.The levy-funded group was set up to invest in research,...

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