Departing Synlait CFO's 'hell of a journey'

Departing Synlait CFO's 'hell of a journey'
Rebecca Howard
Synlait Milk’s outgoing chief financial officer Nigel Greenwood has some simple advice for his replacement: “learn to sleep faster.” Greenwood is leaving the business after a 10-year stint as CFO that saw the milk processor go from being in breach of its banking covenants in 2010, to reporting its maiden profit two years later, to now having a market capitalisation of $1.3 billion. His replacement – Angela Dixon – “is coming in at a pivotal point in the business,” he said. “The time is now right for a transition from me to someone new,” h...

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