Jim van der Poel reflects on 25 years in dairy industry governance

Outgoing DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel and former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had a close working relationship. (Image: NZME)

Riley Kennedy

Mon, 04 Nov 2024

Jim van der Poel might have spent more time around the board table in recent years, but he still considers himself a farmer.“I feel a bit of a fraud these days because I don’t actually do that much farming, but I still always think of myself as a farmer," Van der Poel said.“I go through the airport and always fill out that I’m a farmer,” he told his final DairyNZ meeting."After seven years as chair of the industry group, Van der Poel stood down at last week’s annual meeting in Christchurch and was r...

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