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

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
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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