Leadership changes on Fonterra's management team

Leadership changes on Fonterra's management team
Fonterra's Richard Allen. (Image: Fonterra)
Riley Kennedy
Fonterra has promoted two of its leaders to its management team as the co-operative looks at options for its consumer business.Fonterra's president Atlantic, Richard Allen, has been appointed president of global markets Ingredients.René Dedoncker, its current managing director of Oceania, will move to be managing director of global markets consumer and foodservice.  Chief executive Miles Hurrell said the pair were both experienced leaders who knew the co-op well and their appointments to the management team demonstrated the dept...

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