Tariffs, a $4.2b deal and record payout: Fonterra's Miles Hurrell on the year that was

Tariffs, a $4.2b deal and record payout: Fonterra's Miles Hurrell on the year that was
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell. (Image: Fonterra)
Riley Kennedy
If anyone could claim to genuinely want to go off-grid and lock themselves at a beach this summer, it would probably be Miles Hurrell.Between negotiating and signing likely the largest-ever corporate transaction in New Zealand and running record earnings and farmgate milk price, it’s been a big year for the Fonterra Co-operative Group boss.On Friday morning, he was putting pen to paper on his year-end note to his team, reflecting on what they had achieved and what they set out to achieve at the start of the year.“Really pleased we&r...

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