News & Advice

As a farmer-owned co-operative, our board comprises a strong governance team with a deep connection to New Zealand farmers and growers and a strong understanding of our shareholders' needs and motivations.  

The board is made up of six shareholder-elected directors – three representing the North Island (currently Bruce Wills, Jacqueline Rowarth and Mike Davey) and three representing the South Island (currently Jane Montgomery, Nicky Hyslop and Pete Moynihan).  

Our three appointed directors (currently Tony Carter, David Biland and Jason Dale) bring extensive governance experience and commercial acumen across a broad range of sectors to complement the skillset of the shareholder-elected directors. 

Directors are either elected or appointed for a three-year term and can stand for up to four terms. 

What’s happening this year? 

• In 2024, shareholders will have the opportunity to nominate and elect two directors to the Ravensdown board – one in the North Island and one in the South Island 
• In the South Island, Pete Moynihan will retire from the board after 11 years as a director.  He will not be standing for re-election as he has reached the maximum tenure for a Ravensdown director - 12 years. 
• In the North Island, Bruce Wills is due to retire at the end of his three-year term. As the current Chair of the Ravensdown board, Bruce intends to stand again for election. 

The election timetable will be finalised in our Q2 shareholder update (due end of June), but nominations for both director positions will be advertised in early July, with voting expected to open in mid-August. 

Would you like to become a Director? 

If you are interested in becoming a shareholder-elected director, please start thinking about what you can do to prepare yourself for the role (we recommend some form of governance training or experience) and for how you can raise your profile for the campaign. 

Voting in the Director Elections 

Currently, we post an election pack to every transacting shareholder and give all shareholders the opportunity to vote online. Postage costs the co-operative, but we want to make sure you have every opportunity to have your say in this important process. 

Last year, we co-ordinated voting for the election with voting for the resolutions at the Annual Meeting. We’ll do this again this year – as keeping both voting opportunities together helps streamline our costs and should make the process a simple ‘one step’ for you our shareholders.