ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015

OSPRI | ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015
Director Profiles
JEFF GRANT
CHAIRMAN
Jeff farms sheep and deer at
Balfour in Southland and has
extensive agri-business and rural
sector leadership experience. He is
chairman of the Board of Directors
for OSPRI. Jeff is also chairman of
the Milford Sound Development
Authority. He is a director of SBS
Bank, AgResearch Limited, Finance
Now, and New Zealand Young
Farmers; and a former chairman
of the New Zealand Meat Board,
Meat and Wool New Zealand, and
the Primary Industry Council. He
has also served as a Member of
Parliament.
LESLEY CAMPBELL
Lesley has more than 20 years’
experience in the primary production
sector. She brings vast experience
in working with government
agencies and ministers, and an
ability to lead change and manage
diverse and complex industry
stakeholder interests. Lesley is
currently the chief executive of
Commercial Fisheries Services
Limited (FishServe) and is also
a director of FINNZ, a subsidiary
consulting company of FishServe.
Lesley’s areas of expertise include
strategic and business planning,
budgeting, cost recovery processes,
policy development and preparation
of legislation, and converting
legislation into operational systems.
TED COATS
Ted is a dairy farmer originally from
Waikato, with wide dairy-sector
interests and experience. He now
lives just north of Wellington. He is
the former chairman of the NAIT
Board, and a board member of New
Zealand Animal Evaluation Limited.
Ted was a director of LIC and Dairy
InSight and went on to be a board
member for DairyNZ after the
InSight/Dexcel merger. Ted also
served as a board member to the
previous Animal Health Board.
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