Tuesday, 27 October 2015 16:23

New chair knows the drill

Written by Rural News Group

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DairyNZ's new board will meet early next month to elect a chairman.

Milking It is reliably informed that Ohaupo farmer and former Fonterra director Jim van der Poel is tipped for the role.

He is no stranger to DairyNZ, having served as chairman of Dexcel, which merged with Dairy InSight to form DairyNZ in November 2007.

Van der Poel will replace John Luxton who retired this month.

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