Friday, 08 April 2016 16:39

New AGMARDT scholarships announced

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Seven new AGMARDT scholarships totalling $50,000 have been granted to agribusiness people undertaking leadership and governance training.

The scholarships are available for people who want to grow their leadership or governance skills to take on future leadership roles within agribusiness and beyond says AGMARDT's general manager Malcolm Nitschke.

He congratulated the winners, four of whom are undertaking the Kellogg's rural leadership programme at Lincoln University.

Others are taking part in the AWDT Escalator programme, or going on Fonterra and Institute of Directors courses, or high performance leadership courses.

"We believe the success of New Zealand agribusiness will be driven by talented and inspired leadership," he says.

Scholarships were granted to:

· Jolene Germann of Fast Track Dairies Ltd from Otautau;

· Joanne Kerslake from AbacusBio, Dunedin;

· Natalie Bowie of AgriOne, Palmerston North;

· Marcus Peacock of Hononga, Waipukurau;

· Sarah Bell of Taroa Holdings Ltd, Taihape,

· Dylan Barrett of PRP International Property Consultants from Tauranga, and

· Carla Muller, of DairyNZ, Hamilton.

This is the first time AGMARDT has awarded specific scholarships for leadership and governance training, and Nitschke says they will become an annual event. Applicants were nominated by industry organisations or groups.

See www.agmardt.org.nz

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