Friday, 24 April 2015 15:54

Something in the water?

Written by Rural News Group

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Your old mate wonders if there’s something in the water that’s caused the recent raft of departures – some sudden – of many top executives in the agri sector.

Since new year we’ve noted the hurried exit of Brent Isler as chief executive of Farmlands, Wools of NZ chief executive Ross Townshend exiting stage left, the announcement that Peter Silcock from Hort NZ is leaving the role he has held with the industry good body for the past 10 years, and the strange and weird situation at Fonterra with last month’s sudden resignation of Pascal De Petrini, the managing director of its Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) business unit, and a member of Fonterra’s management team.

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