OUR PEOPLE HAVE PURPOSE
The executive develops the strategy, and then our board challenges and supports that strategy, and monitors performance and compliance.
The Executive and Board
The directors of Trinity Lands are appointed by the shareholding trusts – Lichfield Lands, Longview Trust and Hillview Trust. They have a wide range of business experience and a strong connection to the charitable values of Trinity Lands.
“Our purpose at Trinity Lands is to farm for good, to give our profits back into local and community good projects.”
Executive profiles
David Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Ngaire Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Archer
General Manager Dairy
Nathan Smith
General Manager Kiwifruit
John Ingham
Health & Safety Manager
Liam Dickson
Business Development Manager
Cushla Robinson
General Manager People & Culture
“Those of us entrusted to oversee Trinity Lands today are driven by the same desire to perform to the best of our abilities, so we can do the most good possible.”
Peter McBride
Chairman
Peter is an orchardist, dairy farmer and grandson of Lichfield Lands and Longview Trust founder Robert Auld.
Peter has been involved with Trinity Lands since it was created to bring together the three founding Trusts in 2011 and was the CEO from 2017 to 2024.
During his six-year tenure as chair of Zespri International, Peter was named Deloitte Top 200 2018 New Zealand chairperson of the year.
Peter is the chair of Fonterra.
Karen Whitehead
Board Member
Karen chairs the board of Longview Trust, one of Trinity’s three shareholders. She has worked in the insurance industry since 1990, and as an insurance broker since 2004. She works in central Wellington and advises business and personal clients on risk and insurance management. Karen became a trustee of Longview Trust in 2017 and Trinity Lands in 2019. She has previously served on the board of SUNZ.
Ian McBride
Board Member
Ian is the chair of Lichfield Lands, one of Trinity’s shareholder trusts, and is a trustee or director of several other charities. He joined the Trinity Lands board in 2019 and has a background in kiwifruit growing, mission, and charitable work. Ian and his wife Nikki worked in various aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land Australia with MAF between 1994 and 2010.
Daryl Wehner
Independent Board Member
Daryl joined Trinity Lands in 2017, having served as a trustee for Longview Trust since 2009. Daryl is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors. He has held a variety of senior corporate roles and is currently CFO at Port Nelson.
Gray Baldwin
Board Member
Gray and his wife Marilyn farm 713ha near Lichfield. They milk 850 cows and grow maize and pine trees. Gray worked in rural banking and fertiliser and served nine years on the board of Ballance Agri-Nutrients. His current directorships include Longview Trust, Farmlands Co-operative, and Livestock Improvement.
Stuart Bay
Board Member
Stuart is a Waikato dairy farmer whose association with Trinity Lands spans decades. Stuart has, at various times, served on all three of the trusts that make up Trinity Lands and is the current chair of Hillview Trust. He was the founding chair of Trinity Lands from 2011 (with a 2-year gap 2017-19). Stuart has served as Trinity’s chair since 2019. He has also had nearly 40 years’ extensive governance experience, to chairmanship level, in agricultural co-operatives in New Zealand and overseas. He is a former chair of the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) and former director of the New Zealand Dairy Group.
Gordon Fountain
Chair of ARMC
Gordon is a Chartered Accountant, certified financial advisor and CEO of a family business. He was a foundation director of Trinity Lands and is currently chair of the Audit Committee. He is a trustee of Lichfield Lands. Gordon’s other governance roles include chair of CCCNZ, trustee of several investment trusts, and past chair of Pathways College.
Tim Deane
Independent Board Member
Tim is executive general manager of Business Banking at ASB. His 30-year corporate career spans the domestic and export food sector, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and the financial services sector. Previous roles include managing director of Goodman Fielder NZ, managing director of Fonterra Brands NZ and chair of the NZ Food and Grocery Council.
Brent McGregor
Independent Board Member
Brent was appointed to the board of Trinity Lands in March 2021 and holds a professional background in commercial real estate. Brent has held a number of senior roles and is presently the Executive Chairman of CBRE New Zealand and leads the CBRE Capital Markets practice.
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Postal Address: PO Box 181 Putaruru, 3443