David Chin has been appointed to lead the farmer-owned co-operative.
Livestock Improvement Corporation has appointed David Chin as the farmer-owned co-operative’s new chief executive. Interim chief executive David Hazlehurst will return to the role of Chief Financial Officer.
Chin is currently LIC’s General Manager Operations and Service, on the co-operative’s senior leadership team, and is responsible for its laboratories, farms and the field teams that deliver services on-farm including artificial breeding, herd testing and FarmWise consultancy.
He will take up the role on January 17 next year and has held various other leadership roles at LIC since starting in 2006, including Chief Transformation Officer, Key Account Manager and Marketing Manager.
Chairman Murray King said: “David has a natural empathy for people, knows our farmers well and knows the business having led several key strategic initiatives including overseeing the recent transformation programme. Importantly, David was heavily involved in the refinement of LIC’s strategy earlier this year.
“The implementation of this strategy will continue to be a key focus for the co-op under David’s leadership, as well as the continued strength of LIC’s financial performance."
The appointment follows the departure of Wayne McNee on November 30 after eight years in the role.
