Nick Pyke and Paula Kearns will both join the board starting March 1.
Landcorp Farming’s (Pāmu) shareholding ministers have made two new appointments to the board.
Pāmu, Māori for ‘to farm’, is a brand from Landcorp Farming, a State-owned enterprise that centres around farmers and the food industry.
Nick Pyke and Paula Kearns will both join the board starting March 1.
Kearns has been a non-executive director on boards over the past 15 years and is also a chartered accountant.
Her current governance roles include New Zealand Rugby League, Mahitahi Hauora, Mount Wellington Trust Hotels, Keri Corporation, Savey Investments, Northland Events Centre (2021), and the Ministry for the Environment.
Pyke is currently the Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust chair, a director of Cropmark Seeds and AgInnovate New Zealand, and co-founder of Leftfield Innovation.
He was previously the chief executive of the Foundation for Arable Research for more than two decades.
Pyke and Kearns replace Chris Day and Doug Woolerton, who completed their board terms late last year.
Director Hayley Gourley has also stood down from the board to pursue her executive career. Recruitment of her replacement is in progress.
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