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Paying for peanuts

Fonterra paid its chief executive 17% more this year but shareholders will struggle to figure out why.
 
Tim Hunter talks about his latest column on NBR Radio and on demand on MyNBR Radio.

Fri, 02 Oct 2015

Like a well-fed sumo wrestler squeezed into airline cattle class, Fonterra [NZX: FCG] can’t help bulging uncomfortably all over the New Zealand economy.

This overflowing influence is awkward in many ways, not least for the dairy co-op’s chief executive Theo Spierings whose bulky pay packet barely

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