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apata (annual report 2007/08) 20 From left to right Peter Mayston An Apata shareholder and director since incorporation, Peter Mayston has grown kiwifruit, avocados and citrus for more than 30 years and operated a kiwifruit packhouse for most of that time. He is a former director of Taura Natural Ingredients Limited. Peter remains a very handson industry participant and packs fruit at his family run operation at the Bruntwood satellite site. Dave Goodwin, Chairman Dave Goodwin has been involved with the kiwifruit industry since 1979, both as a grower and packhouse operator. Dave has had extensive experience in the post-harvest sector and industry governance having been a past managing director of Centrepac Packhouse & Coolstore Limited, former CEO of Apata Limited, past president of Tauranga Fruitgrowers’ Association Incorporated and foundation board member of Horticulture New Zealand. Dave has served on many kiwifruit industry bodies including NZKGI and IAC. Mike Muller A founding Apata director, Mike Muller is a past executive of the Tauranga Fruitgrowers’ Association, an inaugural NZKGI Forum member and has been a kiwifruit grower and integral industry participant for more than 30 years. Mike heads the successful Muller & Associates kiwifruit consultancy business and is a director for Nelson companies Birdhurst Limited and GoldenBay Fruit Limited, and has been a director for Avalon Industries since 2004. Mike provides contracted technical kiwifruit support to Apata growers.
Apata Board of Directors Tony Marks A former CEO of ZESPRI International Limited, Tony led ZESPRI through record years of profi tability, overseeing the corporatisation of ZESPRI Group Limited, and the successful global commercialisation of the new GOLD variety. Prior to working at ZESPRI, Tony was General Manager of Sales and Marketing at Air New Zealand for ten years. His fi nal corporate role was to launch Pacifi c Blue Airlines as inaugural Chief Executive Offi cer in 2003. Tony is currently a director of seven organisations spanning transport policy, airlines, travel agencies, wood products, fruit wine and cider vinegars and food. Paul O’Brien Paul O’Brien has been growing kiwifruit since 1978 when his family developed an orchard at Aongatete. He established his own orchard contracting business in 1987, and grows avocados and GREEN and GOLD kiwifruit on his own orchard. An executive member of Katikati Fruitgrowers’ Association Incorporated, Paul was elected to the steering committee to form Apata Suppliers Entity Limited in 1996, became a director of the entity in 1998 and chairman in 2001. An Apata Limited director since 2003, Paul and his wife Paula have been shareholders since 1991. Max McGreevy (absent) Growing kiwifruit in Athenree since 1981, Max McGreevy started Claremont Packhouse as a contract packing shed in 1984. An Apata Limited shareholder since 1993, Max was appointed as a director in 1994. Also a director of Apata Suppliers Entity Limited, Max is integrally involved in orchard ownership and kiwifruit packing, with shareholding in Tetley Coolstores Limited. apata (annual report 2007/08) 21
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