Peter Ellis, Warren Parker elected to Farmlands Board
Former Farmlands Trading Society chief executive Peter Ellis has been elected to the merged rural services and supplies co-operative’s board of directors, following the North Island director elections.
He is joined by on the board by Dr Warren Parker, who was standing for re-election after retiring by rotation. Parker has been re-elected for a two-year term, while Ellis will join the board for a three-year term.
The result of the shareholder director election was announced at today’s annual meeting, held in Christchurch. For the first time, the Farmlands AGM was livestreamed for shareholders unable to attend in person.
This year’s election was only open to North Island shareholders as the only candidate in the South Island, Farmlands chair Rob Hewett, was re-elected unopposed. The second vacancy in the North Island resulted from the retirement of the board’s longest-serving director, Nikki Davies-Colley, who did not seek re-election.
Ellis was chief executive of Farmlands Trading Society Ltd for six years, until its merger with CRT Co-operative in 2013. Since then, he has held governance roles with Co-operative Bank, Euro Corp, Freshmax, and Veterinary Enterprise Group.
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