Board of directors

Pete Morrison

Chairman

Pete was elected as Chairman in March 2017, having been elected to the Board as a Directorin 2015. This follows more than 15 yearssupplying Westland Milk Products from farms in both Canterbury and the West Coast. Pete is an experienced businessman, who is also passionate about Shareholder rights
and their sense of ownership.

Katie Milne 

General Director 

Katie was elected to the Westland Board in 2016. She lives and farms at Rotomanu and is currently National President of Federated Farmers, where she has also held several portfolios including biosecurity, ACC, health and safety, wellbeing, local government and adverse events.

Keith Smith

Appointed Director

Keith is a Professional Director based in Auckland. Keith chairs Westland’s Audit
Committee. He spent 27 years as a Chartered Accountant with the firm now known as BDO, specialising in corporate re-organisation and re-structuring, and Financial Advisor to many medium-sized businesses throughout New Zealand.

Brent Taylor

Appointed Director

Brent joined the Board as an appointed Director in 2014. Brent has in-depth knowledge of the New Zealand dairy sector, having held senior management positions at Fonterra Co-operative group and the New Zealand Dairy Board. As an independent director, Brent has held governance positions for New Zealand Wineries and is Chairman of the Challenge Fund Investor Internal Audit Committee.

Rebecca Keoghan

General Director

Rebecca was elected to the Board as a Director in 2015 and is a member of the Shareholder Relations and Health and Safety Committees. Currently employed as Business Manager – Dairy for Landcorp Farming and Director for Buller Holdings Ltd, Rebecca has a wealth of experience at both executive and
governance levels.

Bob Major

Appointed Director

Bob joined the Board as an appointed Director in 2011. He has an extensive background in agribusiness, particularly in the dairy sector. He has previously held roles at the New Zealand Dairy Board and Fonterra Cooperative group, and goverance roles at Mud House Wines and Sealord. Bob has extensive governance experience including being the current Chair of Gibb Holdings (Nelson) Ltd, a Director of BioVittoria Investments Ltd and Kiwirail Holdings Limited.

Andrew MacPherson

General Director

Andrew MacPherson joined the Board of Westland Milk Products in December 2017. He has worked in a range of senior executive and CEO roles, and has extensive experience across a range of agri-sector businesses as a governor, senior manager, business owner and farm owner.

Pat McEvedy
General Director

Pat McEvedy was elected to the Westland Board in 2018.

Located in the Selwyn District in Canterbury, Pat became a shareholder of Westland Milk Products in 2010 as a shareholder of Shooting Creek Dairy. His prime responsibility there is working with the Contract Milker to ensure the property is working at peak efficiency.

Throughout his working life, Pat has had a ‘hands-on’ involvement in the agricultural industry from which he has moved into a wide range of leadership roles in both the private and public sectors. His experience covers many areas from property, commercial and regulation through to audit and risk, including being an independent director of Sicon, an infrastructure and services company.

Pat has also served as an elected councilor on the Selwyn District Council since 2010.