ABOUT US

Mark is the CEO of Pāmu (Landcorp Farming) and has 25 years of experience in the Agricultural Industry including roles in operations, logistics, technology and product development, and quality assurance. Prior to joining Pāmu Mr Leslie was COO at Silver Fern Farms, and before that spent nearly two decades at Fonterra including as head of the operations and supply chain component of the brands business in New Zealand and, previously had responsibility for the operation of the 94 ingredients plants across Fonterra’s 27 sites along with the associated milk collection activities.

Mark has also held several Board and Ministerial Advisory roles and chaired the Fonterra and Silver Fern Farms joint venture company Kotahi (which provides freight logistics solutions to a number of key New Zealand exporters and importers) for six years and the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium. He holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Hons) and a Masters of Business Administration (with Distinction), both from Massey University.

He grew up on a dairy farm in Reporoa on the North Island’s Central Plateau.

Prior to joining Pamu, Will was General Manager of Farming and Forestry at Ngāi Tahu Farming, a business managing more than 100,000 ha of farm and forestry land on behalf of Ngāi Tahu whanau. Previously, Will was Country Head of Australia & New Zealand for Map of Agriculture, an independent agricultural technology and market research company that enables farmers to integrate data with their trusted advisors. He brings a strong background in the primary industry, with earlier roles including General Manager of Coronet Farms, Operations Performance Manager at Rangitata Dairies, Commercial Projects Manager at Fonterra, and Rural Manager for ASB Bank.

Will holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture) in Agribusiness from Lincoln University.

Tammy Lemire joins Pāmu as our first Chief Technology and Digital Officer with more than 20 years of experience in senior digital, technology and improvement-based roles across a wide range of industries in New Zealand and her native Canada.

Her prior experience spans holding positions as NZ Post's General Manager, Customer Solutions as well as managing IT and systems functions for Northpower, the Far North District Council, CityFitness Group, Ricoh Canada, Sun-Rype Products and GoodLife Fitness Clubs.

Tammy graduated from Fanshawe College, London, Ontario in computer programming and analysis, and has completed professional development courses in energy economics, management accounting and finance, business analysis and project management at several New Zealand and Canadian tertiary education providers. She has also been a former independent director of Entelechy Group, comprising Northland-based tertiary education provider Developers Institute and software development firm Parasol.

Steve McJorrow was appointed in April 2014. Steve has a strong range of skills and experience in finance, strategy development and private equity. He has held financial leadership roles in various companies including CFO of the Bennelong Group, a large Australian private equity firm, Group Financial Controller of AWB (Australian Wheat Board), an international marketer of Australian grain and farm inputs, Head of Decision Support for the National Australia Bank Retail Banking Division (Melbourne), and for Personal Financial Services, Bank of New Zealand (Auckland).

Steve started his career with Ernst & Young in Wellington and San Francisco, and most recently co-founded Cornish College, an independent school in Melbourne.

Steve’s responsibilities as CFO include the supply of strategic, operational and financial information and analysis to the Board, CE and management of Pāmu and ensuring that the procurement and legal functions support achieving the company’s objectives and maintaining its competitive position. Steve is of Ngati Kahungunu descent.

Annabel Davies joined Pāmu in October 2022 as Chief Sustainability and Risk Officer.

Annabel has a Bachelor of Resource Studies (BRS) from Lincoln University, she later trained as a management system auditor, and attained a post-graduate Certificate in Risk Management and Human Potential for a Digital Economy. Annabel has over thirty years of experience working across a range of sectors including local government, infrastructure, energy, and the private sector.

Annabel's most recent roles were at Trustpower where she led transformational projects, risk, stakeholder relations, climate change strategy, and drove the company’s Environmental, Social, Governance (“ESG”) improvement initiatives at a senior level.

Prior to joining Trustpower in 2013, Annabel ran her own successful consultancy practice, offering environmental and audit services for a range of clients, including those in infrastructure and water projects. She was also involved in the start-up of the global environmental company ERM in NZ where she developed and led the sustainability and assurance practice. She also spent some years working for Watercare Services Ltd on large consenting projects.

Andrew joined Pāmu in January 2016 from Melbourne, Australia where he was the co-Head of Aquila Capital Farms - the agricultural investment division of the Aquila group focusing on farm investments in New Zealand and Australia. Before Aquila, Andrew spent eight years in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong with Macquarie Bank, eventually becoming the Head of Macquarie’s Agriculture Funds business in Asia.

Andrew has worked with some of the world’s largest investment funds as well as small private investors to make investments into the agricultural sector. Prior to Macquarie Bank, Andrew held finance roles in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Andrew was born and bred in Wellington before heading to the University of Otago to complete his bachelors and postgraduate qualifications.

Bernadette Kelly was appointed to this role in June 2020. Bernadette has held HR leaderships roles across many industries including of GM People and Capability at MercyAscot hospitals and Mercy Radiology; senior HR roles at Air New Zealand in New Zealand and Australia including responsibility for flight operations and safety, engineering and Pilots; and Head of People – Business Banking & Head of Employment Relations and Safety at Westpac.

Bernadette has also has extensive HR experience at DHBs around the country. In her role at Pāmu, Bernadette’s responsibilities include leading the teams of Human Resources, Organisational Development, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, and Corporate Communications. She believes in Pāmu’s vision to show leadership and innovation in its pasture-to-plate value add strategy – a vision she thinks is critical for the country.

Alistair joined Pāmu in 2014 as General Counsel and Company Secretary. Alistair has had a variety of roles in-house and in private practice.

He joined Pāmu from Buddle Findlay where he was a Senior Associate in the Corporate & Finance team. Prior to that, he spent three years as a legal counsel with Westpac and was in private practice in New Zealand and Ireland firms.

In his role at Pāmu, Alistair is responsible for providing and managing the Company’s legal needs and for providing the corporate governance and company secretarial functions to the Company.

Sarah was appointed to this role in November 2014. Sarah is a marketing, innovation and business development executive who has worked globally creating significant value in premium value dairy categories in emerging markets of China, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Sarah studied B. Tech (Food) at Massey University and gained significant early experience in dairy food technology and sales support roles in New Zealand and offshore. Since then she has held innovation, marketing and business development roles in New Zealand, Mexico and Singapore. Her breadth of experience includes trade marketing for Business to Business Dairy Ingredients globally, FMCG dairy brands and establishing corporate social responsibility initiatives in partnership with other businesses and NGOs.

Sarah joined Pāmu from Fonterra where she was Marketing Director of Advanced Nutrition in Fonterra’s Global Brands and Nutrition division. Sarah’s key responsibilities are to work closely with meat, milk and fibre customers and partners to meet the demands of niche global markets, resulting in premium prices for our products.