Sir John Anderson, KBE

Chairman (appointed 1 March 2010)

Sir John is currently Chairman of TVNZ, Capital & Coast District Health Board, the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund and the Wellington Regional Strategy Committee, Commissioner of the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board and serves as a director on the boards of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust.

Sir John was formerly Chief Executive of the ANZ National Bank until his retirement in 2005, former Chairman of New Zealand Cricket, New Zealand’s representative director on the ICC –positions he held from 1995 until 2008 and former Chairman of the New Zealand Sports Foundation.

He has held advisory and governance roles for successive governments through the 1980’s and 1990s and received the 1990 Commemoration Medal for Services to New Zealand and was knighted in 1994. In 1995 Sir John was awarded NBR “New Zealander of the Year”, in 2003 he received the Deloittes Top 200 Company Award “New Zealand’s Most Visionary Leader” and in 2005 was the inaugural winner of “The Blake Medal” for leadership contribution to New Zealand.

Keith Smith

B.Com, FCA

Keith Smith was appointed as a Director and Chairman of Wrightson Ltd in June 2004.

Keith is a chartered accountant, and until December 2005 was a partner in the national accounting practice BDO Spicers, specialising in Directorships. He is Chairman of Tourism Holdings Ltd, NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Ltd and The Warehouse Group Ltd. He is also a Director of Goodman (NZ) Ltd, Mighty River Power Ltd and a number of private companies. He is a Past President of The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is Chairman of the PGG Wrightson Board’s Audit Committee.

Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas farms Longbeach, the historic coastal flat land property 24km southeast of Ashburton. He is involved in Irrigation development, Arable, Sheep and Beef farming as well as a Dairy conversion. Bill became a Director of Pyne Gould Guinness Ltd in 1995.

Bruce Irvine

Bruce was appointed to the PGG Wrightson Board in June 2009 and is also a Director of Pyne Gould Corporation Ltd and its subsidiaries including MARAC Finance Ltd and Perpetual Trust Ltd.  Bruce was Managing Partner at Deloitte Christchurch from 1995 to 2007 before his retirement in May 2008.  He now acts as an independent director on various boards including: Christchurch City Holdings Ltd, House of Travel Holdings Ltd, Godfrey Hirst NZ Ltd, Market Gardeners Ltd, Rakon Ltd, Scenic Circle Hotels Ltd and Skope Industries Ltd.

George Gould

George was appointed as a director on 5 January 2010.

George is a company director and investor. He is chairman and major shareholder of Christchurch based investment company Gould Holdings Limited which has a successful track record in private equity and New Zealand listed equities.

George was managing director of NZX listed Pyne Gould Guinness Limited, leading the management of the merger of that company with Reid Farmers Limited from 2001 to 2003. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of NZX listed South Eastern Utilities Limited, whose main achievement was the acquisition of Wairarapa Electricity Limited in 1996 and its subsequent sale in 1999.

A qualified lawyer, George is a graduate of Canterbury University and London School of Economics. He is a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a member of the Institute of Directors. George is presently an independent director of Orion New Zealand Limited and Christchurch International Airport Limited. He has interests in pastoral farming and commercial property.

Guanglin Lai (Alan)

Alan Lai was appointed as a director on 30 December 2009.

Alan has served as the chairman of Agria’s board of directors since June 2007. Alan also served as Agria’s co-chief executive officer from September 2007 to June 2008 and as chief executive officer from November 2008 to September 2009. Alan is a director of BCL, which is Agria’s largest shareholder. In 2002, Alan founded Ace Choice Management Limited, a company that specializes in promoting business and investment activities between the Peoples Republic of China and other countries. From 2000 to 2002, he was managing director of Shenzhen Keding Venture Capital Management Co. Ltd, a venture investment management company. Alan is the chairman of the board of directors and chairman and a member of the nomination committees of China Pipe Group Limited, a Hong Kong-listed company that manufactures construction and energy related pipes in Asia. Alan holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and is a certified public accountant in Australia.

Sir Selwyn Cushing

KNZM, CMG.

Sir Selwyn was appointed to the Wrightson Board in March 2005 following the acquisition of Williams & Kettle Ltd, of which he had been a Director for more than 20 years.

Sir Selwyn has extensive experience in the rural sector and has been involved with public companies for 40 years. He is currently Chairman of Rural Equities Ltd and New Zealand Rural Properties Trust Management Ltd and Skellerup Holdings Ltd.  He has been a member of the New Zealand Exchange for 30 years and has been involved with many corporate investment projects.

Tim Miles

Tim Miles joined PGG Wrightson on 18 March 2008 as Managing Director.  Tim came to PGG Wrightson after returning to New Zealand, having spent two years in the United Kingdom with Vodafone UK and the Vodafone Group. He fulfilled a range of leadership roles in a six year career with Vodafone, including Chief Executive New Zealand, Chief Executive Officer UK, Chief Technology Officer Vodafone Group and member of the Group executive team. Prior to that, he worked in a range of executive and other leadership roles with Unisys, Data General Corporation and IBM. Since returning to New Zealand Tim has been a non executive Director of Goodman Property Trust and Chairman of Equity Partners Media and Communication.  His attributes are closely aligned to PGG Wrightson’s strategy and aspirations.

Xie Tao (XT)

XT was appointed as a director on 30 December 2009.

XT engaged in advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 20 years where he led PwC China market corporate finance practice and served on the firm’s governing board. XT has extensive experience in China related cross-border investments and M & A and has helped structure many well-known China businesses. XT received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Beijing University in China and was a member of the United Kingdom Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.