Board Members

MR JOHN J. LOUGHLIN
Chairman

Mr Loughlin is Chairman of Allied Farmers Limited and each of its subsidiaries, and has been a Director since 2004.  He resides in Havelock North Hawkes Bay, and is the owner of Askerne Winery. He currently holds directorships with Toll NZ Limited, Zespri Group Limited, Metlifecare Limited, Centralines Limited, Prism Group Holdings Limited, Lean Meats Limited and MIT Developments Limited. He previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Richmond Limited and executive positions in the finance sector. He is also an Issuer Appointee of NZX Discipline and a Ministerial Appointee to the Representatives Committee of the Animal Health Board. Mr Loughlin has the following qualifications: MBA, BCA, CA, FCSAP, ACIS, FAII, FNZIM.

MR GARRY C. BLUETT

Mr Bluett was appointed a Director of Allied Farmers Limited and its finance company subsidiary in October 2004. He has been Finance Director of a major NZ Retail Group and has broad experience in the finance company and corporate finance sectors. He currently has an ownership interest in a large dairy operation in the Waikato. Under the NZX listing rule 3.3.1B (a) Mr Bluett is classified as an independent director of Allied Farmers Limited. Mr Bluett has the following qualifications: BMS, CA.

MS SUSIE A. STALEY

Ms Staley was appointed a Director of Allied Nationwide Finance in April 2008.  She is an experienced property and business lawyer based in Dunedin. She is a director of Tower Limited (since 1996) and a member of the Group Investment Committee and Remuneration Appointments Committee. She has served on due diligence committees for Tower and was Chairman of a Capital Raising Programme in 2003. She is Chairman of Maritime New Zealand and ID Dunedin Fashion Inc, and a Director of Global Technologies (NZ) Ltd. Ms Staley is a member of the Institute of Directors and an accredited Director and a Fellow of the Institute. Ms Staley has the following qualifications: LLB (Otago),FNZIM, FInstD.

MR PETER L. COOK
Alternate Director*

Mr Cook was appointed a Director of Allied Farmers Limited in March 1987 and was appointed director of its finance company subsidiary in October 1993. He is a cattle and sheep farmer from Huinga and is a past Director of AFFCO NZ Ltd. Under the NZX listing rule 3.3.1B (a) Mr Cook is classified as an independent director of Allied Farmers Limited. He has the following qualification: Dip. Ag.

*Alternate director for John Loughlin, Garry Bluett, Philip Luscombe and David Bale.

 

MR PHILIP C. LUSCOMBE

Mr Luscombe was appointed a Director of Allied Farmers Limited and its finance company subsidiary in December 2005.  He is an experienced farmer with interests in dairy farms in Taranaki and Otago, and in farm forestry. He is a Director of Dairy InSight, NZAEL Limited, PKW Farms Limited, as well as a number of private companies. He is former  Chairman of TARS Trust, a former trustee of The Massey University Agricultural Research Foundation, and a member of the Fonterra Farms Advisory Board. He is a former Director of Kiwi Cooperative Dairies Limited, Kiwi Milk Products Limited, Industry Research company Dexcel, and South Taranaki Animal Health Services Ltd . Under the NZX listing rule 3.3.1B (a) Mr Luscombe is classified as an independent director of Allied Farmers Limited. Mr Luscombe has the following qualification: B. Ag Sci (Hons).

MR JOHN L. SPENCER

Mr Spencer was appointed a Director of Allied Nationwide Finance in April 2008. Mr Spencer brings to the board significant commercial experience from his various management positions held in New Zealand and overseas. He has had extensive involvement with the setting of Accounting Standards being a member of the Accounting Standards Review Board from 1999 to February 2008 and prior to that a member of the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Spencer is Chairman of Tainui Group Holdings Limited, AsureQuality and Telfer Young Limited. Mr Spencer is Deputy Chairman of Solid Energy and currently holds directorships with Tower Limited, WEL Networks, Waikato Regional Airport Limited and Touchstone Capital Partners Limited. Mr Spencer has the following qualifications: BCom, FCA.

MR DAVID W BALE
Executive Director

Mr Bale was appointed Group CEO of Allied Farmers in 2006. Prior to that he worked as a self employed consultant undertaking strategic assignments for several major companies. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of The New Zealand Lotteries Commission and before that held a number of senior roles, including Managing Director within Inprint Limited and other subsidiary companies within the Independent Newspapers Limited/News Limited Group of Companies. Mr Bale has been a board member of Mitsubishi Motors (NZ) Limited and is presently a trustee of the Westpac Stadium Trust. He holds a MBA and attended the NZ staff college, the Executive Management Program at Stanford University and completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Templeton College, Oxford.