Members of the Board

Andrew Horsbrugh, [Chair] Mob. 027-436-1914,

Basil Meyer, Ph. 03 317-8130

Colin Prebble, Mob. 021-325-900

Maria Tiede,  Mob. 021- 217 0993

Clive Marsh, Mob. 021 220 8227

Mark Wren, Mob. 027 839 5263

Tim Armitage Mob. 021 638 174

Anna Brenmuhl [Secretary], Mob. 021 961 948

Profiles

Andrew Horsbrugh (Chair)

Andrew and his wife Jo own and operate Tunlaw Farm Limited, a 45-ha walnut orchard in West Melton. Andrew is CEO of Craigmore Farming and a member of the Institute of Directors NZ. He is a director on a number of different boards in the dairy, sheep & beef, transport, horticulture and processing sectors, and a shareholder/director of Donaghys Limited. Andrew and Jo are also the NZ agent for AMB Rousset walnut harvesting and processing equipment.

Basil Meyer

Basil is farming in partnership with Trudi 1000 walnut trees on their property near Charing Cross, Darfield. Both are originally from Switzerland and settled in New Zealand in 1987. Through the sharemilking route they purchased their dairy farm on the West Coast in 1993, which they sold in 2013 to concentrate on their walnut orchard. From 2000 to 2010 Basil was a Director of Westland Co-operative Dairy Company. Basil and Trudi are the NZ contact for Feucht Obsttechnik, the German manufacturer of walnut harvesting equipment. Basil currently works part time at Fonterra in Darfield.

Colin Prebble

Colin and his wife Karen have a 17-year-old orchard they developed from scratch. Colin is a chartered accountant with experience on various boards and committees. He is also involved in food manufacturing and distribution and is a partner in some Christchurch-based food service businesses.

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  1. […] Under the constitution of the co-op one third of the board of directors retire each year, although they are eligible for re-election. Being the first year of operation lots were drawn to decide which three directors would retire. Andrew Horsbrugh, Frank Brenmuhl and Graeme Nicholas were chosen to retire. All three made themselves available for re-election and were declared elected unopposed at the annual meeting of shareholders held in Rolleston on 30 July. You may like to find out more about the eight directors. […]

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