David Hunt
Director - Independent
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Director - Independent
Appointed June 2024, ratified October 2024, next election 2027
David is a professional director and is currently deputy chair of the Accident Compensation Corporation, a director of Northpower Ltd and Northpower Fibre Ltd, and a member of Fast Track Projects Ministerial Advisory Group.
He has previously served on the boards of Christchurch City Holdings Ltd and various energy companies in New Zealand and Australia. He was the chief executive of Contact Energy Ltd between 2005-2006. From 2006 to April 2024 David was a consultant director at Concept Consulting Group, a firm providing specialist advisory services on energy, utility and decarbonisation issues. David’s early career was in the public sector, with a particular focus on financial management and investment issues.
David has Bachelor degrees in economics (honours) and statistics from Massey University.
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Governance
The responsibility of the Board is to oversee DairyNZ’s strategic goals and make key decisions on how best to respond to the risks and opportunities impacting our farmers and sector.
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Our strategy
Dairy farming is becoming more complex, which means we need to prioritise what we do, and how we do it, to achieve positive progress and make a greater impact.
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Your levy
All farmers who supply milk to a dairy company pay a levy. Your levy is invested in a wide range of programmes that progress a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming.