Rural leader appointed as director to NZPork Board
Prominent rural leader Jessie Chan has been appointed as an independent director to the NZPork Board.
Jessie, who lives in Rakaia in midCanterbury, has an honours degree in animal science and wide-ranging experience in central government, local government, non-profit and commercial organisations.
She is currently chair of RuralCo
Ltd, serves on the board of Bioprotection Aotearoa and is a Trustee of Meat the Need. Jessie was previously on the boards of Ngāi Tahu Farming, Alpine Energy, Connetics, Business Mid Canterbury and Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury. She was also an associate director with DairyNZ.
She became a member of the NZ
Order of Merit this year for services to dairy and agriculture. She has completed the Fonterra Governance Development Programme and Stanford University’s Te Hono Bootcamp.
Jessie was named Dairy Woman of the Year in 2017 and received the Women in Governance Award for Inspiring Governance Leader in 2021.
She said she was excited to be joining the NZPork board. “New Zealand’s pork sector is a small but proud industry with a strong environmental record. It is important to ensure that the sector can thrive and that pig farmers can continue to provide nutritious high quality New Zealand born and raised pork, farmed to high welfare standards.”