BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The eight members of MG Marketing's Board of Directors have a high level of business experience and industry expertise. At an individual as well as collective level, their expertise encompasses many facets of the domestic and international fresh produce industry.
Of the board, six of the Directors are long-standing produce growers and suppliers to MG through their own businesses, and two are special Directors, Bruce Irvine, an Independent Director with a strong commercial background and Tom Treacy who retired from the position of MG's CEO on 30 June 2011.
At regular meetings the Board is joined by MG's senior management team, Peter Hendry as Chief Executive, Duncan Pryor as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Kerry Wells as International Manager.
 | Brian Gargiulo, MBE, is the Chairman and has a lifetime career in tomato growing, based in Christchurch. |  | Francie Di Leva, is the Deputy Chairman and a grower with a lifetime of market gardening experience based in the Nelson region. |
 | John Clarke, Levin, is a Director and shareholder in the substantial vegetable growing ventures Woodhaven Gardens Ltd and Kapiti Green Ltd in the Horowhenua. |  | Andrew Fenton, owns and runs a successful operation in kiwifruit production through the Bay of Plenty based Phoenix Partnership. |
 | Alan Franklin, a fifth generation celery grower in Auckland, is a new Director appointed in February 2010 to fill a casual vacancy on the board. |  | Basil Goodman, Cromwell, is a grower with extensive experience in summer fruit production and seasonal exporting activities. |
 | Bruce Irvine, B.Com, LLB, CA, was Managing Partner of the Christchurch office of Chartered Accountants, Deloitte, until 2008 and is a highly respected professional Director. |  | Tom Treacy, has spent a lifetime in the produce industry, a significant portion of which were as MG's CEO until he retired from this role in June 2011. |
