Greg Gent

Greg is the Chairman of FMG's Board of Directors. Greg has extensive experience in the rural sector and along with being a dairy farmer, has held several directorships and chairmanships within the dairy industry, including over a decade as a Director of the Fonterra Co-operative.  He is also a director of Southern Cross and board member of Northland District Health Board.

Murray Donald

Murray has extensive rural and management experience. He currently farms a 455 hectare property in Southland, and is also a Director of Alliance Group and Chairman of Alliance Group Trustee Limited. A former National President of the Young Farmers’ Club, Murray also received a commemorative medal for services to agriculture in 1990.

Marise James

Marise James is a Chartered Accountant based in Taranaki specialising in the rural sector and in particular, business and tax planning. She and husband Bryn are former winners of Sharemilker of the Year. Marise, a recipient of the Nuffield Scholarship, is also a former Landcorp Farming Ltd and Fonterra Director.

Graeme Milne

Graeme has considerable experience in agribusiness as well as corporate governance, including his previous roles as CEO of Bay Milk Products, New Zealand Dairy Group, and Bonlac.  He is currently the Chairman of the Waikato District Health Board, Synlait Milk Ltd and New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Limited and is a Director of Genesis Power Limited, among others.

Tony Cleland

Tony Cleland is a Southland dairy farming entrepreneur and founder of FarmRight, an independent dairy farming management and consultancy company based in Lumsden. He is also a director of Northland Field Power. Tony became a director of FMG in August 2007. 

Michael Ahie

Michael is based in Wellington and the CEO and a founding partner of AltusQ.   He has broad international business and governance experience with multinational companies including Toyota New Zealand Ltd, the New Zealand Dairy Board and Wrightson Ltd.  Michael is also chairman of Plant and Food Research, a director of Vehicle Testing Group and has farming interests in Taranaki.