Ravensdown’s South Island shareholders have voted Kate Faulks to the Ravensdown board for a three-year term.
Ravensdown chair Bruce Wills said voting shareholders have made a prudent choice.
“The combination of Kate’s farming experience, foundational governance experience and her passion for our co-operative and the wider sector, means she is an ideal addition to the Ravensdown board. I am very much looking forward to her contribution.”
Faulks is an active farmer and director of Altavady Farm and Glenkerry Farm (part of a six-farm beef, dairy and forestry family farming group) and a member of the North Otago Sustainable Land Management Group Steering Board.
Since 2022, Faulks has been the board intern of Port Otago and its subsidiary Chalmers Properties. She has developed insight into scale commercial governance, strategy development, working with senior management, engaging with regulatory shareholders (Otago Regional Council), and staffing and Health and Safety matters.
Faulks has a Master of Business Administration (First Class) and a Bachelor of Chemical and Process Engineering (Honours).
Wills thanked outgoing South Island director, Pete Moynihan, for his long service and commitment to the board.
Wills was the only candidate nominated for the North Island Director Area. As a result, there was no election for the North Island and Wills remains a director for a further three-year term.
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