Meet some of our Team
With almost 45 years in the business, we’ve welcomed some incredible people into our LeaderBrand family.
Billy – Covered Production Project & Crop Manager
I started in the sweetcorn team as a Harvest Crew Supervisor and Assistant Crop Manager. I then progressed into salad leaf as Crop Manager for four years. I now oversee the building of our greenhouse and working with other areas of the business to set up sales plans for when we start growing. Soon I will be travelling to visit other international greenhouses and learn how we can implement this in Gisborne.
Andrew – Farm Production Manager
I started at Leaderbrand packing squash during my Uni breaks. After graduating, I started as a junior agronomist in squash. For eight years I was the lettuce Crop Manager on the Gisborne farm. Today, I cover all aspects of crop production, from land planning, agronomy, through to financial budgeting and reporting for watermelon and export squash. I enjoy the flexibility at work and how it changes from week-to-week.
Tayla – Agronomist
Taylor – Crop Production Manager
I’m the Pukekohe Farm Crop Production Manager focused on broccoli and lettuce. What I enjoy most is working with a diverse range of people both internally and externally. It’s incredibly rewarding to growing something that starts the size of your finger and turns into a healthy head of broccoli or lettuce.
Willem – Maintenance Engineering
I have worked at LeaderBrand for three year’s. I started overseeing the maintenance in our salad house. Now I work in our pouch pack processing facility. The business relies on us to fix machine breakdowns, install new machinery and improve machine efficiencies. I really love what I do, and working alongside some neat people. No day is the same which keeps things interesting.
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