Overview
- Hurrell will stay on for a six-month notice period to support an orderly transition, the company said.
- Chair Peter McBride disclosed the resignation in a formal statement to the NZX.
- Hurrell’s 25-year Fonterra career included leading a strategic reset toward pasture-based milk, sustainability and higher-value ingredients.
- He previously served as chief operating officer of Farm Source and as a regional general manager for the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe.
- Fonterra, a farmer-owned New Zealand cooperative, said the leadership change will proceed under standard governance processes.