Craig Ellison

Extensive fisheries sector experience. Past CEO of Ngāi Tahu Holdings. Commissioner with Te Ohu Kaimoana.

Craig has had a long involvement in the fisheries and seafood sector. He was the past Chief Executive of Ngāi Tahu Holdings, Chair of Ngāi Tahu Seafood, Poutama Trust, Moana Pacific, Prepared Foods, the NZ Seafood Standards Council, as well as serving on the executive of the Fishing Industry Association Board, and numerous stakeholder organisations. Craig has served on a number of other trade organisations and task forces in the sector, and was a Commissioner with the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (Te Ohu Kaimoana) as it worked through the Allocation model and giving effect to the Fisheries Settlement. After the agreement on allocation methodology Craig served on the boards of Aotearoa Fisheries Limited (Moana NZ) and Sealord Group Limited.