Richard Perry

Chair with extensive agribusiness, finance and technology experience; appointed June 2019, became Chair July 2020.

Richard was appointed a director of Allied Farmers Limited in June 2019 and Chair in July 2020. He has a strong knowledge and experience of the agribusiness, finance and technology sectors. He has previously held senior finance and executive roles at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Landcorp Farming Ltd and Callaghan Innovation and has been a Technical Advisor to the International Monetary Fund. He currently provides strategic and financial consulting advice to a number of start up and established companies including Rocket Lab and Biolumic Ltd. He is a member of the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board, the Rural Advisory Committee of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and an independent director of Deep Creek Fruits LP and GP. As an experienced company director he has acted for several company boards across the agri-tech, property and food and beverage sectors including start-ups, mergers and established companies. Mr Perry is not an independent director as he is providing advisory services to the Allied Group. He has the following qualifications: B Com (Hons), F.C.A (Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) and CTP (Certified Treasury Professional).