Governance Synlait Milk Limited

SML

NZSMLE0001S9

Food Processing

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11:32pm	Synlait Milk Advances Plans to Refinance Senior Syndicated Banking Facilities	MT
06-07	Synlait Milk Limited Provides Update on Refinancing, Shareholder Loan and Trading	CI

Executive Committee: Synlait Milk Limited

Manager

Positions heldSince

Leon Fung

Chief Executive Officer

13/05/2026

Robert Stowell

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Andy Liu

Director of Finance/CFO

13/08/2024

Richard Hickson

Chief Operating Officer

31/01/2026

Stephanie Manning

Human Resources Officer

02/02/2025

Composition of the Board of Directors: Synlait Milk Limited

Director

CommitteesSince

Thomas Adams

58 year

Audit Committee	30/04/2024
Nominating Committee	30/04/2024
Compensation Committee Chair	11/08/2019

Yi Zhu

43 year

Audit Committee
HR Committee Chair
Governance Committee Chair	18/06/2023

Katherine Turner

HR Committee	17/05/2026
Governance Committee	17/05/2026
Audit Committee Chair	17/05/2026

Leon Fung

HR Committee Chair	31/10/2025
Governance Committee Chair	31/10/2025

Si Hang Yang

HR Committee	31/07/2010
Governance Committee	31/07/2010

Tao Zhang

45 year

Audit Committee

25/02/2024

Latest Appointments: Synlait Milk Limited

05-17	Synlait Milk Limited Announces Board and Committee Changes	CI
05-10	Synlait Milk Limited Announces Resignation of Independent Director Paul McGilvary, Effective May 18, 2026	CI
04-29	Synlait Milk Limited Announces Resignation of Chief Quality Officer Hila Mory, Effective July 31, 2026	CI
04-07	Synlait Milk Limited Announces Resignation of Chief Supply Chain & Technology Officer Robert Stowell, Effective July 2026	CI
03-02	Synlait Milk Limited Announces Resignation of Charles Fergusson as Director On-Farm Excellence, Business Sustainability, and Corporate Affairs Charles Fergusson, Effective May 31, 2026	CI
11-30	Synlait Milk Appoints COO	MT
11-30	Synlait Milk Limited Announces Executive Changes	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Synlait Milk Limited

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Charles Fergusson

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/01/2023

30/05/2026

Paul McGilvary

Director/Board Member	30/04/2024	17/05/2026
Chairman	22/10/2023	30/04/2024
Independent Dir/Board Member	23/01/2022	17/05/2026

Richard Wyeth

Chief Executive Officer

18/05/2025

13/05/2026

Paul Mallard

Chief Operating Officer	18/06/2023	30/11/2025
Corporate Officer/Principal	15/01/2023	18/06/2023

Naiche Nogueira

Corporate Officer/Principal

15/01/2023

30/11/2025

Paul Washer

Director/Board Member	01/12/2022	20/11/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/12/2022	20/11/2025

Tim Carter

Chief Executive Officer

20/10/2024

18/05/2025

Cathy Gamlen

Human Resources Officer

31/07/2023

30/11/2024

Grant Watson

Chief Executive Officer

23/01/2022

20/10/2024

Allan Swann

Public Communications Contact

30/06/2024

Ruth Richardson

Director/Board Member

31/12/2003

03/06/2024

Suzan Horst

General Counsel

31/03/2018

27/02/2024

Rui Bing Liu

Director/Board Member

18/06/2023

08/02/2024

Simon Robertson

Director/Board Member	24/11/2020	30/10/2022
Chairman	30/10/2022	22/10/2023
Independent Dir/Board Member	24/11/2020	22/10/2023

Gui Min

Director/Board Member

07/02/2022

18/06/2023

Min Chen

Director/Board Member

30/11/2021

18/06/2023

Nigel Macdonald

Chief Operating Officer

31/10/2021

22/03/2023

Ruth Leary

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2020

15/01/2023

Boyd Williams

Human Resources Officer

11/12/2022

Sam Knowles

Director/Board Member	03/07/2013	01/12/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	03/07/2013	01/12/2022

John Penno

Director/Board Member	01/03/2005	23/01/2022
Chief Executive Officer	01/03/2005	23/01/2022
Chairman	23/01/2022	01/12/2022
Founder	01/03/2005	01/12/2022

Deborah Marris

General Counsel

04/03/2018

31/08/2022

Martijn Jager

Corporate Officer/Principal	22/06/2016	-
Sales & Marketing	-	-

Hamish Reid

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2016

28/08/2022

Callam Weetman

Corporate Officer/Principal	29/04/2017	30/04/2022
Sales & Marketing	29/04/2017	-

Qi Kai Lu

Director/Board Member

30/11/2015

07/02/2022

Chris France

Corporate Officer/Principal	-	24/01/2022
Sales & Marketing	22/06/2016	-

Graeme Roderick Milne

Chairman	22/03/2006	23/01/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	22/03/2006	23/01/2022

Min Ben

Director/Board Member

28/11/2016

30/11/2021

Matthew Foster

Chief Operating Officer

31/10/2021

Tania Pearson

General Counsel	30/06/2019	30/09/2021
Corporate Secretary	30/06/2019	30/09/2021

Mark Toomey

Chief Operating Officer

08/12/2019

31/05/2021

Angela Dixon

Director of Finance/CFO

14/06/2020

13/05/2021

Roger Schwarzenbach

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

31/12/2016

30/04/2021

Leon Matthew Clement

Chief Executive Officer

14/08/2018

29/04/2021

Bill Roest

Director/Board Member	14/05/2013	24/11/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	27/06/2013	24/11/2020

Nigel Greenwood

Director of Finance/CFO

31/03/2010

14/06/2020

Antony Moess

Corporate Officer/Principal

14/07/2017

31/01/2020

Neil Betteridge

Chief Operating Officer	31/12/2016	21/07/2019
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2006	31/12/2016

Quentin Lowcay

General Counsel

28/08/2016

04/03/2018

Dan Walraven

Public Communications Contact

28/02/2018

Ke Li

Director/Board Member

31/07/2010

08/09/2016

Mike Lee

Sales & Marketing

31/08/2011

22/06/2016

Tony McKenna

Sales & Marketing

31/12/2008

30/09/2014

Mike Stein

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	31/05/2013	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/05/2013	-

Ben Dingle

Founder

31/12/1998

30/04/2013

Michael Wan

Public Communications Contact	31/07/2011	-
Sales & Marketing	31/07/2011	-

Natalie Lombe

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2013

Zong Bo Dong

Director/Board Member

31/07/2010

Kent Wong

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	9
Female	5

Of which Executive Committee

Male	4
Female	1

Of which Directors

Male	4
Female	2

Synlait Milk Limited is a New Zealand-based nutrition company. The Company and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in the manufacture and sale of dairy products. The Company operates through Synlait segment and Dairyworks segment. The Synlait segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquid milk and milk powder-based products, including nutritional, ingredients, fresh milk, and ultra heat treatment (UHT) milk products. The Dairyworks segment engages in the manufacture and sale of cheese and other products (cheese, butter). Its product categories include Infant and Adult Nutrition, Early Life Nutrition, Lactoferrin, Ingredients, and Foodservice. It operates in China, the Rest of Asia, Middle East and Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and the Rest of World. Its subsidiaries include Synlait Milk Finance Limited, The New Zealand Dairy Company Limited, Eighty Nine Richard Pearse Drive Limited, Synlait Business Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, among others.

Employees

900

Sector

Food Processing

Calendar

Earnings release - Annual 2026

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