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Our Co-operative

by Richard Allen

The Fonterra Co-operative is a worldwide whānau made up of weird and wonderful people, and this podcast introduces those people to their farmer shareholders. Richard Allen, Fonterra's Group Director of Farm Source, runs a series of interviews to hear about daily life for our people around the world, exciting trends they see in dairy, and most of all their passion for the co-op and for sharing the story of NZ milk.

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Episodes

  1. Rich and Komal Mistry, Director Sports and Active Lifestyle

    For this podcast episode Rich interviews Komal Mistry who leads our Sports and Active Lifestyle business. It's a cool sounding job title and Rich finds out exactly what it means (spoiler alert: exciting market trends and Fonterra products you may not have heard of before).

  2. Rich and Brett Henshaw, Managing Director of Fonterra Brands NZ

    After a few interviews from around the globe, this episode brings us back to Aotearoa where Rich chats with Brett Henshaw. Brett is the Managing Director of Fonterra Brands New Zealand, a.k.a. the part of Fonterra who make and sell all of the yum brands that we can buy at our local supermarkets…

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  3. Rich and Kelvin Wickham, AMENA CEO

    Rich interviews Kelvin Wickham, AMENA CEO and his first 'big boss' from a few years back. AMENA is a large and diverse region, covering Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North Asia, and the Americas (that's a lot of the world to try and cover in 25 minutes). Kelvin talks about the EU market and…

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  4. Rich and Angela Du, Anchor Food Professionals Marketing Director

    Rich interviews Angela Du, Fonterra Anchor Food Professionals Marketing Director based in China. Angela astounds us with stats about the size and growth of the Chinese foodservice market and the future opportunity, and Rich gets nostalgic for his time in China working with this team and eating...

  5. Rich and Geoff Meyer, GM of Global Foodservice Channel

    Rich interviews Geoff Meyer, Fonterra Global GM of Channel Foodservice. We have all heard of the tea macchiato craze in China, and Geoff beams in from Singapore to tell us that that is something on the horizon that may sound even more bizarre to our NZ tastebuds than cream cheese on tea!

  6. Rich and Tim Smith, USA Sales Director

    Rich interviews Tim Smith, Fonterra Sales Director for the USA. With a love of sports linking life in Chicago to NZ, there are sill some differences and Tim talks through daily and dairy life in the US. *Recorded late 2019*

  7. Rich and Teh-Han Chow, Greater China CEO

    Special Edition - COVID-19 Rich interviews Teh-Han Chow, Greater China CEO for Fonterra. In late March, China are ahead of the rest of the world in their COVID-19 response and recovery and Teh-Han talks to Rich about what it has been like to live and work through the lockdown, as well as touch on...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Fonterra Co-operative is a worldwide whānau made up of weird and wonderful people, and this podcast introduces those people to their farmer shareholders. Richard Allen, Fonterra's Group Director of Farm Source, runs a series of interviews to hear about daily life for our people around the world, exciting trends they see in dairy, and most of all their passion for the co-op and for sharing the story of NZ milk.

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Richard Allen

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The Fonterra Co-operative is a worldwide whānau made up of weird and wonderful people, and this podcast introduces those people to their farmer shareholders. Richard Allen, Fonterra's Group Director of Farm Source, runs a series of interviews to hear about daily life for our people around the...

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