Fonterra managing director of people, culture and safety, Ms Maury Leyland is leaving the company at the end of March for personal reasons.
She has been a member of the Co-operative group’s management team for more than 11 years.
Leyland worked on the launch of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund, and also worked with chief executive Theo Spierings on the development of the V3 strategy and developing a comprehensive people strategy.
She was the WPC80 precautionary recall spokesperson and lead the response. More recently, she also led the Fonterra response to the 1080 contamination threat.
Leyland was previously the Fonterra group strategy director and she has worked across the supply chain and played an integral part in Trading Among Farmers and Fonterra’s Value Stream Optimisation programme.
Before joining the dairy co-operative, she spent nine years with The Boston Consulting Group.
An engineer by profession, Leyland was a member of Team New Zealand during the successful 1995 America’s Cup campaign.
She holds a First Class Honours Degree in Engineering Science, is a Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.
Fonterra Co-operative says in a statement that the process to appoint her successor is underway as Leyland’s resignation is effective 31 March.
