Dr Warren Parker—our new Chief Executive
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| Dr Warren Parker. Image - Robert Lamberts, Crop & Food Research |
In July 2005, Dr Warren Parker commenced as the new Chief Executive of Manaaki Whenua.
Warren comes to us from AgResearch where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer—Science. For the past year he had been seconded to IMBcom, the commercialisation company of the Institute of Molecular Biosciences (IMB), University of Queensland. Before joining AgResearch in 1998, Warren was Professor of Farm Management and Agricultural Systems, and Head of the Department of Agribusiness and Resource Management at Massey University. He has been a Director of several research-based companies, and of a soil-plant analytical laboratory and agricultural training institute. Warren’s research interests, which are backed up by an impressive publishing record, include agribusiness, pastoral farming systems, and farm management. Consultancy projects and sabbatical research have taken him to several countries, including Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Tonga, the USA, South Africa and Canada.
The Directors join the senior managers and staff in welcoming Warren to Manaaki Whenua.
Nau mai, Haere mai ki te whānau o Manaaki Whenua
Welcome to the family of Landcare Research