Name | Position | Brief Bio |
| Geoff Heslop | Grower Trustee | - A commercial blackcurrant grower since 2001 in Brookside, Mid Canterbury.
- 34 Ha planted in blackcurrants.
- A mixed cropping/horticulture farmer since 1980.
- A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2007, Vice Chairman in 2012 and Chairman since 2013.
- One of the three BCNZ BlackHort breeding committee representatives.
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| James Tavendale | Chairman Grower Trustee | - A commercial blackcurrant grower in Winchmore, Mid Canterbury.
- James and his wife Zoe have been in partnership with his brother Mark’s family and parents John and Lynley for 12 years.
- Combined they grow 125 Ha of blackcurrants including a small area of redcurrants and organic blackcurrants as part of a 270 Ha farming operation.
- A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2010.
- One of the three BCNZ BlackHort breeding committee representatives.
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| Jim Grierson | Marketer and Processor Trustee | - Co-founder of the Vitality® health and wellness brand.
- Horticulture Crop Agronomist and Marketing Advisor for 35 years.
- Inaugural President of the International Blackcurrant Association 2008-12.
- A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2017.
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| Hamish McFarlane | Grower Trustee | - A second generation commercial grower in Temuka, South Canterbury.
- A family history of growing blackcurrants since 1980.
- 110 Ha planted in blackcurrants, as part of a wider mixed cropping/horticulture farming operation.
- A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2015.
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| Mike Kearney | Marketer and Processor Trustee | - A manager at the NZ Blackcurrant Co-operative, with more than 16 years history in the blackcurrant industry.
- A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2008 and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
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| Stuart Stephens | Grower Trustee | - A second generation commercial grower in Leeston, Mid Canterbury with 16 years farming experience.
- 84 Ha planted in blackcurrants.
- Oversees the BlackHort breeding plots in Canterbury, which are located at Waipuna farm.
- One of the three BCNZ BlackHort breeding committee representatives, and Chair of the BlackHort committee.
- A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2012.
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| Anna Tier [email protected] | Product Group Manager | - Manager of BCNZ Inc. since October 2011.
- Formerly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for 11 years, of which 9 years were as an Information Management Team Manager.
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