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Article: PGG Wrightson calls in Miles; [EDITION 1: Wrightson snaps up phone- man]
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- The Press
- Article date:
- December 18, 2007
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Christchurch's PGG Wrightson has hired highly successful former
Vodafone New Zealand boss Tim Miles to drive a better performance
from the rural services company.
The appointment follows ex- Fonterra chief Craig Norgate taking
the chairman's position at PGG Wrightson after the retirement of
Bill Baylis at the end of October. Some regard Norgate as the behind
the scenes driving force at the company.
Norgate was the deputy chairman after he and Dunedin's McConnon
family joined forces to take a controlling stake in Wrightson in mid-
2004 in a hostile takeover bid.
PGG Wrightson announced yesterday that Miles, a former managing
director of the mobile phone company in New Zealand and the ...