Former Institutional investment banker and public company CEO
Strategic Implementation consultant
Director on profit and not-for profit boards
Meet Our Team
OUR TEAM
Tim Heeley (Chairman)
David Heald (Director)
Managing Partner Staples Rodway Chartered Accountancy
Investment Advisor
Significant Professional Directorships
Colin Groves (Director)
Ex Tetra Pak Global Mergers and Acquisitions
Investment Advisor / Investor
Significant Professional Directorships
Paul Bardoul (Director)
Co-founder of the Kiwipole
Owner/operator Dairy farmer
Currently a top 5% producer (solids per cow) within the NZ herd
Expertise in farming systems, nutrition and design
Dave Fullerton (Owner)
Owner Hi Speed Sustained Genetics
Holstein Owner and Breeder
Currently a top 5% producer (solids per cow) within the NZ herd
Experience in High index Cattle breeding
Investor in Robindale Farm and Synlait Milk
Henk Smit (Owner)
MSc from Wageningen University, Holland in Animal Breeding, Animal Feeding and Agricultural Economics
Owner Hi Speed Sustained Genetics
Historically has been a top 1% producer (solids per cow) within the NZ herd
Holstein Owner and Breeder
Experience in High index Cattle breeding
Alister Hall’s (Owner)
Owner Hi Speed Sustained Genetics
Currently a top 5% producer (solids per cow) within the NZ herd
Holstein Owner and Breeder
Experience in High index Cattle breeding
Dairy Solutionz (NZ) Limited (Owner)
Dairy Solutionz is a whole farm systems solutions provider to tropical countries
Dairy Solutionz is the co-owner of the FarmBuilder software package which has a livestock module ideal for recording matings, performance, and 3GP of customers of Thermo genetics.
Derek Fairweather (Chief Executive Officer)
Co-founder of the Kiwipole
Founder and principal shareholder of DairySolutioNZ
Derek was the Chief Executive Officer of Waikato Innovation Park Ltd from 2003 to 2012.
Dr Dave Hayman (Technical Officer)
Veterinarian with extensive experience in management livestock breeding programs, particularly Dairy cattle
Recently established the largest Artificial breeding network in East Africa (Tanzania)
Focused on livestock selection and breeding for tropical regions
Johnny Beaurain (Gerente de desarrollo de negocios de Amèrica del Sur)
Based in Ecuador, fluent Spanish speaker
Level 5 NZ AgITO Dairy farmer with 15 years NZ dairy farming experience
Director at GREP latin America
Built and operated Dairy farms in Colombia and Ecuador for 6 years