Dave Goodwin - Chairman

Dave Goodwin has been involved with the kiwifruit industry since 1979, both as a grower and packhouse operator.

Dave has had extensive experience in the post-harvest sector and industry governance having been a past managing director of Centrepac Packhouse & Coolstore Limited, former CEO of Apata Limited, past president of Tauranga Fruitgrowers’ Association Incorporated and foundation board member of Horticulture New Zealand. Dave has served on many kiwifruit industry bodies including NZKGI and IAC.

Peter Mayston

An Apata shareholder and director since incorporation, Peter Mayston has grown kiwifruit, avocados and citrus for more than 30 years and operated a kiwifruit packhouse for most of that time.

He is a former director of Taura Natural Ingredients
Limited. Peter remains a very handson industry participant and packs fruit at his family run operation at the Bruntwood satellite site.

Mike Muller 

A founding Apata director, Mike Muller is a past executive of the Tauranga Fruitgrowers’ Association, an inaugural NZKGI Forum member and has been a kiwifruit grower and integral industry participant for more than 30 years. Mike heads the successful Muller & Associates kiwifruit consultancy business and is a director for Nelson companies Birdhurst Limited and GoldenBay Fruit Limited, and has been a director for Avalon Industries since 2004.

Mike provides contracted technical kiwifruit support to Apata growers.

Paul O'Brien

Paul O’Brien has been growing kiwifruit since 1978 when his family developed an orchard at Aongatete. He established his own orchard contracting business in 1987, and grows avocados and GREEN and GOLD kiwifruit on his own orchard. An executive member of Katikati Fruitgrowers’ Association Incorporated, Paul was elected to the steering committee to form Apata Suppliers Entity Limited in 1996, became a director of the entity in 1998 and chairman in 2001.

An Apata Limited director since 2003, Paul and his wife Paula have been shareholders since 1991.

Peter Schuyt 

Peter joined the Board in late 2009. He has considerable senior executive, financial, commercial and governance skills from a range of export and service sectors. He is a former Chief Financial Officer of New Zealand Post Group and director of NZ Post companies. He has also been CFO of New Zealand Milk Products and the New Zealand Dairy Board. He is currently a director of Port of Nelson, Tatua Dairy-Co-op and is a trustee of the World Wildlife Fund.