Chief Executive, AgriZeroNZ

Wayne McNee – Chief Executive, AgriZeroNZ, specialises in leadership, strategy, and sustainability across the agribusiness and health sectors. He is the former Chief Executive/Director General of PHARMAC, the Ministry of Fisheries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC). Wayne completed a Pharmacy Degree and post graduate study at the University of Otago, and has studied leadership, strategy and business transformation at Oxford, Stanford, Insead, and IMD business schools. He was appointed as Chief Executive of AgriZeroNZ in October 2023, after being instrumental in setting up the world-first public-private partnership and supporting its establishment (1 February 2023) as interim executive director.