Team

Lachie Johnstone has been appointed to the Board of Jenkins Group Ltd.

Lachie has a commerce background having completed a B.Com from the University of Auckland and worked as an accountant before taking on a variety of different roles in the commercial and rural sector.

He is a shareholder in Waimaha Farms Ltd, in the western Waikato and is majority shareholder of the food logistics company Wholesale Frozen Foods Limited.

Lachie is currently Chairman of Farmlands, Centreport Ltd, Centreport Properties Ltd, C. Alma Baker Trust (NZ) Ltd and Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors at Kings College.

In January 2018, Cameron was appointed to the new executive role of Director of New Ventures & Innovation. This role is tied into Jenkins Group’s strategic initiative to grow its portfolio of businesses and products.

Cameron was appointed to the board of Jenkins Group in 2013 after holding a number of roles across the business. He joined the Jenkins Group in 2002 and his most recent role was GM of J-Tech Systems based in Albury, Australia (2013-2017). He has a background in general management and prior to that in new product commercialisation, first with Sinclair International in the UK and then at Jenkins Group with RipeSense®, the world’s first ripeness indicator.

Cameron holds a BMS in Marketing from Waikato University.

In September 2024 Cameron took over as Managing Director when Tony Sayle retired.

Melissa was appointed to the Jenkins Group Board in 2016. Melissa has worked in a number of Jenkins companies over the past 20 years in a marketing capacity, currently working with the Jenkins Freshpac Systems team in Tauranga and with Jenkins Group head office in Auckland.

Melissa holds a BBus in Marketing and Management.

Following a series of senior international marketing and management positions within the New Zealand Kiwifruit Industry, Tony became involved in the printing and labelling Industry as International Marketing Director for Sinclair International in 1994.

In 1999, Tony returned to New Zealand to head up Jenkins Group, and has been immersed in the general labels and packaging business in both New Zealand and Australia focusing on new business growth ever since. When the Group established Jenkins Freshpac Systems, Tony was appointed Managing Director.

Tony holds a BSc from Massey University, has completed the NZIM Advanced Leadership Programme and has a Certificate in Company Direction from The NZ Institute of Directors. He is currently President of Printing Industries NZ and is a Director on the Jenkins Group boards in Australia and New Zealand.

In September 2024 Tony Sayle retired as Managing Director of Jenkins Group Ltd. Tony will remain with the Company in a governance role as Director. Cameron McInness has replaced Tony in the role of Managing Director.