Seafood New Zealand has appointed Tim Pankhurst CEO effective in April.
Pankhurst is currently general manager of the Communications and Media Industry Training Organization (CMITO) and Print NZ, as well as having an advisory editor role with the Newspaper Publishers’ Association (NPA). He has previously served as CEO of NPA and is a former daily newspaper editor of The Dominion Post, The Evening Post, Waikato Times and The Press.
“Tim brings significant advocacy experience to this leadership role representing one of New Zealand’s major primary industries,” said Eric Barratt, Seafood New Zealand chair. “We look forward to having Tim on board to build on the industry’s position as a leading exporter of sustainable, high quality, New Zealand seafood.”
“Seafood is a growth industry and a good news story and it will be a challenge and a privilege to help project that,” said Pankhurst.
Seafood is New Zealand’s fifth largest export earner, contributing more than NZD 1.56 billion in export earnings to the economy and employs around 26,000 people.
