Steve Stuart joined OSPRI in March 2019. With over 20 years working in the primary sector, the opportunity to be part of the OSPRI team was simply too attractive, challenging and exciting to refuse. Prior to this role, Steve's career covered a range of leadership roles in regulatory environments including NZ Police, fisheries, biosecurity and immigration.
Simon Andrew is our Deputy Chief Executive, and General Manager for Disease Control Planning and Integration. The group maintains a national focus on disease management programmes and plays a key integration role across the organisation, with core capability in the design of disease management programmes and strategic relationships.
Mary Cording joined OSPRI in July 2020 and is our General Manager, People. Mary provides strategic direction and leadership across the People and Culture and Health, Safety and Wellbeing teams. She is passionate about the importance of culture and human-centred leadership to the performance of an organisation.
Angela Leong joined OSPRI in February 2023. She leads OSPRI’s Corporate Services | Ratonga Rangatōpū and is also our Chief Financial Officer. She is committed to developing OSPRI's people and teams so they can reach their potential, and to delivering on the strategic vision of the organisation.
Clifton King joined OSPRI in July 2023 and is our Head of Traceability. Clifton is passionate about biosecurity and the primary sector’s ability to manage and respond to unwanted diseases.
Helen Thoday is our General Manager, Service Delivery for the North Island. Helen is passionate about the primary sector and has spent her career in agriculture. This started with a degree and postgraduate studies in agriculture, farm management, animal physiology, and infectious disease. She has worked in agriculture roles in the UK, Falkland Islands, Canada and New Zealand.
Danny Templeman is our General Manager, Service Delivery for the South Island. He has worked in the areas of meat inspection, disease control management, and stakeholder engagement and extension for the past 25 years, in New Zealand and Australia.