Mark Eglinton Chief Executive Officer NDA Group Emerging International Business Leader New Zealand International Business Awards 2009
Mark Eglinton
Chief Executive Officer NDA Group
Emerging International
Business Leader New Zealand International
Business Awards 2009
Farming is not just Sexy...
It’s critical to NZ’s future
Question 1. Is 5% year on year growth enough?
Question 1. Is 5% year on year growth enough?
• Sometimes
– if it is sustainable growth
– if the margin structure is right
– if it is in an industry with sufficiently large scale
Question 2. What happens to the NZ Agricultural Sector if it grows at 5% for 10 years?
13 B
4.5 B
4.3 B
1.1 B
0.9 B
= 24 B
2011
Dairy
Meat
Forestry
Wine
Kiwifruit
Source : MAF June 2011 Situation & Outlook for NZ Agriculture & Forestry
13 B
4.5 B
4.3 B
1.1 B
0.9 B
= 24 B
2011
Dairy
Meat
Forestry
Wine
Kiwifruit
2020
20.2 B
7.2 B
6.7 B
1.7 B
1.5 B
= 37 B
Source : MAF June 2011 Situation & Outlook for NZ Agriculture & Forestry
Question 2. What happens to the NZ Agricultural Sector if it grows at 5% for 10 years?
2011 Absolute Growth 2020
7.2 B
2.6 B
2.4 B
0.6 B
0.5 B
= 13 B
Dairy
Meat
Forestry
Wine
Kiwifruit
13 B
4.5 B
4.3 B
1.1 B
0.9 B
= 24 B
Source : MAF June 2011 Situation & Outlook for NZ Agriculture & Forestry
20.2 B
7.2 B
6.7 B
1.7 B
1.5 B
= 37 B + 55%
Question 2. What happens to the NZ Agricultural Sector if it grows at 5% for 10 years?
Question 3. How much technology is required to grow the Agricultural Sector by $13B?
• HEAPS, &
Question 3. How much technology is required to grow the Agricultural Sector by $13B?
• HEAPS, &
• Technology is Sexy, so
Question 3. How much technology is required to grow the Agricultural Sector by $13B?
• HEAPS, &
• Technology is Sexy, so
• The Agricultural Sector is HEAPS SEXY
Question 3. How much technology is required to grow the Agricultural Sector by $13B?
So the Agricultural Sector is...
• Critical to NZ’s future
– It already has scale
– It already has an international footprint
– It is internationally competitive
– Modest sustainable growth creates massive value
• Sexy
– Heaps of technology is required to support it’s growth and take NZ industry to the next level
– The commercialisation of agricultural related technology is a massive opportunity for SME NZ.