Our team
We’re a business made up of 2,000+ incredible people.
Whether we’re harvesting tomatoes, driving fork hoists, sourcing new plant genetics, marketing and selling our produce, we’re united by our passion, commitment and drive to grow healthier futures.
Our leadership team
Gareth Edgecombe
Chief Executive Officer
Doug Bygrave
Chief Financial Officer
Craig Betty
Director Operations
Rod Gibson
Managing Director T&G Fresh
Heather Kean
Director People & Culture
Shane Kingston
Director International Sales & Marketing
Monique Mallon
Director IT
Adrienne Sharp
Head of Corporate Affairs
Our board
Benedikt Mangold
CHAIR AND NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Benedikt Mangold joined the BayWa Group in 2011 and is CEO of BayWa Global Produce GmbH – Munich, which is the majority shareholder of T&G Global Ltd. Prior to this position, Benedikt spent three years in New Zealand working for T&G as an export trader before moving into the role of Head of Strategic Planning and Transformation at T&G’s International Business Unit.
In June 2021, the T&G Board of Directors appointed Benedikt as Chair. He is also a Director of Profruit Investments (Pty) Ltd – Tzaneen and Chair and Director of BayWa Obst GmbH & Co. KG – Kressbronn.
Carol Campbell
Independent Director
Carol Campbell has extensive finance experience and a sound understanding of effective Board Governance. She was a partner at Ernst & Young for over 25 years and has been a professional Director for over 10 years.
Carol is Chair and Director of NZ Post Ltd. She is also a Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committees of NZME Ltd, Asset Plus Ltd and Chubb Insurance New Zealand Ltd. Carol is also a Director of a number of other private companies.
Carol has a Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Andreas Helber
Non-independent Director
Andreas Helber has been BayWa’s Chief Financial Officer since 2010. Andreas began his career at KPMG in Munich where he qualified as a tax consultant and auditor.
Andreas is a member of the supervisory boards of a number of private and listed companies including R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG – Wiesbaden, BayWa Global Produce GmbH and BayWa r.e. AG in Munich, RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG – Vienna, and Cefetra Group B.V. – Rotterdam.
Rob Hewett
Independent Director
Rob Hewett is Chair and Director of Silver Fern Farms Ltd, Silver Farm Farms Co-operative Ltd, Farmlands Co-operative Trading Society Ltd, Hilton Haulage Ltd, Pioneer Energy Ltd, Woolscour Holdings Ltd, Fern Energy Ltd and Hewett Farm Ltd.
He is a Director of Pulse Energy Ltd and Cross Docks Australia Pty Ltd. Rob is a member of the Ministry for Primary Industries think tank Te Puna Whakaaronui.
Rob holds a master’s degree in Commerce and Marketing (Hons), a BCom (Ag) Economics and is a Chartered Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors. He won the 2019 Outstanding Contribution to New Zealand Co-operatives award and the 2023 Chairperson of the Year at the Deloitte Top 200 awards.
Marcus Pöllinger
Non-independent Director
Marcus graduated in business administration, having completed his professional training in Munich, London and Sophia Antipolis (France). Marcus is the Chair of the supervisory boards of BayWa Global Produce GmbH – Munich, Cefetra Group B.V. – Rotterdam and BayWa r.e. AG – Munich and a member of the supervisory board of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG – Vienna.
Ralf Tobias Priske
Non-independent Director
Ralf Tobias Priske (Tobias) started working for BayWa in 1998 as a member of the Legal Department and had a leading role in the acquisition of the majority of the shares of T&G by BayWa in 2012. From 2013 to 2015, Tobias worked for the renewable energy sector of the BayWa Group as Deputy Legal Counsel focusing on establishing the renewable energy business in the US. In July 2015, Tobias was appointed as BayWa AG’s Company Secretary before becoming Head of Asset Management International in 2023.
Tobias is a Director of BayWa Agrar Beteiligungs GmbH – Munich and Cefetra Group B.V. – Rotterdam and is Company Secretary of BayWa Global Produce GmbH – Munich and BayWa Canada Ltd. – Vancouver.
Bastian von Streit
NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
He has over 20 years of corporate finance experience across Germany and New Zealand.
After an initial engagement with Deloitte in 2005, Bastian joined BayWa AG in 2011 as Head of Group Accounting. In 2017, he briefly left BayWa AG to step into the role of Head of Finance at Willy Bogner GmbH & Co KGaA, before moving to New Zealand in 2018 to become T&G Global’s Chief Financial Officer. In 2021, Bastian relocated back to Germany and became Chief Financial Officer at BayWa Global Produce GmbH – Munich, the majority shareholder of T&G, with his role expanding in 2023 to take on additional responsibilities across the BayWa Group.
Bastian studied at the University of Munich, where he graduated with a degree in economics.