Ben Speedy | 1992-1996 

Ben has been appointed to the ASB bank's leadership team in the role of general manager, rural. He joined ASB from his previous role as New Zealand Country Manager for Core Logic International. Ben grew up on a farm near Dannevirke and started his career with BNZ after graduating from Massey University with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Farm Management and Rural Valuation and a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Marketing). As an Agribusiness graduate, he worked his way up to become senior Agribusiness manager in Hawkes Bay. Broadening his banking career, Ben moved into BNZ Head Office, where he worked in several roles including National Manager, Business and Commercial, Head of Business Transformation and Chief Operating Officer - Customer Fulfilment Services. Ben is based at ASB's north wharf office in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter.

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Doug Speedy 1993-1996

Doug is the Managing Director for the Parkers Beverage Company in Napier. His company are firmly focused on cans and glass for their range of beers, wines, juices and water, rather than plastic. Doug considers canned water is something of a final frontier for beverages, with Parkers the only company in New Zealand doing it. It is why Parkers canned wines are getting into the fridges at events instead of plastic bottles and its 10-litre bags of water in-boxes are becoming increasingly popular over large plastic bottles, he said.

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