Speakers

Colin Glass

Farmer

A qualified Chartered Accountant Fellow, Colin holds a Commerce Degree in Farm Management and a post-graduate Diploma in Accountancy and Corporate Finance from Lincoln University. In 1997 he took up the role of Chief Financial Officer for the Dunedin based corporate dairy farmer Tasman Agriculture Ltd.  Immediately following the sell down of TasAg's New Zealand farms and the purchase of the major shareholding by Dairy Holdings Ltd in 2001, Colin was appointed General Manager and subsequently Chief Executive. He held this position for 25 years until 31 May 2026. He is a former farmer elected director of DairyNZ and has been involved in the New Zealand dairy industry all his life and the Australian dairy industry from 1997 to 2008 and since early 2026. 

Colin is married to Paula and they have two daughters. Colin is a Director of a number of irrigation and agribusiness companies and has his own farming interests in Mid-Canterbury.