Dr. Warren Parker (PhD)
Warren is the Chair of the Pāmu Board and the Forestry Ministerial Advisory Group (FMAG). Warren is a former chief executive of Scion (the NZ Forest Research Institute) and Maanaki Whenua-Landcare Research and chief operating officer of AgResearch. His current board roles include Farmlands Co-operative Society, Quayside Holdings, Genomics Aotearoa and Focus Genetics. He also chairs FarmIQ.
Warren has a PhD in animal science and was previously a Professor of Agribusiness and Resource Management at Massey University. He was raised on a farm bordering the Waipoua Forest and lives in Rotorua.