Rabobank has announced the appointment of a new horticulture and wine analyst to help boost the sector’s agribusiness research team.
Agribusiness banking specialist Hayden Higgins joins the bank’s food and agribusiness research team from his role as major agribusiness manager with Rabobank New Zealand.
RaboResearch food and agribusiness general manager Tim Hunt said the new appointment was an opportunity to take advantage of Mr Higgins’ extensive knowledge of the horticulture and viticulture industries.
“Throughout the past 15 years in his career in rural banking, Hayden has worked extensively across a range of industries, but has had particular exposure to both wine and horticulture,” he said.
“Since joining Rabobank in 2010 in the Hawkes Bay region, he has worked closely with some of the largest and most complex wine, horticulture and other agribusiness clients in the North Island and has built a substantial in-depth knowledge of these key industries in this time.”
The new analyst has also served as Rabobank’s NZ horticulture strategy team chairman since 2014.
Mr Higgins will cover the horticulture and viticulture sectors for the bank in both Australia and New Zealand.
