Executive Leadership Team
Our Executive Leadership Team is made up of team members from around the country, and is led by our Chief Executive, Sam McIvor.
Sam McIvor
Chief Executive
Sam McIvor joined OSPRI in August 2024 as Chief Executive, and is passionate about making a difference for farmers, the primary industry and New Zealand. He sees OSPRI as playing a crucial role as a centre of excellence for disease surveillance, management, eradication and traceability.
Simon Andrew
General Manager, Disease Control, Planning and Integration
Simon Andrew is our Deputy Chief Executive, and General Manager for Disease Control, Planning and Integration. The group maintains a national focus on disease management programmes and plays a key integration role across the organisation, with core capability in the design of disease management programmes and strategic relationships.
Mary Cording
General Manager, People
Mary Cording joined OSPRI in July 2020 and is our General Manager, People. She provides strategic direction and leadership across the People and Culture and Health, Safety and Wellbeing teams. She is passionate about the importance of culture and human-centred leadership to the performance of an organisation.
Angela Leong
Chief Operating Officer
Angela Leong joined OSPRI in February 2023. She leads OSPRI’s Corporate Services | Ratonga Rangatōpū and is also our Chief Financial Officer. She is committed to developing OSPRI's people and teams so they can reach their potential, and to delivering on the strategic vision of the organisation.
Clifton King
Head of Traceability
Clifton King joined OSPRI in July 2023 and is our Head of Traceability. He is passionate about biosecurity and the primary sector’s ability to manage and respond to unwanted diseases.
Helen Thoday
General Manager, Service Delivery (North Island)
Helen Thoday is our General Manager, Service Delivery for the North Island. She is passionate about the primary sector and has spent her career in agriculture. She has worked in agriculture roles in the UK, Falkland Islands, Canada and New Zealand.
Danny Templeman
General Manager, Service Delivery (South Island)
Danny Templeman is our General Manager, Service Delivery for the South Island. He has worked in the areas of meat inspection, disease control management, and stakeholder engagement and extension for the past 25 years, in New Zealand and Australia.