Philip Turner

Based in Tokyo, Philip Turner is currently the General Manager of Commercial Intelligence and Strategy and heads a representative office for Fonterra in Japan. Mr Turner joined the New Zealand Dairy Board (which became part of Fonterra in 2001) in 1999.  In 2000 he established a representative office for Fonterra in Brussels and served as Trade Policy Manager (Europe). In 2003 he returned to Auckland as Director of Government Relations and Trade for Fonterra globally.  Earlier in his career, Mr Turner spent 13 years working for the New Zealand Government, mainly in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.