Darling Group have announced the appointment of Rose-Anna Feist to the CFO role

Darling Group have announced the appointment of Rose-Anna Feist to the CFO role following an extensive executive search by Baxter Executive Search.

Rose-Anna has more than 25 years’ experience across senior finance, accounting and general operations leadership roles in a range of sectors and business models including the horticulture, services, agritech and FMCG sectors in New Zealand and the US.  She has an extensive track record of improving reporting, and in systems transformations in the export sector. For the past two years Rose-Anna has been GM Operations with agritech start up, Fruitometry. She was previously CFO at Heilala Vanilla and prior to this Group Management Accounting Manager with NZ listed Comvita. Here she was responsible for all internal reporting to Board level, budgeting and forecasting across multiple entities, overseeing accounting functions for various international markets. She was also the finance lead on an ERP systems upgrade. Rose-Anna has also held roles with Seeka and Zespri. Her earlier career was in Finance Manager roles with SHL based in New Zealand and the US.  Rose-Anna is qualified with a Bachelor of Business from Massey University and an MBA from Otago University.

Darling Group is an integrated exporter of fresh produce specialising in avocados, citrus and berries. Founded by Andrew Darling, this complex business has taken Australasia’s best produce to the world for some 20 years.  The Darling Group is 100% New Zealand owned by the Darling Family and Booster, an independent financial services firm. The business operates throughout the country with two key hubs in Katikati and Gisborne. It procures domestically and internationally and has a major operating and distribution hub in Brisbane, and a newly established presence in West Coast USA.

Rose-Anna commences with Darling Group later this year.

October 2023