Craig Hattle

CFInstD | Taranaki

Craig is an Independent Board Chair and governance advisor with more than a decade of experience as a professional director on SMEs, family enterprises, and multi owner organisations across Aotearoa. 

With a background spanning agribusiness, engineering, primary healthcare, technical services, and agri-export sectors, Craig specialises in governance systems, including effective use of advisory boards, and guiding organisations through growth, succession, and strategic transition. 

Craig has served as Independent Chair for Parininihi ki Waitōtara Farms LP, Edison Consulting Engineers, Carefirst Primary Care group, and Oslo/FBT Organic Fertilisers, and as an Independent Director of Egmont Seafoods. His not for profit governance roles include being a Trustee with the Bishop’s Action Foundation, Venture Taranaki’s Branching Out programme and Dairy Trust Taranaki.

Trained as a soil scientist, Craig holds an MBA (GSB Cape Town) and is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He also served on the IoD National Council and was Branch Chair for Taranaki.