New role for a familiar face

One of Corteva Agriscience’s most recent appointments may be new to the company, but he’s far from new to the South Island primary sector.

Huw Murray.

Based in Cromwell, Huw Murray has taken over the territory sales manager role for Otago and Southland from Morgan Mansell, and is now responsible for supporting Corteva customers from the Waitaki River south.

He comes to the company after close to five years looking after the region’s farmers as pastoral agronomist for Carrfields, and brings a wealth of experience in field roles across seed, fertiliser, and agronomy with Barenbrug, Ravensdown, and Farmlands respectively.

Corteva country leader Glen Surgenor says it’s this breadth of knowledge that saw Murray secure the role, along with his strong connections to the land and end users. “We’re excited to have Huw join the team.”

For his part, Murray says he’s always wanted to add crop protection to his skill base, and Corteva’s strong reputation for both company culture and products made it the perfect opportunity. Raised on a high country farm at Tekapo, agriculture was always his first career choice, and his various roles since joining the industry have added a solid grounding in dairy and arable to his foundational experience in red meat.

Now the Corteva role brings horticulture to the mix, and he’s looking forward to the challenge of learning the ins and outs of another key sector.

Outside of work, he keeps busy with a young family of three daughters; loves to ski in winter, makes the most of southern water sports in summer, and hunts when he gets a chance.

His predecessor Morgan Mansell has been promoted internally to the role of Corteva technical specialist, replacing Nicole Morris who in turn was promoted to marketing manager earlier in the year.

Huw Murray can be reached at 027 445 1799.