Griffin's Snacks appoints Richard Gardner as Supply Chain & Operations Director NZ

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Griffin's Snacks has appointed Richard Gardner as Supply Chain & Operations Director NZ following an executive search undertaken by SEQEL Partners.

Griffin’s Snacks, an Intersnack ANZ company, is New Zealand's number one snack foods company. It manufactures biscuits and snacks in New Zealand, where it is the market leader in its core categories with a wide portfolio of iconic brands.

Richard Gardner is an experienced supply chain and operations executive who has spent the last 19 years of his career in the liquor industry. He has broad based experience covering all aspects of production/operations management, warehousing and distribution, sales and operations planning, procurement, delivery of capital projects and continuous improvement.

He is currently the Director of Operations for Indevin, New Zealand’s largest wine company. Richard joined the viticulture sector with Fosters Group in 2006, and later moved to Treasury Wine Estates when this entity was demerged from Fosters. At Treasury Wine Estates Richard spent time in the United States as VP Supply Chain Services, and as General Manager New Zealand, along with other production and operational roles. Richard started his career in the forestry sector with Carter Holt Harvey.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Forestry Science from the University of Canterbury. He joins Griffin’s in late January.