Michael Fox

Michael Fox is Head of Global Public Affairs at Zespri International. He leads Zespri’s global public, political and regulatory engagement, advocacy and trade strategy as well as its communications, and community investment programme and key industry engagement issues.

He and his team have responsibility for helping the industry to fulfil its ambitions to create value for growers and communities through positive engagement and advocacy and building the New Zealand kiwifruit industry’s reputation as one which makes a positive impact on communities and stakeholders around the world. He was formerly Head of Communications and External Relations.

Michael holds a number of advisory roles including sitting on the New Zealand International Business Forum and is a former Chairman of the India New Zealand Business Council and Export NZ Advisory Board member. Prior to Zespri he advised New Zealand Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Sir Bill English and Opposition leader Simon Bridges as a Press Secretary and Chief Press Secretary after starting his career as a journalist at leading New Zealand publications.