Stephen Allen

A board member since 1996, Steve became Tatua Chairman in 2003. Steve is a fifth-generation farmer, whose family has been in the Piako district since 1886. The Allen family has been supplying Tatua since the end of World War 1.

Steve’s career has included time in the commercial sector with IBM New Zealand and comprises extensive dairy industry experience with directorships on both the NZ Dairy Board and LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation). More recently Steve has been a member of the Waikato Dairy Leaders Group which oversees development in relation to sustainable dairy farming and water allocation in the region. He is a director of a number of private companies and a trustee of the Waikato-based David Johnstone Charitable Trust. Since 2019 he has been a director of Farmers Mutual Group.