Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer
Media Release – Hall’s Group Limited
7 May 2019
The Hall’s Group Limited today announced
the appointment of its new Chief Executive
Officer,
Michele Kernahan who will join the privately-owned company which specialises in refrigerated and frozen transportation, cold storage services and a range of logistic services including cross-docking, warehousing and distribution.
Michele resigned as Chief Executive, Building Products at Fletcher Building Limited and will take up the role as Chief Executive Officer, Hall’s Group Limited in July.
Michele joined Fletcher Building in 1998 and has had a number of senior executive roles including Chief Executive Fletcher Construction and General Management roles with the Laminex Group Australia, Fletcher Earthquake Recovery (EQR) where she led a team managing the rebuild efforts in Christchurch and Golden Bay Cement.
Michele has a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration from the University of Canterbury and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
“Hall’s is delighted to secure an executive of Michele’s calibre and experience”, commented Karl Smith, Chairman of Hall’s Group. “Michele will lead the Hall’s Group as it continues its transformation programme to ensure it becomes the most cost-efficient partner for our customers”.
“I’m very much looking forward to working with the Hall’s team to service both our domestic customers and export markets around the world”, Kernahan stated.
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