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fresh leadership New John Deere Australia-New Zealand managing director Luke Chandler will prioritise leading the way in technology and investing in strong relationships, the company says
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riginally from Inverell in NSW, Chandler has a 25-year background in agriculture, most recently as chief economist for John Deere at its Illinois headquarters in the United States. Chandler says he is excited to have the opportunity to apply his global knowledge and John Deere’s leading-edge research and development capability to benefit Australian and New Zealand industries. “My work looking at global agriculture trends for many years has reinforced how competitive our farmers have to be in export markets without the government support many of our competitors receive,” he says. “That competitiveness comes from Australian and New Zealand farmers being world leaders in innovation for as long as they’ve been farming. “John Deere has also had to keep changing to stay in business for more than 180 years, so we share their value on innovation and I’m looking forward to helping our farmers and distributors, wherever they are, continue to benefit from John Deere technology.” Technology developments like AutoTrac steering and See and Spray precision chemical application allow farmers to do more with less from planting to harvesting, and have helped see John Deere ranked in the top 20 most innovative American companies. Chandler says the best innovation flows from John Deere’s investment in relationships.
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“Technology only works well when it’s solving real problems, and John Deere works incredibly hard to be a genuine partner of choice for customers and dealers in all the industries we operate in so we can understand their problems and build solutions for them,” he says. “I’m really looking forward to meeting customers and dealers around Australia and New Zealand to get a better understanding of the problems we need to solve. I’m also very keen to partner with industry bodies and policy makers as agriculture looks to be more collaborative and cooperative in the future to drive change that’s profitable, productive and sustainable.” Chandler will also aims to grow John Deere’s Construction and Forestry business in the region. Outgoing managing director Peter Wanckel says Chandler brings enormous expertise to the role. “Luke has worked in agriculture all over the world, and his broad experience in the industry at global leadership levels will bring benefits to Australian and New Zealand farmers,” he says.
Above: New John Deere Australia/New Zealand managing director Luke Chandler Below: Outgoing managing director Peter Wanckel
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