Draft:John Brakenridge



John Donald Brakenridge CNZM (born 30 October 1961) is a New Zealand businessman and a former chief executive officer (CEO) of The New Zealand Merino Company.

Early life and education
Brakenridge was born in Pukekohe. He holds an MBA from the University of Canterbury and has also completed post-graduate study at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Career
Brakenridge was the founding CEO of The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM), an integrated sales, marketing, and innovation company recognised for transforming New Zealand’s Merino industry. He resigned in 2023.

Brakenridge also founded Te Hono, a collaboration between the leaders of the New Zealand food and fibre sector companies, iwi and government into a partnership with Stanford University.

Brakenridge was a director of Pāmu, New Zealand's largest farming organisation, from 2011 to 2019.

In the 2024 New Year Honours, Brakenridge was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the New Zealand food and fibre sectors and the merino industry.

Personal life
He currently lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.