As a continuation from last month's issue, discussing some of the agribusiness sector's women in leadership and what it takes to make it, here are Juleigh Robins' and Lisa Worthington's stories. Both women are leaders in their industries and both haveseen a change in the last 15 or so years in terms of women's being taken seriously in senior positions in industry, having experienced the challenges of negotiating and triumphing in environments that were challenging. The Merino Company (TMC) has a wool pooling system that aims to provide growers with stable and sustainable returns, and ensures customers' supply. With one manufacturing plant in New Zealand, access to another in Vietnam, and having entered into a joint venture with a Chinese manufacturer, TMC also provides fibre, textiles and garments to large international brands.
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