Rachel joined PGG Wrightson Limited in 2016 as the General Manager People & Safety. She was appointed the Acting General Manager Wool in May 2024 to provide leadership in all aspects of Wool procurement, logistics, sales, and wool export. Rachel steps into the role as a trusted Executive leader at PGW – she is a strategic thinker, is passionate about continually improving business (particularly in the primary sector) and holds strengths in both operational and people leadership.

A member of the Institute of Directors, Rachel is PGW’s Executive Director of bidr,® New Zealand's leading online platform for livestock trading, as well as a Director of other Group subsidiaries.  Prior to joining PGW, Rachel was the GM Human Resources at Solid Energy New Zealand Limited, after time spent as a human resource consultant specialising in organisational design, workforce planning and business transformation.