The Team

The Directors of EuroAgri, Canterbury locals James McCloy, Jo Foster, and Alastair and Shirley Clemens, took the reins from Donald and Carol Williamson just prior to December 2009.

Alistair and Shirley are progressive arable farmers, the former, with close to forty years of farming knowledge, bring invaluable contributions. Jo Foster brings a wealth of business and marketing experience to the Board.

The team of James McCloy (General Manager), Hamish Wilson (Sales Specialist), Mark Smitheram (Service Technician), Chris Price (Service Technician), Dalvyn Burrowes (Assembly), Alan McLauchlan (Assembly) and Michelle Van Oudtshoorn (Office Administrator) have a wealth of experience in the field, and they’re all thoroughly grounded all-rounders.

“We wish James and his team all the best for the future; we are sure that with his sales and management experience – along with his mechanical knowledge and qualifications that we are leaving the business in good hands. We look forward to seeing the business grow over the coming months.” – Carol and Donald Williamson, EuroAgri owners 1997-2009

Staff members:

James McCloy

Position: General Manager

James has worked in industry-specific sales, service and managerial roles for a number of years, including a five-year stint as Branch Manager for a large agricultural machinery business. He is also a qualified agricultural mechanic and a qualified assessor of agricultural apprentices (MITO).

Email: james@euroagri.co.nz
Mobile: 027 782 7606

Hamish Wilson

Position: Sales Specialist

Hamish specializes in sales, yielding 17 years in the industry – with a vast knowledge of the agricultural field. He has been in Ashburton all his life. He loves fishing and hunting and has also been a volunteer fire fighter for 11 years.

E-Mail: hamish@euroagri.co.nz
Mobile: 027 228 9430

Mark Smitheram

Position: Mechanic

Mark is a qualified mechanic with 25 years experience within the farming sector. Farmers and contractors throughout the District have benefited from Mark’s proactive approach, problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Email: service@euroagri.co.nz
Mobile: 027 292 5014

Chris Price

Position: Mechanic

Chris is a qualified mechanic with 35 years of experience in road transport and agricultural machinery – he has had experience in both mechanical service and managerial in this time. He has also been a volunteer fire fighter for 31 years and his biggest interest is road biking, and has travelled quite extensively over NZ with his bike.

Email: service@euroagri.co.nz
Mobile: 027 208 7794

Dalvyn Burrowes

Position: Assembly

After 40 years farming, Dalvyn Burrowes has been with EuroAgri for ten years. He assembles the newly landed machinery, does running repairs when necessary, and also overlooks the parts division.

   

Michelle Van Oudtshoorn

Position: Office Administrator
 
Michelle has a bachelor of commerce degree and has been working in the accounting and admin field for 20 years. Part of her accounting experience includes accounting and admin in the automative industry.

Email: admin@euroagri.co.nz

Alan McLauchlan

Position: Assembly

Alan has been in farming all his life. He assists with the preparation of new and used machinery, as well as with general handy work.