Zespri International
Ashleigh Fletcher is a highly experienced legal professional currently serving as a Senior Legal Advisor at Zespri International since September 2022. Prior to this role, Ashleigh held various positions including Associate and Senior Solicitor at Cooney Lees Morgan from March 2017 to September 2022, as well as Solicitor at Chapman Tripp from February 2014 to January 2017. During the tenure at Chapman Tripp, Ashleigh provided legal services in the Corporate team to a diverse range of New Zealand and international clients. Ashleigh began the legal career at Chapman Tripp as a Summer Clerk in 2012 and progressed through the ranks, completing a Law Clerk position while pursuing Professional Legal Studies and being admitted to the bar in October 2014. Ashleigh holds a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and a Second Major in Economics from The University of Waikato, completed in 2013, and NCEA Level 3 from Sacred Heart Girls College.
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Welcome to Zespri, one of the world’s most successful horticultural marketing companies and NZ’s largest horticultural exporter, exporting more than 167 million trays of kiwifruit to more than 50 countries around the world, managing 30 percent of the global volume. We’re part of a global team of growers, post-harvest suppliers, employees, distributors and retailers dedicated to consistently providing quality, fresh kiwifruit. With sales revenues of $3.1 billion, the Zespri™ Brand is recognised as the world leader in premium-quality kiwifruit. Based in New Zealand, we are 100 percent owned by current or past kiwifruit growers, and employ approximately 550 people globally. On behalf of our 3,200 growers in New Zealand and 1,200 growers based elsewhere, we manage kiwifruit innovation, supply and distribution management and marketing of Zespri™ Green, Zespri™ Organic Green, Zespri™ Sweet Green, Zespri™ SunGold, Zespri™ Organic SunGold, Zespri™ Gold Kiwifruit and Zespri™ Red. Zespri invests heavily in the future of New Zealand kiwifruit. Our plant breeding programme is the world’s largest and most advanced, with 75,000 potential new varieties. We are also at the cutting edge of research on kiwifruit health and nutrition, on-orchard productivity and sustainability, to name a few. This passion, innovation and investment ensures Zespri’s position as the world’s premier kiwifruit brand.