PGG Wrightson Limited announced that Sir Selwyn Cushing, Bill Thomas and Tao Xie (XT) will retire from the board at the annual general meeting to be held on October 24, 2012. Sir Selwyn was appointed to the Wrightson Limited board in 2005 following the acquisition of Williams & Kettle Limited of which he had been a director for more than 20 years. Bill Thomas originally became a director of Pyne Gould Guinness Limited in 1995 and the company has benefited from his insights and in particular his farming experience.

XT is the Chief Executive of PGG Wrightson's majority shareholder Agria Corporation. He was instrumental in the structuring of Agria's acquisition and retires after serving as a director since December 30, 2009.