Milking it: Business boss Tait heads for the hills to run Maleny Dairies
After 10 years at the helm of Queensland’s peak business group, Stephen Tait is heading for the hills and a change of pace.
Tait who was chief executive of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland will take over has accepted a job as the chief executive of Maleny Dairies, owned by the Hopper family.
āAfter spending nearly 10 years advocating on behalf of Queenslandās business community, I am absolutely delighted to be given the opportunity to work with another iconic company that so reflects the values of the business community I have so passionately represented during my tenure at CCIQ,ā Tait announced last night.
āFrom February 2022 I will be joining as chief executive officer of Maleny DairiesĀ supporting their ongoing commitment to sustainability and future growth opportunities.
āNeedless to say I look forward to maintaining many of the connections and relationships that I have been fortunate to have built during my last 10 years and of course making new ones as I embark on the next exciting phase of my career with Maleny Dairies.ā
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Itās a significant career shift for Tait. Before heading up CCIQ he was a media executive with News Corp during and was also a senior executive of The Scotsman newspaper. He shifted to Australia to help The Courier-Mail newspaperās transition to tabloid.
The CCIQ has yet to find a replacement for Tait.
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