Professor Ian James Warrington is a Palmerston North

Palmerston North

Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...

 horticultural scientist and science administrator. He was former chief executive of HortResearch

HortResearch

HortResearch was a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. The focus of research in this company was mainly in the development of new fruit varieties and other food products...

 (now Plant and Food Research). He was a senior administrator at Massey University

Massey University

Massey University is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students, 20,000 of whom are extramural students.The University has campuses in Palmerston North , Wellington and Auckland . Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally...

 until his position was axed in a cost-saving move. He became a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2011 New Year's honours.