Andrew Smith

In the beginning of 2025 Andrew stepped into the role of South Island Sales Manager at FIL, he brings a wealth of knowledge gained from working across FIL hygiene and GEA dairy equipment businesses with the GEA Farm Technologies division in New Zealand. With a total nine years of experience at GEA Dairy Equipment in both technical and sales roles, Andrew has developed strong relationships with South Island farmers.

When asked what he loves about working here Andrew says, “the culture in the company makes it a good place to work and grow.” Outside of work, Andrew is the Fire Chief at his local volunteer fire brigade. This sees Andrew responding to not only local incidents, but he is often deployed to national and international large-scale incidents when required. The best piece of advice Andrew says he’s ever received - “stick to the facts and keep emotion out of my decisions”.