CEO role offers just the right flavour

FROM the corridors of law to the vines of the wine industry, it is fair to say the change in Melisa Beight’s career path has been a fairly marked one. Seven weeks ago she stepped into the role of Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers Association executive officer which was vacated by James Medina who left to take up a role at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. “I absolutely love my role,” she said. “The wine industry is something I have long wanted to move into.”