Moa Brewing chief Stephen Smith on split from NZX-listed Savor, turning around unprofitable business 5 Mar, 2021 05:00 AM 4 minutes to read Stephen Smith, chief executive of Moa Brewing Co. Photo / Supplied Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw Moa Brewing chief executive Stephen Smith was approached by the board of the then-listed entity about a management buyout in November last year. The former hospitality and brewing group had explored other avenues to sell the brewing business without luck, before settling on management buyout as the most practical solution. Unprofitable, the business was already operating separately to the hospitality arm so the change in ownership structure since had not changed drastically, new owner Smith told the Herald.