Auckland-based Anne Blackburn is the other new director to join the board. Anne, who is a banker by profession following careers in journalism and diplomacy, has also worked extensively offshore.
She spent 12 years in investment banks in New York and London, before returning to a senior management role with a New Zealand bank in the late 1990s.
Her work and involvement in the finance, infrastructure, health, property and research sectors as a director on a number of boards highlights her passion for good stewardship of economic assets.