Annual Report 2011 - Watercare

Watercare Services Limited
2011 ANNUAL REPORT
directors’
profiles
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1 Ross Keenan, 67
BCom, FCIT
Chairman
Ross Keenan joined the Watercare board in March
2010 and was appointed Chairman in December
2010. He is an experienced company director, with
corporate governance and executive experience
across a diverse range of companies including
airways, tourism, telecommunications, health and
property development. He has particular knowledge
and experience in the retail and wholesale water
and wastewater services industry and previously
served as the Chairman of Metrowater.
General disclosure of interests:
Chairman: Allied Work Force Group Ltd; Ngai Tahu
Tourism Ltd. Director: Ngai Tahu Seafood Ltd; Ngai
Tahu Holdings Corporation; Touchdown Ltd.
2 David Clarke, 52
BE (Hons), ME, BBS, MBA, MInstD, FNZIM
Deputy Chairman
David Clarke has considerable experience in the
areas of biotechnology, IT, health, food and related
sectors. He has been the inaugural chair for multiple
technology industries and has strong commercial
and governance skills. His background includes
engineering, finance, marketing and sales. He is a
fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management
and member of the Institute of Directors.
General disclosure of interests:
Chairman: Hawkins Watts Ltd; Optima Corporation
Ltd; TRGG Ltd; NZ Institute of Rural Health; Kordia Ltd;
Skin Institute. Director: Cranleigh Merchant Bankers;
Farm IQ Systems Ltd; Ngai Tahu Tourism Ltd; Hynds
Group Ltd; KODE Biotec Ltd. Trustee: South Auckland
Foundation (Middlemore/CMDHB).
3 Peter S Drummond, 58
MNZM, AFInstD
Peter S Drummond is an experienced director and
chairman, with extensive international business
management and marketing experience. He was
previously Chairman of Watercare and brings
extensive knowledge of the wholesale and retail
water services industry. He has also served on the
boards of Vector, MidCentral Health and HortResearch
Ltd as well as a large range of community
organisations such as Variety, the children’s charity.
Peter rejoined the Watercare board in March 2010.
General disclosure of interests:
Chairman: United Fire Brigade Association; Appliance
Connection Ltd; Watercare Harbour Clean-Up Trust;
Variety Medical Missions South Pacific. Deputy
Chairman, Tourism Events and Economic Development
Ltd (TEED). Director: NARTA New Zealand Ltd; NARTA
International PTY Ltd. International President: Variety
Children’s Charity.
4 Catherine Harland, 49
BA, PGDipBus (Marketing), MBA, JP
Catherine Harland has a background in research,
consultancy and public policy in local and central
government. She was a local government member in
Auckland for 15 years, serving on and chairing major
regional and city committees. Currently, Catherine
is project leader at the New Zealand Institute, an
independent thinktank. Previously, she worked with
AUT University’s Institute of Public Policy and was
engaged in consultancy work with the Auckland
water industry. Catherine is a Justice of the Peace
and served on the Auckland Observatory and
Planetarium Trust Board for 11 years, five of those
as chair.
General disclosure of interests:
Director: McHar Investments Ltd; Interface Partners Ltd.
Trustee: Auckland Restorative Justice Trust; One Tree
Hill Jubilee Educational Trust.
5 Susan Huria, 51
FPRINZ, MInstD
Susan Huria is a specialist in the Maori sector,
working with Maori organisations on constitutional
reviews, board appointments, support and strategic
advice. She has extensive governance, marketing
communications and general management
experience. Susan was an executive at Auckland
International Airport and worked in marketing and
communications for 10 years, before starting her
own management practice, Huria Anders, in 2000.
General disclosure of interests:
Deputy Chair: AgResearch Ltd. Director: Northland
Port Company Ltd, Veterinary Enterprises Group Ltd.
Director and shareholder: Huria Anders Ltd; Susan
Huria (2003) Associates Ltd; Te Ara Tika Properties Ltd.
Director: Vermilion Design Ltd; Airways Corporation of
New Zealand Ltd. Trustee: First Foundation.
6 Tony Lanigan, 63
BE (Hons), PhD, FIPENZ, MICE
Tony Lanigan is a professional civil engineer
(FIPENZ), project-management consultant and
former General Manager of Fletcher Construction.
Tony was Chancellor of Auckland University
of Technology and a director of Infrastructure
Auckland. He is currently Vice Chairman of Habitat
for Humanity in New Zealand and Chair of the
NZ Housing Foundation. He is a director of the
NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
General disclosure of interests:
Chairman: NZ Housing Foundation. Vice Chairman:
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand. Director: Hargrave
Project Management Ltd; A G Lanigan & Associates
Ltd; NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).
7 Patrick Snedden, 56
BCom, BA
Patrick Snedden has considerable experience
in corporate governance and has previously
chaired both the Auckland District Health Board
and Housing New Zealand Corporation. He also
has extensive commercial experience with Maori
organisations and has a sound understanding
of the role public sector organisations play in
the community.
General disclosure of interests:
Chairman: Tamaki Plan Development Board,
Manaiakalani Education Trust. Director: Snedden
Publishing and Management Consultants Ltd.
8 Jeff Todd, 69
CBE, BCom, FCA, FInstD
Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
Jeff Todd is a chartered accountant and company
director and was formerly managing partner for
New Zealand and the Pacific for Price Waterhouse
(now PwC). He is a former chairman of the Southern
Cross Medical Care Society, Southern Cross
Healthcare Trust and The New Zealand Guardian
Trust Company Ltd, and director of the Reserve Bank
of New Zealand and the ANZ Banking Group (NZ) Ltd.
He has a particular interest in corporate governance
and is a fellow of the Institute of Directors.
General disclosure of interests:
Chairman: Dynasty Hotel Group Ltd; Sanford Ltd;
Medical Research Foundation. Director and Deputy
Chairman: National Research Centre for Growth
and Development. Trustee: Goodfellow Foundation;
Post-Graduate Medical Society (School of Medicine,
University of Auckland); Christian Healthcare Trust.
For directors’ meeting attendance,
see Governance on page 17.
Directors’ profiles
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