Company Overview

Provider of nationwide fixed line access network infrastructure in New Zealand.

Directors and Management

Dr Patrick Clifford Strange

Non-Executive Director,Non-Executive Chairman 06/04/2015

Mr Strange has spent 30 years working as a senior executive and director in both private and listed companies, including more than six years as Chief Executive of Transpower where he oversaw Transpower's $3.8 billion of essential investment in the National Grid. He is currently chair of Auckland International Airport, and a director of Mercury NZ.

DoctorateEng, BE (Hons), PhD Male

Mr Jack Beverly Matthews

Non-Executive Director 01/07/2017

Mr Matthews is an experienced director who has held a number of senior leadership positions within the media, telecommunications and technology industries in Australia and New Zealand. He has extensive telecommunications industry experience having been CEO of TelstraSaturn during the period they deployed their HFC network in New Zealand, as well as a former director of Crown Fibre Holdings, the Crown agency overseeing the rollout of New Zealand's fibre infrastructure network. Formerly, Jack was CEO of Fairfax Media's Metro Division, CEO of Fairfax Digital and Chief Operating Officer of Jupiter TV (Japan). He is currently a director of Plexure Group and New Zealand Golf Network Limited and a former director of The Network for Learning, APN Outdoor Group and Trilogy International.

BA(Phylosophy), MNZID, MAICD Male

Ms Prudence (Prue) Flacks

Non-Executive Director 01/12/2011

Ms Flacks is a professional director with experience across a range of industries. She was formerly a commercial lawyer and a partner in the national law firm Russell McVeagh for 20 years. Her expertise includes corporate and regulatory matters, corporate finance, capital markets and business restructuring. She is currently chair of Mercury NZ Limited.

LLB, LLM, MNZID Barrister and solicitor Female

Mr Andrew Mark Cross

Non-Executive Director 01/11/2016

Mr Cross is an experienced director with more than 20 years of international experience in corporate finance and investment banking. He is currently chair of Milford Asset Management, and is a director of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), Z Energy and Xero. He is also a former director of Genesis Energy and Argosy Property

BBS,MCA(ANZ), MNZID, CMID(NZ), MAICD Male

Mr Murray Jordan

Non-Executive Director 01/09/2015

Mr Jordan has experience in the management of highly customer focused organisations and in navigating extremely complex environments, including as managing director of Foodstuffs North Island, one of New Zealand's largest companies. He has also previously held various general manager positions at Foodstuffs and management roles in the property investment and development sectors. He is a director of Metlifecare, Metcash Limited, an ASX listed company, Southern Cross Medical Care Society, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited, SkyCity and Stevenson Group, and a Board trustee of Starship Foundation.

MPropAdmin Male

Ms Sue Bailey

Non-Executive Director 31/10/2019

Ms Bailey has over 30 years experience in telecommunications, across fixed telephony, mobile and broadband. She has worked for Telstra, Virgin Mobile and most recently for Optus where she was a member of the executive leadership team. From 2010 to 2013, she was the CEO for Virgin Mobile Australia, a fully owned subsidiary of Optus. Prior to that, she was a Senior Vice President at Virgin Mobile USA where her responsibilities included product marketing, customer lifecycle management and analytics. She career began in Telstra, where she held a range of marketing and product roles. She is a director of CareFlight and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

GDip(Mktng) Female

Ms Kate Jorgensen

Non-Executive Director 01/07/2020

Ms Jorgensen has significant financial, audit, governance and commercial experience and has held a number of senior leadership positions within the telecommunications, infrastructure and construction industries in New Zealand. Most recently, she was CFO of Vodafone New Zealand. Prior to that, she was CFO of KiwiRail, CFO of Fletcher Building's infrastructure division and a senior audit manager for KPMG. She was a former advisory Board member of the New Zealand Sustainable Business Council.

BBus, CA Female

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