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WE L ANNUA L REPOR T
DIRECTORS’
PROFILES
MARGARET DEVLIN
(CHAIRMAN)
Margaret is a professional Director
operating predominantly in the
infrastructure and service sector.
Her current governance portfolio is
as follows; Chairman of Harrison
Grierson, Chairman of the Waikato
Spatial Plan Joint Committee,
Director of City Care Limited,
Indepen NZ Limited,Waikato
Regional Airport Limited and
Titanium Park Limited.
She is also a Member of the
National Infrastructure Advisory
Board and Waikato District Council
Audit and Risk Committee. She is
a Chartered Fellow of the Institute
of Directors, a member of the
Institute’s National Council and
Professional Committee and Chair
of the Waikato branch. Margaret
has had significant experience in
both the retail and infrastructure
sectors. Margaret joined the Board
in 2007 and was appointed Chair
in 2014.
MARK FRANKLIN
Mark is currently Chief Executive
of the Stevenson Group based in
Auckland. He is well known in
New Zealand business and has
previously held the roles of Chief
Executive of Vector Limited and
founding Chief Executive of TZ1,
the global carbon registry. Mark is
also a Director of Ultrafast Fibre
Limited and a former Director of
New Zealand Railways Corporation.
Mark has been a member of the
Prime Minister’s Climate Change
Leadership forum and the Australia
New Zealand Joint Prime Minister’s
Leadership Forum. His other senior
roles have included; Director of
Operations for IBM Global Services
Australia/New Zealand, Chief
Executive of Interpath Australia
and Executive Chairman of OSIX.
Mark was appointed to the Board
in October 2009.
BARRY HARRIS
Barry has extensive governance
and executive experience. Barry has
held a number of Chief Executive
roles including Environment
Waikato, Greater Wellington
Regional Council and Hamilton
City Council. He was also a senior
executive with Fonterra for five
years. Barry is currently Chairman
of New Zealand Food Innovation
(Waikato) Limited, Deputy Chair
of AgResearch (a Crown Research
Institute) and is also a Director of
DairyNZ, Primary ITO and OSPRI
(formerly Animal Health Board).
Previous boards include CentrePort,
RD1, International Nutritionals,
Hamilton Riverside Hotels and
Local Authority Shared Services.
Barry has a Masters of Agricultural
Science (Hons) and lives in
Hamilton. Barry was appointed to
the Board in October 2014.
