Advisory Board
CHAIR
Craig Ellison
Craig is the Chair of Wellington Zoo. He was the past Chief Executive of Ngāi Tahu Holdings and Sanford. Craig also Chaired Ngāi Tahu Seafood, the NZ Seafood Standards Council, Poutama Trust, Moana Pacific and Prepared Foods. He has also sat on the boards of Airways New Zealand, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and NIWA.
BOARD MEMBER
Vanessa Stoddart
Vanessa is currently an Independent Director for NZ Refinery and OneFortyOne Plantations Holdings and a member of the Financial Markets Authority. She previously held governance roles with Heartland Bank, The Warehouse, Paymark, Alliance Group Limited, Tertiary Education Commission, Global Women and Champions for Change.
BOARD MEMBER
Murray Sherwin CNZM
Murray is an economist with over 40 years' experience across a wide range of public policy roles. He was the founding Chair of the NZ Productivity Commission when it was formed in 2011. His previous roles include CEO/Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of NZ and Chief Manager of the Reserve Bank's Banking Supervision, Financial Markets and International Departments. He has experience as an economist at the OECD, member of the Prime Minister's Policy Advisory Group, member of the Board of Executive Directors at the World Bank, and member of the Advisory Board of the New Zealand Debt Management Office.
BOARD MEMBER
Ann Sherry AO
Ann is one of Australia's leading business executives with a career that spans Government, Banking and Cruise Tourism. Ann is the Chair of UNICEF Australia, Enero Group, the Port of Townsville and Queensland Airports Limited. She is the Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology and a Nonexecutive Director of National Australia Bank. Beginning her working life as a Radiographer, Ann became First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women in Canberra before moving to the banking sector initially in HR roles, then in CEO roles with Westpac NZ, the Bank of Melbourne and most recently with Carnival Australia.
BOARD MEMBER
Sir Rob McLeod KNZM
Sir Rob is a tax specialist and the former CEO and Managing Partner of Ernst and Young Oceania. His plethora of former roles include Chairman of the Business Roundtable, membership of the Business Council of Australia and the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, Commissioner of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission, Chairman of Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd, and Director of Tainui Group Holdings. He was appointed as a member of the Capital Markets Taskforce in 2008 and currently serves as Chairman of the E Tipu E Rea Trust.
BOARD MEMBER
Andrew Poole
Andrew holds executive and governance roles in the conservation, tourism and education sectors, including as the Chair and Chief Executive of the Rotoroa Island Trust and as a founding trustee of the Education Hub.
For over 30 years Andrew was a practising partner, Chief Executive and Board member of 2 of New Zealand’s top tier law firms and has also provided strategic management consulting services to a range of other firms.