Ngāi Tahu Holdings Group Governance

As of 1 October 2009 the Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Board is comprised of:

• Four independent directors appointed by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu for their relevant commercial skills and experience.
• Two Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu representatives appointed by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to represent our shareholders on behalf of Ngāi Tahu Whānui.

Trevor Burt (Chair)

Trevor was appointed to the Board on 1 August 2009 after four months as the interim CE for Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation. Trevor is a former executive board member for the Linde Group, a publicly listed German top 30 company. Prior to this position, Trevor held a number of senior executive roles with the global industrial gas company BOC Group which saw him living in Australia, USA and China. He holds a number of board positions including: Lyttelton Port Company Ltd, Mainpower NZ Ltd and Silver Fern Farms.

Linda Constable (Interim Chair,
February – August 2009)

Linda was appointed to the Board in January 2005 and was the Interim Chair from February to August 2009. Linda is a professional company director and comes from a legal practice background.

Linda was involved with the Treaty negotiations on behalf of Ngāi Tahu from 1996 to 1998 after which she joined the Office of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu as Kaiwhakahaere of Kaupapa Taiao from 1998 to 2002.

Linda is Chair of Ngāi Tahu Property Limited, a member of the Board of Zealand Railways Corporation and a member of the Electricity Commission.

Ross Keenan

Ross is a professional company director appointed to the Board in January 2005.

Ross was a former director of Shotover Jet Limited and has a strong background in aviation, health, technology, finance, infrastructure, property and transport. Ross has considerable governance and management experience. His current appointments include: Chair of: New Zealand Stock Exchange Company, Allied Work Force Group Limited, Metro Water Limited and Ngāi Tahu Tourism Limited. He is a Director of Oceania Attractions Limited and Touchdown Limited.

Catherine Drayton

Catherine was appointed to the Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Board from 1 August 2009.

Catherine has 15 years experience consulting on mergers and acquisitions in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. She is also the former partner in charge of the Assurance and Advisory business of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Central and Eastern Europe.

Catherine currently serves as a member of the University of Canterbury Council, is a Director of Industrial Research Ltd, Hockey New Zealand and Meridian Energy.

Gerry Te Kapa Coates

Gerry Coates was appointed to the Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation Board from 19 November 2008. Gerry has been the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu representative for Waihao since early 2007 and was the Waihao Alternate from 2003.

Gerry is the Managing Director of Wise Analysis Limited, his own engineering consultancy firm. He is also on the boards of Waihao Holdings Limited and Te Ana Whakairo Limited (Māori Rock Art Centre), and has been the Chair of the Marine Energy Deployment Fund Evaluation Panel since 2007. Previously, Gerry was Chair of the New Zealand Wind Energy Association and was on the board of Land Transport New Zealand from its inception.

Donald Couch

Donald Couch was appointed to the Board of Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation in April 2008.

Donald spent 30 years living in Canada working mostly in polytechnic management before returning home to Rapaki in 1998.

Donald is the Pro-Chancellor of Lincoln University and the elected Deputy Kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.