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Executive List
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| Nick Main |
Chairman, Deloitte New Zealand; Appointed Business Council Chair October 2006
Nick was appointed Chief Executive in 2000. He is a Chartered Accountant with 20 years’ experience in internal and external financial audit. Nick is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm; he leads the national partnership, and oversees the financial and operational management of the business.
Nick has a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from Durham University and a Diploma in Business (Information Science) from the University of Auckland. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) and a Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand).
Nick started his accountancy career in London, before transferring to Deloitte New Zealand in 1979.
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| Mark Ford |
Chief Executive, Watercare Services; Appointed Business Council Vice Chair October 2006
Mark was appointed Chief Executive in 1994. Watercare is New Zealand's largest company in the water and wastewater industry. Geographically, the company services an area of 160 square kilometres - from Drury in the south to Orewa in the north.
Watercare is the bulk supplier of water and wastewater services in the Auckland region. Its customers are the local councils of the Auckland region and United Water (Papakura), who in turn supply these services to households, businesses and other customers in their areas.
Prior to joining Watercare, Mark was Chief Executive of the New Zealand Forestry Corporation, the Auckland Regional Services Trust and Managing Director of New Zealand Timberlands Limited. He has held senior positions in the petroleum industry in Europe and the United States.
Mark is a trustee of the World Wide Fund for Nature New Zealand.
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| Eric Barratt |
Managing Director, Sanford Limited
Eric was appointed Managing Director in 1998, having joined the company when Feron Seafoods Ltd was purchased in 1982.
Sanford is the only actively traded fishing/seafood company listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. For more than one hundred years the company has produced an extensive range of quality seafood products for customers around the world. New Zealand has one of the most advanced systems in the world for ensuring the sustainable utilization and management of wild fisheries. Sanford actively participates in the collection and analysis of data to ensure realistic and cost effective research programs are developed to underpin the sustainable utilization and management of New Zealand's marine resources.
Eric is a Director of the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council Limited. Eric was one of the founding members of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development and was elected Vice Chair in October 2000.
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| Steve Bonnici |
Managing Director, Urgent Couriers Limited
Steve has 20 years’ experience in the transport industry and an MBA from the University of Auckland.
Urgent Couriers was formed in 1989, specialising in on-demand courier services. It has offices in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand and is the largest privately owned courier company in New Zealand
It was whilst studying for an MBA in 1997 that Steve first started thinking about the environmental impact of the family’s courier company. Intrigued that of a two-year course, only a weekend was devoted to environmental management; Steve took the challenge to identify the most obvious environmental impact in his business seriously.
When Urgent Couriers embarked on its first sustainability report Steve believed that its key sustainability issue was the 1100 tonnes of CO2 that the fleet emits each year. However the study focused attention on the sustainability of the company’s contractor fleet and its high turnover.
Steve started as a contracted courier and understands the pressures that individual contractors face each day. Initiatives that Urgent Couriers has introduced to maintain the viability of its contractors will lead to a reduction in turnover and an increase in service standards, which in turn should provide a better bottom line for the organisation.
Urgent Couriers joined the Auckland Environment Business Network in 1997 and was invited to be a member of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD) in 2000. Since joining the NZBCSD Urgent Couriers has been an active participant in a number of projects including Sustainability Reporting (Urgent Couriers’ first report was published 2001), Climate Change Opportunities, Youth Employment and Sustainable Supply Chain.
Steve is married with one son. He is a keen cyclist and competed in the 2004 Iron Man challenge.
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| Mark Drury |
Mark Drury is the Chief Executive of URS New Zealand Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of URS Corporation, a publicly held company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mark is a civil engineer by training and has been with URS, in its various forms, for some thirty years, starting his career as a survey chainman. He was appointed to his current role as Chief Executive of URS New Zealand in 2000. He is also a member of the URS Asia Pacific Advisory Board.
URS New Zealand is a multidiscipline engineering and environmental management company with some 200 people in offices in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch. As part of the global URS Corporation, URS New Zealand also looks to provide technical skills to project teams around the world as well as looking to source the expertise of the global company to provide the appropriate skills to local projects.
URS New Zealand produced its third triple bottom line report in early 2004 entitled ‘The Things We Value’. Through reporting, URS New Zealand aims to demonstrate to its stakeholders an ongoing commitment to performance improvement across the multiple dimensions of its business operation.
Mark is married to Susan, and they have two sons. He enjoys outdoor activities, in particular sailing with his family.
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| Rob Fenwick |
Founder Living Earth Ltd
Rob is a founder of Living Earth Limited a nationwide organic waste recovery and composting company with operations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
He is chairman of the Crown Research Institute, Landcare Research and deputy chairman of TVNZ.
He is a trustee of Zero Waste Trust and was a member of the Government’s National Waste Strategy working party.
Rob is a founding member and executive councillor of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development.
He was the founding chairman of Ngati Whatua’s successful broadcasting company Mai FM Ltd, is chairman of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, a trustee of Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), a director of Environmental Defence Society (EDS) and a trustee of Motutapu Island Restoration Trust. He is a member of Chapter of the Order of St John.
He was one of North & South Magazine’s NZers of the Year in 2001.
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| Bob Field |
Chief Executive Officer, Toyota New Zealand
Bob has 36 years experience in the motor industry and has held senior management positions at Toyota for the last 25 years. Bob has a Bachelor of Commerce from Canterbury University.
Bob is Chairman of World Wide Fund for Nature -New Zealand, Member of NZ Business Roundtable, Founding Member and Current Trustee of AA Driver Education Foundation, Past Member of Prime Minister’s Task Force on Employment, Past President of New Zealand Motor Industry Association, Founding member and Past Trustee of New Zealand Quality Awards Foundation and a Founding Member of New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development.
In 1990 Bob was awarded the Queen’s 1990 Commemorative Medal for services to New Zealand, and in 2001 was appointed as an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to the Motor Industry.
Bob has been Advocate, Advisor and Sponsor of New Zealand’s America’s Cup Challenges and Defences from 1990 to the present.
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| Doug Heffernan |
Chif Executive, Mighty River Power
Mighty River Power is the fourth largest electricity generator and owner of Mercury Energy, the third largest energy retailer. Doug has had extensive experience across all sectors of the electricity industry. Doug is also a director of the Tuaropaki Power Company and was previously Chief Executive of Power New Zealand the largest listed power company before the1998 reforms.
Doug holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury and is a Fellow of IPENZ.
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| Dr Warren Parker |
Dr Warren Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Landcare Research Ltd
Warren has recently been appointed as CEO of Landcare Research. Prior to this appointment he was Visiting Research Manager IMBcom Pty Ltd, University of Queensland with specific responsibility for building trans Tasman links with AgResearch, other New Zealand Science providers and commercial companies.
Previous positions have been Chief Operating Officer, Science General Manger and General Manager, Dairy & Beef at AgResearch from 1998 to 2004. Between 1980 and 1997 Warren held various senior positions at Massey University including a sabbatical at Pennsylvania State University.
Warren has held directorships in various agricultural related organisations and is widely published in these areas.
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| Barry Potter |
General Manager (New Zealand / Pacific), GHD Limited
Barry is a well-respected member of New Zealand’s consulting engineering community and has been involved in the delivery of significant projects around the country and through the Pacific and South-East Asia for over 25 years.
As General Manager for GHD in New Zealand, Barry is responsible for 330 staff in 13 offices, and teams of people working to deliver projects in Transport, Water, Environment, Urban Development, Buildings, Mining, Energy, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing and Management Consulting. The New Zealand practice is part of a wider GHD that operates in 14 countries with over 3800 people.
Barry has particular experience in projects related to power generation facilities, manufacturing and commercial developments, telecommunications and the delivery of essential public service infrastructure. He has built a track record in the conceptual design, analysis and detailed design of civil engineering projects, land development, contract documentation, project management, financial and people management and resource consent management.
Barry’s involvement in such an array of projects provides him with a real perspective on how infrastructure can impact on the sustainability of business and what the drivers are behind infrastructure development. In deed, many of the largest challenges that face our business community in the coming years are based around the suitability and reliability of our infrastructure.
On a company level Barry also overviews how GHD in NZ balances environmental, social, cultural and economic requirements. As an example, GHD operates an Environmental Management System, which applies to our people, sub-consultants and contractors. The system drives improvement in both our office environmental footprint and the environmental footprint of the projects we deliver.
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| Malcolm Rands |
Malcolm Rands is the founder and CEO of Ecostore Company Ltd.
Since 1994 ecostore have researched and bought to market NZ’s leading range of eco friendlier household cleaners, body care, pet care and organic gardening products. These are now available in most supermarkets and health stores throughout NZ. They are also available in over 400 stores in Australia, plus outlets in Korea, Singapore Hong Kong and the UK
Malcolm has been awarded the Green Ribbon Award from the Ministry of the Environment plus two environmental awards from the ARC. For two years he appeared weekly as “ecoman’ on TV1’s Good Morning Show offering advice on how to ‘green up’ your life
Malcolm has been active in the sustainable scene for over 25 years. He co-founded NZ’s first permaculture eco-village in 1986 and was a foundation member of the sustainable business network
Malcolm is the chair of the Fairground Foundation, trustee of the Te Wairoa Trust and on the voting assembly for GreenPeace. He is also a director of Carpool.co.nz Ltd.
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| Stephen Tindall |
Founder, The Warehouse
After twelve years with retailer George Court and Sons, Stephen founded The Warehouse in 1982, with one store and $40,000 capital. The company remained in private hands until late 1994 when it floated on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. At that time Stephen assumed the role of Managing Director of The Warehouse Group Limited. Stephen formally stepped down from that role at the end of January 2001 and assumed the role of Founder. He maintains his positions on the Executive and the Board of Directors.
Since 1982, The Warehouse has risen from one man’s dream to a formidable retail brand.
Stephen leads by example. Stephen was the architect of the company’s culture and philosophy of putting people first, ensuring that all stakeholders in the business – customers, team members, suppliers, shareholders and the community – could share in the company’s success. It was his belief that growth and continued success could be assured only when the people involved could see that their contribution is recognised and appreciated.
Stephen’s personal and business successes, his charisma and generosity, and the success of the company he founded, have combined to bring him a number of personal awards and notices of recognition including: Auckland University of Technology 2002 - Honorary Doctorate, Massey University 2002 - Honorary Doctorate; Deloitte/Management Magazine "Executive of the Year" 1998; Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management 1998; Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) 1997; New Zealand Herald "Business Person of the Year" 1997.
Stephen was one of the founding members of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development and was elected Chair in October 2000.
Stephen and Margaret Tindall established The Tindall Foundation in 1995 with the primary aim of helping New Zealanders to reach their full potential. Then, as now the guiding philosophy behind the work of the Foundation is to help ordinary Kiwis help others and themselves, on a hand up not a hand out basis.
Stephen was born in May 1951. He is married to Margaret and they have five children. As well as his love of family, and active sports, he says his special interest is in helping New Zealanders realise their full potential for their own sake and to the overall benefit of New Zealand.
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| Rex Williams |
Managing Director, Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd
Rex, a civil engineer, has held positions with Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd for 25 years, and has been Managing Director since 1998.
Holcim New Zealand is a leading New Zealand supplier of cement, aggregates, ready mixed concrete and lime, operating at 42 sites, including six major quarries.
In September 2005 Holcim New Zealand was invited to enter into negotiations with the Climate Change Office on a Negotiated Greenhouse Agreement (NGA) for its cement manufacturing business. The company first undertook a voluntary agreement to reduce its emissions in 1995, yielding improvements in excess of 12%.
Rex is President of the Canterbury Manufacturers Association, a member of the Water Rights Trust in Canterbury, and a Director of MainPower New Zealand Limited. He is married with three adult children, and enjoys fitness, fishing, skiing and golf.
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