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DAME ALISON PATERSON DNZM, QSO, DCom(hc), FCA, ADistFInstD

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHAIR ― Appointed on 7 March 2007

Dame Alison Paterson is Chair of the Forestry Industry Safety Council, Te Aupouri Commercial Development Limited and Te Aupouri Fisheries Management Limited. She is the former Chair of Kiwi Wealth Group and was also a member of the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand.

JONATHAN MASON MBA, MA, BA INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 10 May 2013

Jonathan Mason has extensive commercial experience. He has worked in financial management positions in the oil and gas, chemicals, forest products and dairy industries in New Zealand and the USA for International Paper, ExxonMobil Corporation, Carter Holt Harvey, Cabot Corporation and Fonterra. Jonathan also has experience as a non-executive director on boards in both New Zealand and the USA and his current directorships include Air New Zealand Limited, Westpac New Zealand Limited and Zespri Group Limited. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Management at the University of Auckland, focusing on finance.

ALASTAIR BELL BCom; CA, PMP NON-INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 23 September 2019

Alastair is a chartered accountant, chartered director and qualified member of the Project Management Institute. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors. Alastair balances his professional life between board roles and leading a consultancy specialising in business and infrastructure projects. He is an elected Trustee of Entrust, chairing the Entrust board’s Communications and Dividend committee. Formerly, he was deputy chair of Foundation North and chair of its Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. Alastair is also chair of the Orakei Community Association and a trustee of the Motutapu Restoration Trust.

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