Vector Annual Report 2020

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MICHAEL BUCZKOWSKI BE (Electrical), MBA (With Dist) NON-INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 14 November 2018

Michael Buczkowski is an experienced Trustee and Deputy Chairman of Entrust. He was General Manager Operations at Ricoh from 2007 to 2018 and, prior to that, Managing Director of Hirepool and also Director of Owens Industrial (NZX top 40). His professional experience includes: Consulting Electrical Engineer at Beca, registered Electrical Engineer from 1984 to 2004 as well as international consulting expertise in the energy sector.

TONY CARTER BE (Hons), ME, MPhil INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 1 May 2019

Tony Carter was Managing Director of Foodstuffs New Zealand Ltd for 10 years until he retired in 2010. Tony is currently Chair of Datacom Ltd and TR Group Ltd, and a director of ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd. He was previously Chair of Air New Zealand Ltd until 2019 and Chair of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited until August 2020. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020.

DAME PAULA REBSTOCK BSc (Econ), Dip & MSc (Econ) INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 16 April 2019

Dame Paula Rebstock is a leading Auckland-based economist and company director, who was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015. She is Chair of ACC, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Maia and the New Zealand Defence Force Board and a director of Auckland Transport, Kiwi Group Holdings Limited, and SeaLink. Dame Paula is the former Chair of the New Zealand Commerce Commission.

BRUCE TURNER BE (Hons), ME, BCom INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 16 April 2019

Bruce Turner is Director of Central Portfolio Management at Fonterra and a director of New Zealand Butter Canners Ltd. He is a highly experienced senior executive who has held leadership roles in the energy industry, both in New Zealand and overseas. Bruce is an advisory board member at the University of Colorado’s JP Morgan Center for Commodities. He was previously a member of the Electricity Authority’s Security and Reliability Council and was involved in the reform of the electricity industry, as a member of the despatch rules working group, the NZEM Rules Committee, the MARIA governance board and the development of industry common quality standards.

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