Our Board
Our Board
Jonathan Mason MBA, MA, BA INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHAIR ― 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, Cabot Corporation and Fonterra. In addition, Jonathan 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, CMInstD, PMP, JP NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 23 September 2019
Alastair Bell 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 Regulation and Policy Committee. Formerly, he was Deputy Chair of Foundation North. Alastair is also Chair of the Orakei Community Association and a trustee of the Motutapu Restoration Trust.
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, My Food Bag Group, The Interiors Group, Skin Institute Holding Company and TR Group. He was previously Chair of Air New Zealand until 2019 and Chair of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare until August 2020. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020.
Dr Paul Hutchison MB, ChB, FRCOG, FACOG, Dip Com Health, Member of Institute of Directors NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ― Appointed on 8 December 2021 Dr Paul Hutchison was elected to the AECT (now Entrust) in 2015. He is a clinician at Local Doctors (formerly East Tamaki Healthcare), a former member of the New Zealand Medical Council as well as Director of a number of companies and a member of the Institute of Directors. Paul was the MP for Port Waikato, then Hunua from 1999 to 2014. He chaired the Health Select Committee from 2008 to 2014 and was awarded the NZ Medical Association’s award for outstanding contribution to health services in 2014. His other interests include science and innovation, sport, music and fishing and he enjoys spending time with his family.
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