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CLAIRE CARROLL

CHARLES BOLT

DAVID THOMAS

Chief People and Communications Officer

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Chief Executive Building Products

Claire Carroll was appointed chief people and communications officer in July 2018. Claire joined Fletcher Building in 2013 as the general manager of Human Resources (HR) for the Construction division and was general manager People and Performance for the Building Products division between 2015 and 2017. She has previously held head of HR positions for the Product and Technology and Wholesale divisions of Spark New Zealand, the National Bank of New Zealand and Deutsche Bank and NatWest Markets in the United Kingdom. Claire holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Auckland.

Charles Bolt was appointed to his current role in October 2013, having joined Fletcher Building as corporate legal counsel in 2002. He has been closely involved in the Company’s corporate initiatives in that time, in particular major acquisitions and divestments, and the establishment of the global employee share schemes. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Fletcher Building Legal and Fletcher Building Property teams. Prior to this, he spent eight years at Bell Gully working on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and managed funds matters. Charles holds a Bachelor of Laws from Victoria University of Wellington and has completed the Senior Executive Programme at Columbia University in New York.

David Thomas was appointed the interim chief executive of the Building Products division in 2017. He has over 40 years’ experience in the building industry and has led several key business units within Fletcher Building. Most recently he was general manager of Winstone Wallboards, a position he held for 17 years, where he consistently delivered strong business results and maintained high levels of engagement with his people and customers. David is currently on the board of directors of Watercare, is a director of Altus New Zealand Limited and chairman of Ngati Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporated. As announced on 16 July 2018, David will return to his role as general manager Winstone Wallboards effective November 2018.

JOHN BELL

WENDI CROFT

BRUCE McEWEN

Global Head Environment Health and Safety (EHS) Wendi Croft was appointed the interim Global Head Environment Health and Safety in July 2018, having joined Fletcher Building at the beginning of 2018 as EHS global programmes and governance manager. Wendi has nearly 20 years’ experience in EHS across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, transport, construction and utilities. Prior to Fletcher Building, Wendi held director and global general manager-level roles for Compac and Massey University, in addition to 15 years with AECOM in North America and Asia Pacific. Wendi holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and is a Certified Member of the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals.

Chief Executive Distribution

Chief Information Officer

Bruce McEwen was appointed to chief executive of the Distribution division in July 2018. He joined the Company in 2014 as general manager of Strategy and Commercial Distribution and was part of the team that established the former Distribution division. He became general manager of PlaceMakers in 2015. Between 2009 and 2013, he was the chief financial officer of Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand responsible for New Zealand and Fiji; and prior to this the chief operating officer for Bendon, during which time he transformed the domestic business into a global export brand. He has also worked for Compaq, Hewlett Packard and Unisys. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury, is a Chartered Accountant and has completed an Advanced Management Course at Babson College in the USA.

John Bell joined Fletcher Building as chief information officer in 2015. John has more than 30 years’ business consulting experience and has held a variety of leadership roles and worked in Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand across both the private and public sectors, including leading the Technology Advisory practice at Deloitte Consulting in Auckland. Since joining Fletcher Building, John has driven significant transformation of Group Technology bringing together 20 teams into a shared service and improving service delivery across 900 locations. John holds a Bachelor in Business Studies and Information Systems and a Diploma of Business Administration, both from Massey University. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of both Chartered Accountants ANZ and the Institute of Management Consultants.

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