J C HOARE – BCom, FCA, CMInstD
CHAIR, INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Julia Hoare joined the Board in August 2015 and took over the Chair in August 2022. She has a wide range of commercial, financial, tax, regulatory and sustainability expertise developed from both her extensive governance roles and over the course of two decades as a partner with PwC.
Julia is Chair of Auckland International Airport Limited and a Director of Meridian Energy Limited and Port of Tauranga Trustee Company Limited. She is also a Member of the Chapter Zero New Zealand Steering Committee.
A M ANDREW – BE Chemical & Materials (1st Class Honours), MBA (Distinction), FEngNZ, CMInstD
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Alison Andrew has held a number of senior executive roles across various industry sectors, most recently as Chief Executive of Transpower New Zealand and Global Head of Chemicals for Orica PLC. She has also been a Director for Genesis Energy. Prior to those roles, she held a number of senior roles at Fonterra Cooperative Group and across the Fletcher Challenge Group in Energy, Forests and Paper. Alison has a MBA from Warwick University, and studied Engineering (Chemicals and Materials) at Auckland University. Alison joined the Board in April 2018 and was appointed Chair of the People and Remuneration Committee in October 2022.
D J BRACEWELL
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Dean Bracewell has deep transport and logistics industry experience. He was a former Managing Director for Freightways, one of New Zealand’s largest transport and logistics companies, for more than 18 years before embarking on a governance career in 2018. He has previously served on the Boards of Tainui Group Holdings and the NZ Initiative and its predecessor, the New Zealand Business Roundtable.
Currently Dean is a Director of Air New Zealand Limited, Property for Industry Limited, and the Halberg Trust. He joined the Board in December 2021.
D W LEEDER
Doug Leeder is Chair of Bay of Plenty Regional Council. He is a dairy farmer, and has considerable experience in governance and management. Doug has held positions of governance in Federated Farmers, was a Director and Chair of Bay Milk Products, Director of the East Bay Health Board, Chair of Subsidiary East Bay Energy Trust, Chair of NZ Dairy Group and Dairy Insight and Director of DEXCEL. Doug joined the Board in October 2015.
Sir R A MCLEOD KNZM – LLB, BCom, FCA, CFInstD
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Sir Robert McLeod joined the Board effective 1 July 2024 and was formerly a member of the Board in his capacity as Chair of Quayside Holdings, the investment arm of Bay of Plenty Regional Council and majority shareholder of the Port at the time. He was on the POTL Board from October 2017 to 31 October 2023 before being reappointed.
Sir Robert brings deep governance experience, outstanding financial skills and extensive iwi connections.
He is currently Chair at Nati Growth Limited (formerly Ngati Porou Holding Company) (including Nati Properties Limited) and Sanford Limited. He is also a Director of AZSTA NZ Limited, China Construction Bank (New Zealand) Limited, MSJS NZ Limited, Point 76 Limited, Point Guard Limited, Point Seventy Limited, Singita Holdings Limited, Singita Investments Limited, VCFA Limited and a number of privately-owned entities.
Sir Robert has been a past Board Member at ANZ National Bank, Tainui Group Holdings, Sky City Entertainment Group and Telecom and he was Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands) CEO/Managing Partner for the international accounting practice of Ernst & Young and then New Zealand Chair until 2015.
In 2019 Sir Robert was appointed Knight Companion of the NZ Order of Merit.
Sir Robert returns as an independent director and replaces retiring Director and Audit Committee Chair Alastair Lawrence (who retires on 31 August 2024). Sir Robert will take over as Chair of the Audit Committee upon Alastair’s retirement.
J B STEVENS – LLB, FCILT (Fellow Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport)
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Brodie Stevens is the former Swire Shipping/China Navigation Company Country Manager.
A trained lawyer, he joined Freightways Group as a management trainee in 1982 and was National Marketing Manager for Post Haste before joining Owens Group. He was Divisional General Manager of Seatrans New Zealand and Owens Shipping Services before joining China Navigation Company (trading as Swire Shipping) in 2004, retiring as Country Manager.
During his tenure, the company expanded into freight forwarding, coastal shipping and stevedoring. Brodie is currently a Director of Chatham Island Shipping Limited, Eastland Port Limited and NZ Post Ltd. He is a trustee of the Maritime Retirement Scheme. Brodie joined the Board 1 August 2022.
F S WHINERAY – BE (Hons) Chemicals and Process Engineering, MBA
Fraser Whineray joined the Board in November 2023 and holds several governance roles. Fraser is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Waste Management NZ, Quayside and AgriZeroTM . Fraser was appointed Executive Chair of Jarden Group in July 2024.
Fraser’s experience includes CEO of Mercury and COO of Fonterra Co-operative, and in governance Tilt Renewables, Kotahi and Opus International Consultants.
Fraser studied chemical and process engineering at Canterbury University and received an MBA from the University of Cambridge, where he also holds the honorary appointment of Visiting Fellow.
S A CAMPBELL – Executive MBA, MInsD
Scott Campbell is the Managing Director of Strategicly Consulting (formerly Campbell Squared). He is an experienced senior leader having held executive roles in transport and infrastructure with council and government agencies.
Scott is an award-winning strategic advisor, communicator and former broadcaster (with 3News), who specialises in reputation, leaderships, issues and crisis management, political, media, and iwi relations. With experience in the public and private sectors, Scott works with clients across NZ and Australia, and is regularly called on for his strategic advice and facilitation expertise.
Scott has whakapapa to Ngaiterangi, Ngati Pukenga, and Te Arawa.
