David Smol to join Contact Board
Contact Energy Limited. Level 2 Harbour City Tower, 29 Brandon St, Wellington 6011. PO Box 10742 Wellington 6143.
P: +64 4 499 4001 F: +64 4 499 4003 contactenergy.co.nz
25 September 2018
David Smol to join Contact Board
Today Contact Energy Limited (Contact) announced that David Smol has been appointed as
a director to join its Board on 1 October 2018.
“The Board are delighted that David is joining Contact. His extensive energy sector
experience coupled with the depth of his public sector leadership strengthen the Board” said
Contact Chairman Rob McDonald.
David has over thirty five years of work experience, including in the energy sector in the UK
and New Zealand, for Conoco UK Limited, Electricity Corporation and ILEX Energy
Consulting. He was part of the Contact Energy establishment team in 1995-1996 and a
member of the team that developed the rules for the New Zealand electricity market.
In 2008 David was appointed as chief executive of Ministry of Economic Development and,
from 2012-2017 was the inaugural chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment (MBIE), following the merger of four government departments.
David has an M-Phil in economics from Cambridge University and was made a Companion
of the Queen’s Service Order in 2018.
David Smol will fill a casual vacancy from 1 October 2018 until the 2018 annual shareholder
meeting, then will stand for election by shareholders at that meeting. The Contact Board
has determined that David Smol will be an independent director.
For further information please contact:
Investor enquiries:
Matthew Forbes
Investor Relations Manager
+64 21 072 8578
Media enquiries:
Andrew Austin
Communications Advisor
+64 21 644 167
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