Spark NZ announces Grant McBeath as new Customer Director

Spark New Zealand Limited
ARBN 050 611 277 Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand


MARKET RELEASE
9 April 2019

Spark New Zealand announces Grant McBeath as new Customer
Director
Spark New Zealand announced today that Grant McBeath will become Customer Director
on the Spark Leadership Squad, effective 1 July 2019. Mr McBeath will replace current
Customer Director Jolie Hodson, who will become Spark’s Chief Executive from that date.
Speaking about Mr McBeath’s appointment, Ms Hodson says he has a strong track record
of building high performing teams and delivering for customers not only at Spark, but in
his time in global executive roles in companies like Nokia.
Mr McBeath joined the business in 2013 as General Manager of Sales for the Spark
consumer and SMB business. He had a period of six months as acting CEO for Spark
Home, Mobile and Business prior to becoming Channel Leader, Consumer and SMB
when Spark transitioned to Agile ways of working.
“It’s fantastic to have a high-quality internal candidate in Grant, who can step into the role
of Customer Director. The role requires a deep understanding of both the competitive
market Spark operates in and the evolving needs of our customers, which Grant
absolutely possesses as a result of his extensive experience managing Spark’s consumer
sales and customer channels. Moreover, because Grant has previously acted on Spark’s
Leadership Squad over an extended period of time, he has already demonstrated his
ability to shape and execute strategy at this level,” said Ms Hodson.
Following the appointments of Jolie Hodson and Grant McBeath, from 1 July 2019 the
Spark Leadership Squad will be as follows:
Chief Executive Jolie Hodson
Customer Director Grant McBeath
Finance Director (CFO) David Chalmers
General Counsel Melissa Anastasiou
HR Director Joe McCollum
Marketing Director Matt Bain
Product Director Tessa Tierney
Technology Director Mark Beder

Spark New Zealand Limited
ARBN 050 611 277 Spark City, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand


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