Spark appoints Future Director

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


MARKET RELEASE
18 November 2019

Spark appoints Future Director under the Future Directors
Programme
Spark announced today it has appointed Ana Wight as a ‘future director’ under the
Future Directors programme, effective 1 February 2020 for a period of 12 months.

Ms Wight is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Vend Limited, a cloud-based point-of-
sale and retail management software company, where she leads the finance and
customer support functions globally. She brings more than 12 years’ experience of
supporting boards and executive teams through a variety of roles at Vend, McKinsey,
and Microsoft.

The Future Directors programme aims to give young talented people with an interest in
corporate governance the opportunity to observe and participate in Boardroom
discussions for a 12-month period. The aspiring directors attend all Board meetings, but
they have no voting rights and are not involved in decision making.

Speaking about the appointment, Spark Chair Justine Smyth said, "I’m thrilled that Ana
is joining the Spark board as a future director. Her background in corporate
transformation, commercial strategy and customer delivery will bring relevant experience
to our board meetings – and I hope she will enjoy the opportunity to sit on the board of a
large New Zealand company."

Ana said, “I'm thrilled to join the Spark board as a future director. It's a great opportunity
to both learn from, and contribute to, the Spark Board during an exciting time for the
company".

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