Summerset Welcomes Vena Crawley to Board

Summerset Group Holdings Limited
Level 27 Majestic Centre, 100 Willis St, Wellington
PO Box 5187, Wellington 6140
Phone: 04 894 7320 | Fax: 04 894 7319
Website: www.summerset.co.nz


NZX & ASX RELEASE

31 January 2020

SUMMERSET WELCOMES VENA CRAWLEY TO BOARD

Summerset Group Holdings Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of
Venasio (Vena) Crawley to the Board of Directors.

Mr Crawley is currently the Chief Customer Officer at Contact Energy covering a diverse range
of areas including strategy, pricing, finance, digital, call centres and health and safety.

Mr Crawley is also an Advisory Board Member at Auckland University of Technology and was a
Future Director for The Warehouse Group during 2017-2018.

Summerset Chair Rob Campbell welcomed Vena saying he has a wide range of experience
from across a number of sectors.

“Vena has a wealth of experience in strategy, marketing and equity capital markets from
customer-focused businesses. We are a people business, and Vena’s skills will enhance the
strengths of the board. We look forward to him joining us.”

The appointment brings the Board of Directors to seven members, all of whom are independent.
Vena Crawley joins the Board as a non-executive independent director on 1 February 2020.

He holds an MBA and BA from Steinbeis University in Germany and has studied at the Darden
School of Business via Virginia State University. He’s worked in New Zealand and internationally
across seven different sectors and is fluent in five languages.


ENDS

For investor relations enquiries: For media enquiries:
Scott Scoullar Jenny Bridgen
CFO & Deputy CEO Communications Manager
scott.scoullar@summerset.co.nz jenny.bridgen@summerset.co.nz
029 894 7317 021 408 215


ABOUT SUMMERSET

• Summerset is one of the leading operators and developers of retirement villages in New
Zealand, with 28 villages completed or in development across the country. In addition,
Summerset has 12 sites for development in Milldale (Auckland), Parnell (Auckland), St
Johns (Auckland), Prebbleton (Canterbury), Rangiora (Canterbury), Waikanae (Kapiti
Coast), Blenheim (Marlborough), Bell Block (New Plymouth), Whangarei (Northland),
Cambridge (Waikato), Lower Hutt (Wellington) and Melbourne, Australia, bringing the total
number of sites to 40.
• It provides a range of living options and care services to more than 5,500 residents.
• Silver Award winner of the Reader’s Digest Quality Service Awards in 2019.
• The Summerset Group has villages in Aotea, Avonhead, Casebrook, Dunedin, Ellerslie,
Hamilton, Hastings, Havelock North, Hobsonville, Karaka, Katikati, Kenepuru, Levin,
Manukau, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Papamoa Beach,
Paraparaumu, Richmond, Rototuna, Taupo, Te Awa, Trentham, Wanganui, Warkworth
and Wigram.