Channel Infrastructure appoints new Chief Financial Officer

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NZX RELEASE
29 June 2023

Channel Infrastructure appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Channel Infrastructure (CHI) today announced the appointment of Alexa Preston as Chief Financial Officer
from 29 September 2023.
Alexa has more than 20 years’ experience in senior management, finance, commercial, investment banking
and advisory roles. Most recently, she held the position of Finance Lead Partner - Group Performance and
Investor Relations at Spark New Zealand Limited.
Commenting, CEO Rob Buchanan said: “I am excited to announce Alexa’s appointment as the CFO of
Channel Infrastructure. With her unique combination of finance and commercial experience she will be a
hugely valuable addition to the team, and I’m looking forward to her helping to shape and deliver our strategy
and execute on the growth opportunities ahead of us.”
Ms Preston says: “I am delighted to be joining the Channel Infrastructure team. There are many exciting
opportunities to leverage Channel’s unique and highly strategic asset base to facilitate New Zealand’s
energy resiliency and transition, and to support decarbonisation. I look forward to working with the team to
deliver on these opportunities to drive Channel’s continued success.”
Alexa is a Chartered Accountant and began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has held senior
roles with Grant Samuel & Associates, KPMG, NZME Limited and Spark New Zealand Limited.
Alexa will take over from Denise Jensen, who has provided invaluable leadership, support, and continuity
when she returned to the role as interim Chief Financial Officer.

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Authorised by:
Chris Bougen
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Investor contact
Anna Bonney
investorrelations@channelnz.com

Media contact
Laura Malcolm
communications@channelnz.com
+64 21 0236 3297

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About Channel Infrastructure NZ
Channel Infrastructure is New Zealand’s leading fuel infrastructure company. Channel Infrastructure owns
critical infrastructure, supplying the Northland and Auckland markets, which make up 40% of New Zealand’s
transport fuel demand and all of the jet fuel to the Auckland International Airport. Utilising the deep-water
harbour and jetty infrastructure at Marsden Point, as well as 280 million litres of storage tanks, and the 170-
kilometre pipeline from Marsden Point to Auckland we receive, store, test and distribute fuel owned by our
customers. Channel Infrastructure’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Independent Petroleum Laboratory Limited,
provides fuel quality testing services at Marsden Point and around New Zealand.
Channel Infrastructure is well positioned to support New Zealand’s changing future fuel needs, with growth
opportunities at the Marsden Point site including additional fuel storage to support fuel security, and work
underway with customers and partners on biofuel and hydrogen opportunities.

For more information on Channel Infrastructure, please visit: www.channelnz.com