Appointment of Sophie Haslem to Tower Board

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18 August 2026
Appointment of Sophie Haslem to Tower Board
Tower Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Sophie Haslem as an independent director to
the Tower Board, effective 20 August 2026, to fill a casual vacancy.
Ms Haslem is an experienced company director with more than 25 years' commercial, finance and
governance experience across New Zealand and Australia. She is currently a director, and Chair of their
respective audit & risk sub-committees, of nib New Zealand, CentrePort, Rangatira Investments,
Payments NZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation (NZX:LIC).
Prior to her governance career, Ms Haslem held senior roles in corporate and investment banking,
management consulting, and spent more than a decade in executive leadership positions at New
Zealand Post.
Tower Chair Naomi Ballantyne says the Board is delighted to welcome Ms Haslem.
"Sophie brings deep commercial judgement and governance experience, together with a strong track
record helping organisations transform, strengthen performance and use technology to deliver better
outcomes."
"This experience will be valuable to Tower as we continue to execute our strategy and build a more
resilient, customer-focused business."
Tower's Board has determined that Ms Haslem is an independent director.
As required by rule 2.7.1 of the NZX Listing Rules, Ms Haslem will retire at the Annual Shareholder
Meeting in February 2027 and will be eligible for re-election.
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This announcement has been authorised by Tower Limited CEO Paul Johnston.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Emily Davies
Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
+64 21 815 149
emily.davies@tower.co.nz
For investor enquiries, please contact:
James Silcock
Head of Strategy, Planning and Investor Relations
+64 22 395 9327
James.silcock@tower.co.nz