Insights/Chair Performance

Chair Performance Benchmarking

Data-driven effectiveness scoring for NZX board chairs. Each chair is scored across 6 dimensions totalling 100 points, based on governance outcomes, diversity progress, attendance culture, shareholder confidence, pay alignment, and board renewal.

67.1

Avg Score

Exceptional Chairs

123

Chairs Scored

Sectors Covered

Chair Performance Rankings

123 chairs scored across 6 governance dimensions. Click a row to expand dimension breakdown.

#					Rating	Gov	Div	Att	SH	Pay	Ren
1	Shawn Beck	MPGMetro Performance Glass	Real Estate	88	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	10	2.4yr
2	Anna Stove	RUARua Bioscience Limited	Healthcare	83	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	5	6.9yr
3	Blair O'Keeffe	NPHNapier Port Holdings Limited	Industrials	83	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	5	3.3yr
4	Elizabeth Coutts	OCAOceania Healthcare Limited	Healthcare	83	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	5	11.4yr
5	Tony Carter	MFBMy Food Bag Group Limited	Financials	82	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	7	10	5.2yr
6	Shelley Maree Ruha	ALFAllied Farmers Limited	Financials	82	Exceptional	15	15	20	10	12	10	3.0yr
7	Geoffrey (Geoff) Plunket	BLTBLIS Technologies Limited	Consumer Staples	82	Exceptional	15	15	20	10	12	10	7.9yr
8	Doug McKay	VCTVector Limited	Utilities	80	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	2	2.5yr
9	Dean Bracewell	PFIProperty for Industry Limited	Real Estate	80	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	2	2.0yr
10	Simon Shakesheff	KPGKiwi Property	Real Estate	80	Exceptional	20	15	20	10	13	2	6.4yr
11	Bruce G Plested	MFTMainfreight Limited	Industrials	79	Strong	20	15	20	10	12	2	48.2yr
12	Rob Fyfe	MHJMichael Hill International Limited	Consumer Discretionary	78	Strong	20	15	20	10	8	5	10.2yr
13	Alex Knowles	IKEikeGPS Group Limited	Materials	78	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	5	4.4yr
14	Brien Cree	RADRadius Residential Care Limited	Healthcare	78	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	5	5.3yr
15	Neville Mitchell	FPHFisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited	Healthcare	78	Strong	20	15	20	10	8	5	7.0yr
16	Mark John Verbiest	MELMeridian Energy Limited	Utilities	78	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	5	9.0yr
17	Fred Allan Hutchings	SEKSeeka Limited	Consumer Staples	78	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	5	6.9yr
18	Timothy (Tim) Ian Mackenzie Storey	SPGStride Property Limited	Real Estate	78	Strong	20	15	15	10	13	5	17.0yr
19	Mary Jane Daly	FSFFonterra Shareholders' Fund	Consumer Staples	78	Strong	10	15	20	10	13	10	5.4yr
20	Susan Paterson	ERDEROAD	Industrials	77	Strong	15	15	20	10	12	5	7.0yr
21	Roger Gower	WCOWasteCo Group Limited	Industrials	77	Strong	15	15	20	10	12	5	5.5yr
22	Andy Green	GTKGentrack Group Limited	Information Technology	77	Strong	15	15	20	10	12	5	5.4yr
23	Rob Campbell	NZLNew Zealand Rural Land Company Limited	Real Estate	75	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	2	5.2yr
24	Alasdair MacLeod	TWLTradeWindow Holdings Limited	Industrials	75	Strong	20	7	20	10	13	5	4.3yr
25	Shelley Maree Ruha	PYSPaySauce Limited	Information Technology	75	Strong	20	7	20	10	13	5	4.1yr
26	Philip Bowman	SKTSky Network Television Limited	Communication Services	75	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	2	6.5yr
27	Russell Chenu	VSLVulcan Steel Limited	Materials	75	Strong	15	15	20	10	13	2	0.5yr
28	Bruce Cotterill	APLAsset Plus	Real Estate	74	Strong	15	15	20	10	12	2	9.0yr
29	Simon James Bennett	AGLAccordant Group Limited	Utilities	74	Strong	20	2	20	10	12	10	4.7yr
30	Dean Ross Hamilton	RYMRyman Healthcare Limited	Healthcare	74	Strong	15	15	20	10	12	2	1.3yr
31	Dame Therese Maria Walsh	AIRAir New Zealand	Industrials	74	Strong	20	12	20	10	7	5	6.5yr
32	Grant Baker	TRATurners Automotive Group	Consumer Discretionary	73	Strong	15	15	20	10	8	5	16.5yr
33	Kim Ellis	GXHGreen Cross Health Limited	Healthcare	73	Strong	15	10	20	10	13	5	6.3yr
34	Andrew Mark Cross	CNUChorus Limited	Communication Services	73	Strong	20	5	20	10	13	5	3.4yr
35	Rob Hamilton	THLTourism Holdings Limited	Consumer Discretionary	73	Strong	15	15	10	10	13	10	7.1yr
36	Richard Andrew Bennett Coupe	BRMBarramundi Limited	Financials	72	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	5	13.0yr
37	Mark John Verbiest	SUMSummerset Group Holdings Limited	Healthcare	72	Strong	15	15	20	10	7	5	4.7yr
38	Timothy Crown	BPGBlack Pearl Group Limited	Real Estate	72	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	5	6.2yr
39	Rewi Hamid Bugo	GENGeneral Capital Limited	Financials	72	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	5	7.4yr
40	Anthony Ho	TRUTRUSCREEN GROUP LIMITED	Industrials	72	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	5	3.6yr
41	Paul Brock	FWLFoley Wines Limited	Consumer Staples	72	Strong	15	5	20	10	12	10	3.0yr
42	Claudia Isobel Batten	SKOSerko Limited	Industrials	72	Strong	15	10	20	10	12	5	5.5yr
43	Paul Manduca	TEMTempleton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC	Financials	72	Strong	15	15	20	10	7	5	10.3yr
44	Dame Joan Withers	WHSThe Warehouse Group Limited	Consumer Discretionary	72	Strong	15	15	15	10	12	5	9.5yr
45	Trevor Janes	AFCAFC Group Holdings Limited	Financials	72	Strong	15	10	20	10	12	5	2.0yr
46	Samantha Sharif	NTLNew Talisman Gold Mines Ltd	Industrials	72	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	5	4.4yr
47	Richard Andrew Bennett Coupe	KFLKingfish Limited	Financials	72	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	5	13.0yr
48	Robert Hewett	BRWBremworth Limited	Consumer Discretionary	70	Strong	20	2	20	10	13	5	1.0yr
49	Peter Cook	SMISantana Minerals Ltd	Materials	70	Strong	15	15	20	10	8	2	1.0yr
50	Jeff Morrison	ARGArgosy Property Limited	Real Estate	70	Strong	20	5	20	10	13	2	5.6yr
51	Mark Cooper Cairns	FRWFreightways Group Limited	Industrials	70	Strong	15	15	20	10	8	2	4.0yr
52	Steven Gregg	WBCWestpac Banking Corporation	Financials	70	Strong	15	15	20	10	8	2	2.3yr
53	Rhonda Sherriff	PHLPromisia Healthcare Limited	Healthcare	70	Strong	20	15	10	10	13	2	0.6yr
54	Elizabeth Coutts	SKLSkellerup Holdings Limited	Industrials	70	Strong	10	15	20	10	13	2	23.9yr
55	Craig Drummond	AFIAustralian Foundation Investment Company Limited	Financials	70	Strong	20	5	20	10	13	2	2.5yr
56	Patrick Clifford Strange	AIAAuckland International Airport Limited	Industrials	70	Strong	20	10	20	10	8	2	7.7yr
57	James Miller	VGLVista Group International Limited	Information Technology	69	Strong	15	15	20	10	7	2	4.5yr
58	John McMahon	NZXNZX Limited	Financials	69	Strong	20	15	15	10	7	2	2.9yr
59	Grant Baker	MEEMe Today Limited	Consumer Staples	69	Strong	20	2	20	10	12	5	6.0yr
60	Richard Andrew Bennett Coupe	MLNMarlin Global Limited	Financials	69	Strong	20	5	20	10	12	2	3.8yr
61	Warren James Bell	HLGHallenstein Glasson Holdings Limited	Consumer Discretionary	68	Strong	15	10	20	10	8	5	10.8yr
62	Julia Raue	MOVMOVE Logistics Group Limited	Industrials	68	Strong	15	5	20	10	13	5	2.9yr
63	Peter McBride	FCGFonterra Co-operative Group Limited	Consumer Staples	68	Strong	15	15	10	10	8	10	5.4yr
64	Robert Stuart McDonald	CENContact Energy Limited	Utilities	68	Strong	15	10	20	10	8	5	7.5yr
65	Stuart McLauchlan	SCTScott Technology Limited	Industrials	68	Strong	20	5	15	10	13	5	19.2yr
66	David (Dave) Knott	ARBArborGen Holdings Limited	Industrials	67	Strong	15	5	20	10	12	5	4.6yr
67	Barbara Joan Chapman	GNEGenesis Energy Limited	Utilities	67	Strong	15	5	20	10	12	5	7.4yr
68	Paul O'Sullivan	ANZANZ Group Holdings Limited	Financials	67	Strong	15	12	20	10	8	2	5.4yr
69	Dame Rosanne Meo	BGPBriscoe Group Limited	Consumer Discretionary	67	Strong	15	5	20	10	12	5	12.4yr
70	Mark Dewdney	NZKNew Zealand King Salmon Investments Limited	Consumer Staples	67	Strong	10	15	15	10	12	5	2.8yr
71	Anne June Urlwin	PCTPrecinct Properties New Zealand Limited	Real Estate	67	Strong	20	15	10	10	7	5	6.5yr
72	Susan Paterson	STUSteel & Tube Holdings Limited	Materials	66	Strong	20	2	20	10	12	2	9.2yr
73	David Moffatt	VNTVentia Services Group Limited	Industrials	65	Strong	15	2	20	10	8	10	11.3yr
74	Steven Leonard Joyce	NZMNZME Limited	Communication Services	65	Strong	20	2	10	10	13	10	0.8yr
75	Scott St John	MCYMercury NZ Limited	Utilities	65	Strong	15	5	20	10	13	2	2.2yr
76	James Miller	CHIChannel Infrastructure NZ Limited	Energy	65	Strong	15	12	10	10	13	5	7.4yr
77	Colin Sim	MCKMillennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited	Consumer Discretionary	65	Strong	15	5	20	10	13	2	4.9yr
78	Naomi Ballantyne	TWRTower Limited	Financials	65	Strong	15	15	10	10	13	2	0.8yr
79	John Fernandes	TAHThird Age Health Services Limited	Consumer Discretionary	65	Strong	15	5	20	10	13	2	0.5yr
80	Desleigh Jameson	CDICDL Investments New Zealand Limited	Real Estate	65	Strong	15	15	10	10	13	2	2.0yr
81	Julia Hoare	POTPort of Tauranga Limited	Industrials	65	Strong	15	7	20	10	8	5	3.6yr
82	Michael Stiassny	BAIBeing AI	Healthcare	64	Adequate	10	15	20	10	7	2	1.0yr
83	Julian Cook	SKCSkyCity Entertainment Group Limited	Consumer Discretionary	64	Adequate	15	2	20	10	7	10	4.2yr
84	David Edward James Gibson	GMTGoodman Property Trust	Real Estate	64	Adequate	15	2	20	10	12	5	2.8yr
85	Elizabeth Coutts	EBOEBOS Group Limited	Healthcare	64	Adequate	15	7	20	10	7	5	22.7yr
86	Paul Robinson	SVRSavor Limited	Consumer Staples	63	Adequate	15	5	20	10	8	5	7.0yr
87	Chris Gallaher	PEBPacific Edge Limited	Healthcare	63	Adequate	20	5	10	10	13	5	10.2yr
88	Ronald Gould	HFLHenderson Far East Income Limited	Financials	63	Adequate	10	5	20	10	13	5	3.7yr
89	Ashley James Waugh	CMOThe Colonial Motor Company Limited	Consumer Discretionary	63	Adequate	10	15	10	10	13	5	10.4yr
90	David Kirk	KMDKMD Brands Limited	Consumer Discretionary	62	Adequate	20	5	10	10	7	10	12.1yr
91	Nicholas James Paul	ENSEnprise Group Limited	Information Technology	62	Adequate	10	15	10	10	12	5	3.4yr
92	Bridget Coates	CVTComvita Limited	Industrials	62	Adequate	10	7	20	10	13	2	1.5yr
93	José Parés	RBDRestaurant Brands New Zealand Limited	Consumer Discretionary	62	Adequate	20	2	15	10	13	2	7.0yr
94	Mike Petersen	SCLScales Corporation Limited	Industrials	60	Adequate	20	7	10	10	8	5	3.0yr
95	Lorraine Mary Witten	RAKRakon Limited	Information Technology	60	Adequate	10	2	20	10	8	10	4.0yr
96	Philip Cory-Wright	SPNSouth Port New Zealand Limited	Industrials	60	Adequate	20	2	10	10	13	5	14.8yr
97	Benedikt Mangold	TGGT&G Global Limited	Consumer Staples	60	Adequate	15	7	10	10	13	5	4.7yr
98	Sir Robert McLeod	SANSanford Limited	Consumer Staples	60	Adequate	20	2	10	10	8	10	6.3yr
99	David Flacks	AFTAFT Pharmaceuticals Limited	Healthcare	60	Adequate	20	15	0	10	13	2	10.7yr
100	Graham Robert Stuart	VHPVital Healthcare Property Trust	Real Estate	59	Adequate	10	2	20	10	12	5	7.4yr
101	Michael Stiassny	2CC2 Cheap Cars Group Limited	Financials	59	Adequate	15	5	20	10	7	2	2.5yr
102	Dennis Peter Karp	MKRManuka Resources Limited	Materials	59	Adequate	15	5	20	10	7	2	9.9yr
103	Chris Meehan	WINWinton Land Limited	Real Estate	59	Adequate	20	2	10	10	12	5	4.3yr
104	Philippa Mary Greenwood	ATMThe a2 Milk Company Limited	Consumer Staples	58	Adequate	15	5	15	10	8	5	6.7yr
105	Corrigan Sowman	LICLivestock Improvement Corporation Limited	Financials	58	Adequate	10	15	10	10	8	5	2.4yr
106	Mike Allen	IPLInvestore Property Limited	Real Estate	57	Adequate	15	5	10	10	12	5	9.7yr
107	Jakov (Jim) Delegat	DGLDelegat Group Limited	Consumer Staples	57	Adequate	10	2	20	10	13	2	0.4yr
108	Brett Mitchell	MEXMinerals Exploration Limited	Materials	55	Adequate	20	3	10	10	7	5	0.0yr
109	John Nichol	PGWPGG Wrightson Limited	Industrials	55	Adequate	10	5	20	10	8	2	0.4yr
110	Sean Joyce	RTORTO Limited	Information Technology	55	Adequate	15	5	10	10	13	2	0.5yr
111	Alan Gourdie	BFGBurger Fuel Group Limited	Consumer Discretionary	54	Adequate	20	5	5	10	12	2	1.7yr
112	George Adams	SMLSynlait Milk Limited	Consumer Staples	54	Adequate	15	2	10	10	12	5	1.9yr
113	Scott St John	AOFAoFrio Limited	Financials	52	Adequate	15	15	0	10	7	5	7.1yr
114	Peter Crowley	FBUFletcher Building	Materials	52	Adequate	20	12	0	10	8	2	1.1yr
115	Keith Jackson	CCCCooks Coffee Company Limited	Consumer Staples	52	Adequate	15	5	10	10	7	5	24.6yr
116	Anne June Urlwin	IFTInfratil Limited	Utilities	50	Adequate	20	5	0	10	13	2	3.2yr
117	Brett Mitchell	UVAUvre Limited	Materials	50	Adequate	10	3	10	10	12	5	0.0yr
118	Beatrice Hollond	FCTF&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC	Financials	50	Adequate	15	5	10	10	8	2	6.2yr
119	Linda Sanders	CRPChatham Rock Phosphate Limited	Industrials	49	Needs Improvement	10	5	10	10	12	2	2.0yr
120	John Selby	BIFBooster Innovation Fund	Financials	46	Needs Improvement	5	12	10	10	7	2	0.3yr
121	Gregory Raymond Tomlinson	HGHHeartland Group Holdings Limited	Financials	42	Needs Improvement	20	2	0	10	8	2	7.5yr
122	Andrew John Preece	SDLSolution Dynamics Limited	Consumer Discretionary	42	Needs Improvement	10	2	5	10	13	2	6.9yr
123	Philip Thick	TCMTaiko Critical Minerals Limited	Materials	36	Needs Improvement	0	7	10	10	7	2	0.0yr

Methodology

Governance Trajectory (0-20)

Evaluates the company's Governance Risk Score (GRS v2.0) under the chair's leadership. Higher GRS scores indicate better governance practices have been maintained or achieved during tenure.

Diversity Progress (0-15)

Measures change in female board representation from the start of tenure to present. Improvement of more than 10 percentage points scores maximum. Based on ESG diversity data and current board composition.

Attendance Culture (0-20)

Average board meeting attendance during the chair's tenure. Bonus for no directors below 75% attendance threshold; penalty for any director falling below. Based on board meeting attendance records.

Shareholder Confidence (0-20)

Average shareholder support on AGM resolutions during tenure. Each failed resolution subtracts points. Based on meeting resolutions and voting data. Indicates how well the board maintains shareholder trust.

Pay Alignment (0-15)

Assesses whether CEO pay changes align with total shareholder return (TSR). Also benchmarks the chair's own fee against sector median. Pay increases during negative TSR periods score zero.

Board Renewal (0-10)

Measures board turnover rate during tenure. Healthy renewal (10-25% per year) scores highest. Stagnant boards (no turnover) and unstable boards (above 25%) score lower.

Rating thresholds: Exceptional (80+), Strong (65-79), Adequate (50-64), Needs Improvement (35-49), Insufficient Data (<35 or limited data coverage). Scores are based on available data — chairs with more data coverage receive more precise assessments.

Data sourced from NZX governance data, meeting resolutions, board attendance, executive compensation, ESG diversity. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz.

For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.