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Directors serving as board chair for the first time across NZX-listed companies
Average GRS for companies with first-time chairs vs experienced chairs
Companies with first-time chairs show comparable or higher governance scores, suggesting effective transitions.
15 directors became chair for the first time recently
| Chair | Company | Sector | Appointed | Prior Boards | Independent | GRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayley Gourley | SEK Seeka Limited | Consumer Staples | Jan 2025 | 0 | Yes | 84 |
| Peter Crowley | FBU Fletcher Building | Materials | Feb 2025 | 0 | Yes | 93 |
| Robert Hewett | BRW Bremworth Limited | Consumer Discretionary | Mar 2025 | 1 | Yes | 90 |
| Peter Cook | SMI Santana Minerals Ltd |
96 directors currently serving as chair for the first time
| Chair | Company | Sector | Tenure | Prior Boards | GRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce G Plested | MFT Mainfreight Limited | Industrials | 48.9yr | 0 | 80 |
| Warren James Bell | HLG Hallenstein Glasson Holdings Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 40yr | 1 | 84 |
| Rhys Jones | VSL Vulcan Steel Limited | Materials | 20.2yr |
NZ Governance Power Index — top directors, board interlocks, auditor concentration, and multi-board analysis.
Interactive force-directed visualization of board interlocks across NZX, charities, iwi, and public sector.
Auditor market concentration, tenure analysis, and director-auditor independence.
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| Materials |
| Mar 2025 |
| 0 |
| No |
| 76 |
| Naomi Ballantyne | TWR Tower Limited | Financials | May 2025 | 0 | Yes | 86 |
| David John Green | SPG Stride Property Limited | Real Estate | Jun 2025 | 2 | Yes | 90 |
| Norman Seckold | MEX Minerals Exploration Limited | Materials | Jul 2025 | 0 | Yes | 66 |
| Rhonda Sherriff | PHL Promisia Healthcare Limited | Healthcare | Aug 2025 | 0 | Yes | 91 |
| Christine Pears | TRU TRUSCREEN GROUP LIMITED | Industrials | Sept 2025 | 1 | Yes | 73 |
| John Nichol | PGW PGG Wrightson Limited | Industrials | Oct 2025 | 0 | Yes | 90 |
| John Fernandes | TAH Third Age Health Services Limited | Consumer Discretionary | Oct 2025 | 0 | No | 64 |
| Jakov (Jim) Delegat | DGL Delegat Group Limited | Consumer Staples | Oct 2025 | 0 | No | 76 |
| Simon Flood | PEB Pacific Edge Limited | Healthcare | Dec 2025 | 3 | No | 88 |
| Philip Thick | TCM Taiko Critical Minerals Limited | Materials | Mar 2026 | 0 | No | 71 |
| Kate Parsons | NZM NZME Limited | Communication Services | Feb 2026 | 1 | Yes | 63 |
| 1 |
| 77 |
| Stuart McLauchlan | SCT Scott Technology Limited | Industrials | 19.9yr | 2 | 83 |
| Keith Jackson | CCC Cooks Coffee Company Limited | Consumer Staples | 18.2yr | 1 | 77 |
| Philip Cory-Wright | SPN South Port New Zealand Limited | Industrials | 16.2yr | 0 | 87 |
| Benedikt Mangold | TGG T&G Global Limited | Consumer Staples | 15.9yr | 0 | 73 |
| Justine Smyth | SPK Spark New Zealand Limited | Communication Services | 15yr | 1 | 85 |
| John William Michael Journee | WHS The Warehouse Group Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 13.1yr | 1 | 85 |
| Dame Rosanne Meo | BGP Briscoe Group Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 13yr | 0 | 78 |
| David Kirk | KMD KMD Brands Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 12.8yr | 0 | 83 |
| David Moffatt | VNT Ventia Services Group Limited | Industrials | 11.9yr | 0 | 90 |
| William John Strowger | SKL Skellerup Holdings Limited | Industrials | 11.7yr | 1 | 81 |
| Yang Xia | AFC AFC Group Holdings Limited | Financials | 11.6yr | 0 | 78 |
| David Flacks | AFT AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited | Healthcare | 11.4yr | 0 | 79 |
| Paul Manduca | TEM Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC | Financials | 11yr | 0 | 90 |
| Ashley James Waugh | CMO The Colonial Motor Company Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 11yr | 2 | 63 |
| Rob Fyfe | MHJ Michael Hill International Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 10.9yr | 0 | 95 |
| Dennis Peter Karp | MKR Manuka Resources Limited | Materials | 10.6yr | 0 | 63 |
| Dame Therese Maria Walsh | AIR Air New Zealand | Industrials | 10.5yr | 2 | 81 |
| Mike Allen | IPL Investore Property Limited | Real Estate | 10.3yr | 1 | 81 |
| Susan Paterson | STU Steel & Tube Holdings Limited | Materials | 9.9yr | 4 | 85 |
| Donald Bruce Cotterill | APL Asset Plus | Real Estate | 9.6yr | 0 | 79 |
| James Law | RTO RTO Limited | Information Technology | 9.4yr | 0 | 66 |
| Catherine Agnes Quinn ONZM | THL Tourism Holdings Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 9.2yr | 2 | 92 |
| Jonathan Keith Macdonald | CEN Contact Energy Limited | Utilities | 8.9yr | 2 | 86 |
| Geoffrey (Geoff) Plunket | BLT BLIS Technologies Limited | Consumer Staples | 8.5yr | 0 | 87 |
| Rewi Hamid Bugo | GEN General Capital Limited | Financials | 8.1yr | 0 | 56 |
| Gregory Raymond Tomlinson | HGH Heartland Group Holdings Limited | Financials | 8.1yr | 1 | 86 |
| Barbara Joan Chapman | GNE Genesis Energy Limited | Utilities | 8.1yr | 3 | 83 |
| Graham Robert Stuart | VHP Vital Healthcare Property Trust | Real Estate | 8yr | 4 | 70 |
| Neville Mitchell | FPH Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited | Healthcare | 8yr | 0 | 83 |
| Paul Brock | FWL Foley Wines Limited | Consumer Staples | 8yr | 0 | 79 |
| Chang Ku EE | IPR Iperion Limited | Real Estate | 7.9yr | 0 | 79 |
| Paul Robinson | SVR Savor Limited | Consumer Staples | 7.6yr | 0 | 76 |
| Anna Stove | RUA Rua Bioscience Limited | Healthcare | 7.5yr | 1 | 79 |
| Philippa Mary Greenwood | ATM The a2 Milk Company Limited | Consumer Staples | 7.4yr | 4 | 82 |
| Blair O'Keeffe | NPH Napier Port Holdings Limited | Industrials | 7.4yr | 1 | 86 |
| Philip Bowman | SKT Sky Network Television Limited | Communication Services | 7.2yr | 1 | 92 |
| Simon Shakesheff | KPG Kiwi Property | Real Estate | 7yr | 0 | 85 |
| Timothy Crown | BPG Black Pearl Group Limited | Information Technology | 6.9yr | 0 | 81 |
| Kim Ellis | GXH Green Cross Health Limited | Healthcare | 6.9yr | 3 | 73 |
| Beatrice Hollond | FCT F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC | Financials | 6.9yr | 1 | 87 |
| Sue Inglis | BIT The Bankers Investment Trust PLC | Financials | 6.8yr | 0 | 90 |
| Jeff Morrison | ARG Argosy Property Limited | Real Estate | 6.3yr | 0 | 79 |
| Claudia Isobel Batten | SKO Serko Limited | Industrials | 6.2yr | 3 | 78 |
| Peter McBride | FCG Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | Consumer Staples | 6yr | 0 | 76 |
| Mary Jane Daly | FSF Fonterra Shareholders' Fund | Consumer Staples | 6yr | 1 | 79 |
| Andy Green | GTK Gentrack Group Limited | Information Technology | 6yr | 0 | 72 |
| Paul O'Sullivan | ANZ ANZ Group Holdings Limited | Financials | 6yr | 0 | 66 |
| Brien Cree | RAD Radius Residential Care Limited | Healthcare | 5.9yr | 0 | 81 |
| Colin Sim | MCK Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 5.5yr | 1 | 71 |
| Simon Bennett | AGL Accordant Group Limited | Utilities | 5.4yr | 1 | 63 |
| Jack Matthews | LOD Lodestone Energy Limited | Utilities | 5.2yr | 1 | - |
| Dave Knott Jr | ARB ArborGen Holdings Limited | Industrials | 5.2yr | 0 | 75 |
| Bridget Coates | CVT Comvita Limited | Industrials | 5.1yr | 0 | 63 |
| Alasdair MacLeod | TWL TradeWindow Holdings Limited | Industrials | 5yr | 1 | 61 |
| Samantha Sharif | NTL New Talisman Gold Mines Ltd | Industrials | 5yr | 1 | 83 |
| Julian Cook | SKC SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 4.9yr | 1 | 82 |
| Mark Menhinnitt | DOW Downer EDI Limited | Industrials | 4.7yr | 1 | 89 |
| Ronald Gould | HFL Henderson Far East Income Limited | Financials | 4.4yr | 0 | 81 |
| Doug McKay | VCT Vector Limited | Utilities | 4.1yr | 3 | 90 |
| Nicholas James Paul | ENS Enprise Group Limited | Information Technology | 4.1yr | 0 | 74 |
| Andrew Mark Cross | CNU Chorus Limited | Communication Services | 4yr | 3 | 83 |
| Julia Raue | MOV MOVE Logistics Group Limited | Industrials | 3.5yr | 1 | 81 |
| Dean Ross Hamilton | RYM Ryman Healthcare Limited | Healthcare | 3.5yr | 2 | 72 |
| Mike Petersen | SCL Scales Corporation Limited | Industrials | 3.5yr | 0 | 86 |
| Mark Dewdney | NZK New Zealand King Salmon Investments Limited | Consumer Staples | 3.4yr | 1 | 73 |
| Craig Drummond | AFI Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited | Financials | 3.1yr | 0 | 92 |
| Corrigan Sowman | LIC Livestock Improvement Corporation Limited | Financials | 3.1yr | 0 | 69 |
| Steven Gregg | WBC Westpac Banking Corporation | Financials | 3yr | 0 | 68 |
| Shawn Beck | MPG Metro Performance Glass | Real Estate | 3yr | 0 | 84 |
| Scott St John | MCY Mercury NZ Limited | Utilities | 2.9yr | 4 | 88 |
| Desleigh Jameson | CDI CDL Investments New Zealand Limited | Real Estate | 2.7yr | 0 | 85 |
| Dean Bracewell | PFI Property for Industry Limited | Real Estate | 2.6yr | 3 | 88 |
| George Adams | SML Synlait Milk Limited | Consumer Staples | 2.6yr | 2 | 73 |
| Linda Sanders | CRP Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited | Industrials | 2.6yr | 0 | 62 |
| Alan Gourdie | BFG Burger Fuel Group Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 2.3yr | 0 | 78 |
| Hayley Gourley | SEK Seeka Limited | Consumer Staples | 1.9yr | 0 | 84 |
| Peter Crowley | FBU Fletcher Building | Materials | 1.8yr | 0 | 93 |
| Robert Hewett | BRW Bremworth Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 1.7yr | 1 | 90 |
| Peter Cook | SMI Santana Minerals Ltd | Materials | 1.6yr | 0 | 76 |
| Naomi Ballantyne | TWR Tower Limited | Financials | 1.5yr | 0 | 86 |
| David John Green | SPG Stride Property Limited | Real Estate | 1.5yr | 2 | 90 |
| Norman Seckold | MEX Minerals Exploration Limited | Materials | 1.3yr | 0 | 66 |
| Rhonda Sherriff | PHL Promisia Healthcare Limited | Healthcare | 1.3yr | 0 | 91 |
| Christine Pears | TRU TRUSCREEN GROUP LIMITED | Industrials | 1.2yr | 1 | 73 |
| John Nichol | PGW PGG Wrightson Limited | Industrials | 1.1yr | 0 | 90 |
| John Fernandes | TAH Third Age Health Services Limited | Consumer Discretionary | 1.1yr | 0 | 64 |
| Jakov (Jim) Delegat | DGL Delegat Group Limited | Consumer Staples | 1yr | 0 | 76 |
| Simon Flood | PEB Pacific Edge Limited | Healthcare | 0.9yr | 3 | 88 |
| Philip Thick | TCM Taiko Critical Minerals Limited | Materials | 0.7yr | 0 | 71 |
| Kate Parsons | NZM NZME Limited | Communication Services | 0.7yr | 1 | 63 |
| Rod Snodgrass | IKE ikeGPS Group Limited | Materials | 0yr | 0 | 74 |
| Oliver Lennox-King | RGI Rua Gold Inc | Materials | 0yr | 0 | - |
| Drew Kelton | LOC Locate Technologies Limited | Information Technology | 0yr | 0 | - |