Blair O'Keeffe

Blair was appointed as a Director of Napier Port in June 2019 and in December 2022 was appointed Chair. Blair is a Hawke's Bay based company director and board advisor, with governance experience in NZX listed, central and local government, and private entities. He is a former port Chief Executive, with 25+ years of local and international senior executive experience, including infrastructure, energy, property and transport. He is currently Chair of the Hawke's Bay Regional Recovery Agency, Deputy Chair of Unison Networks Limited, a director of Livestock Improvement Corporation, Central Air Ambulance Rescue Limited and entities of the Clarus Group and is Chair of the Hawke's Bay Rescue Helicopter Trust. He also operates a board/commercial advisory business. He is a former director of NZX listed Z Energy, and former Chair of Crown Entity Maritime New Zealand.

Education

BBS (Hons), MInstD