Tony joined the My Food Bag board in January 2021 and was appointed Chair at that time. Tony has a broad range of experience in governance across the consumer, industrial services, infrastructure, and energy sectors. Tony moved into governance following a successful executive career, where he served as Chief Executive and Managing Director at Foodstuffs – New Zealand's largest retail organisation – for 10 years. Tony is currently Chairman of Datacom, The Skin Institute, The Interiors Group and TR Group and sits on the respective boards of Ravensdown and The Warehouse Group. He was formerly Chair of Air New Zealand for six years, Chair of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare for eight years and a director of Fletcher Building, ANZ Bank New Zealand and Vector. He was Chairman of the New Zealand Institute when it merged with the New Zealand Business Roundtable to form the New Zealand Initiative in 2012, of which he served as inaugural Co-Chairman until 2013. Tony graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Engineering with honours, before completing a Master of Philosophy degree at Loughborough University of Technology in the United Kingdom. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business governance in 2020.
Bachelor of Engineering with honours from University of Canterbury; Master of Philosophy from Loughborough University of Technology