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DIRECTOR: CEN: Victoria Crone and Rob McDonald to join Contact Board
MEDIA RELEASE
For immediate release
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Contact announces Victoria Crone and Rob McDonald to join Board
Today Contact Energy Limited (Contact) announced that Victoria Crone and Rob
McDonald have been appointed as directors to join its Board effective 12
November.
"We are excited to be welcoming both Victoria and Rob to the Contact Board.
They bring with them a great depth of experience in leading customer-inspired
businesses that leverage the power of their organisations' culture alongside
great products and leading edge technology" said Phil Pryke, Contact's
interim Chairman.
The appointment of Victoria Crone and Rob McDonald follows our September 2015
announcement that Sir Ralph Norris is joining Contact's Board to be Chairman
following his election at the upcoming Annual Meeting.
"We are satisfied at the progress we are making in reconstituting the Board
with the right depth of skills and experience that Contact needs now and for
the future. The addition of Sir Ralph Norris, Victoria Crone and Rob McDonald
complements the experience held by our current Board members. It is important
a board's directors cover the full gamut of skills required to govern the
business and we believe over time we will add at least one further director
to ensure that we have the right type of expertise in the area of large
infrastructure operations and management" Phil Pryke said.
Victoria Crone, currently Managing Director for Xero New Zealand, holds
directorships at Aura Information Security, Creative HQ, NZ Hi-Tech Trust
(Trustee) and chair of Figure NZ. Ms Crone has near two decades of experience
in the communications and IT sectors, covering a wide range of functional
areas including strategy, product development, digital, data, marketing,
sales and business development.
Rob McDonald is currently Chief Financial Officer at Air New Zealand and is
an alternate director at Virgin Australia Holdings Limited. Mr McDonald has
over three decades of experience with large national and multi-national
entities across various finance roles. Also Mr McDonald has responsibility
for Information Technology at Air New Zealand. In 2010 he was named New
Zealand CFO of the Year and is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia
and New Zealand.
The Contact Board has determined that Victoria Crone and Rob McDonald are
independent directors.
ENDS
Investor enquiries: Fraser Gardiner +64 21 228 3688
Media enquiries: Nicholas Robinson +64 27 705 3831
About Contact
Contact is one of New Zealand's largest electricity generators and retailers.
We keep the lights burning, the hot water flowing and the BBQ fired up for
around 562,000 customer across the country. Powering the country with
electricity, natural gas and LPG, our team of around 1,050 lives, works and
operates in communities throughout New Zealand.
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