MRP
10/07/2014 10:46
DIRECTOR
REL: 1046 HRS Mighty River Power Limited (NS)
DIRECTOR: MRP: Global marketer Andrew Lark joins MRP Board
Mighty River Power today announced the appointment of experienced
international marketer and digital innovator, Andrew Lark, to the Company's
Board.
Mr Lark has more than 25 years' experience leading global marketing functions
in large international companies in Asia, Europe, the United States and most
recently as Chief Marketing & Online Officer of Australia's largest bank,
Commonwealth Bank. He was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Dell,
responsible for leading the global marketing of its Enterprise & Public
Group, and has held other senior marketing, consulting and online roles with
start-ups and some of the world's best-known technology brands.
Mr Lark is currently CEO of Group Lark, a digital and social media consulting
firm. Mr Lark has held a number of directorships of public and private
companies and sits on the Boards of SLI Systems and No 8 Ventures, a leading
technology venture capital firm, and the Advisory Boards of Simple, a
marketing productivity platform, and Marketshare, a firm specialising in
marketing analytics.
Recognised for his outstanding contribution to New Zealand's hi-tech sector,
Mr Lark was the inaugural winner of the World-class New Zealander award, and
most recently was awarded the "Flying Kiwi" award by the New Zealand Hi-Tech
Trust, acknowledging his valuable contribution in the hi-tech area.
Mighty River Power Chair, Joan Withers, said the two director appointments
during FY2014 considered the evolving business priorities and the opportunity
to complement the current range of skills and experience around the board
table - with former Transpower Chief Executive, Patrick Strange, joining the
Board in February and Mr Lark who will start as a director as of today.
"At a time when we are seeing opportunities in our industry to innovate and
use technology to drive benefits for consumers, it is fantastic to have a
Kiwi joining our Board with this sort of global experience in marketing and
online across business-to-business and consumer sectors, as well as a strong
record in emerging technologies."
Mrs Withers said the two recent appointments had returned the Mighty River
Power Board to an appropriate complement of eight directors as announced at
the 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting. Mr Lark and Dr Strange are required to
retire prior to the next Annual Shareholders' Meeting in November and stand
for election by shareholders at that meeting.
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