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Independent Members of Investment Company Transition Board
1 February 2012
Independent Members of Investment Company Transition Board Appointed
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has appointed three independent members to the transition board set up to establish a new investment company for the organisation.
The company will manage some of HBRC’s larger and future investments in infrastructure around the region, including HBRC’s interests in future potential investments such as the Ruataniwha Water Storage Project, currently in the feasibility stage.
The three independent members appointed to the seven-person transitional board are Jim Scotland, Sam Robinson and Andy Pearce.
The four other members are Council Chief Executive Andrew Newman as an ex-officio member and its Chief Executive and Managing Director, Council Chairman Fenton Wilson and Councillors Christine Scott and Alan Dick.
The company’s full board will be appointed by 31 December 2013.
Jim Scotland
Jim is an experienced company
director with widespread interests. He is chairman of the
Port of Napier and 3R Group. He is also a director of
Hawke’s Bay Airport, Plant & Food Research and Seeka
Kiwifruit Industries and other private companies. Jim is a
Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
Sam
Robinson
Sam Robinson is a well known Hawke’s Bay
sheep and beef farmer, who is highly acknowledged farming
leader. He is Chairman of AgResearch and a board member of
AsureQuality. He was Chairman of Richmond Ltd before its
acquisition by PPCS (now Silver Fern Farms), and has been a
member of the Prime Minister's Growth and Innovation
Advisory Board and the Government's Food & Beverage Task
Force. He is chairman of the Ruataniwha Water Storage
Project Leadership Team.
Andy Pearce
Andy Pearce
is a specialist executive and director in technology and
knowledge-intensive businesses. He is a director of
Christchurch City Holdings, which is the largest
infrastructure investor in the South Island, is Chairman of
the Regional Committee of the Canterbury Water Management
Strategy, and is a director of the Bank of New Zealand. He
was the founding Chief Executive of Landcare Research and
has broad governance and management experience, with a deep
interest and knowledge of the sustainable management and use
of water and energy
resources.
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