Chairman, Remuneration Committee Chairman, Audit & Risk Committee Member

Kevin Atkinson is a Hawke's Bay-born Director, who has spent the majority of his working life in the technology sector. He is the principal and Managing Director of the software company, Information Management Services Ltd. Kevin is currently Deputy Chair of the Eastern and Central Community Trust, a Director of Hawke’s Bay Rugby and a Trustee of the Hawke’s Bay Medical Research Foundation.

Kevin was appointed to the Board in June 1998 and has served on the Audit, Remuneration and Property committees during his tenure.

Audit & Risk Committee Chairman, Remuneration Committee Member

John Palairet is a Chartered Accountant and Senior Partner in the Napier firm of Palairet Pearson specialising in financial and general business advice, audit and business valuations. He is a Director of the Hawke’s Bay Airport Authority.

John has served on the Board since June 1998 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He has also served on the Remuneration and the Contract Tender committees.

Audit & Risk Committee Member

Philip Hocquard is a business adviser, company executive and director with broad experience of many different types of business, corporate and commercial structures, financing options, business strategies and governance. He holds a law degree from Victoria University and was a partner of the Hastings legal firm, Bannister & von Dadelszen, for over 20 years before retiring in 1999 to set up an independent mentoring business providing strategic, legal and general advice to selected private businesses.

Phil was appointed to the Board in August 2009. He is a senior management executive or director of a number of privately owned Hawkes Bay companies and Chairman of some of those.

Audit & Risk Committee Member

Rodger practises as a business consultant.He was previously Managing Director of Owens Group between 1987 and 1999. He is Chairman of Eurotech Group and Lyttelton Port Company, a Director of Tenon (formerly Fletcher Forests) and the Property Group. He is a former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, Aviation Security Services and WEL Networks.

Rodger is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, the Chartered Institute of Transport, the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and the New Zealand Institute of Management.

Audit & Risk Committee Member

Keith Valentine is a graduate Electrical Engineer with broad experience in the international energy industry. He managed high growth technology companies developing power electronic products for global markets for over thirty years, retiring as Executive Chairman of Vectek Electronics Limited (now ABB Power Quality) in 2009. He currently provides advisory and consulting services in the technology sector.

Keith is a member of the Institute of Directors and has been an independent Director of Unison subsidiaries- Unison Contracting Services since its formation and ETEL since its acquisition.

Keith was a Director of the Board from 2003 to 2008 and was reappointed in July 2010.

Audit & Risk Committee Member

Paul Connell is an independent director and corporate consultant with over 30 years of commercial, financial and governance experience. As a Charted Accountant and accredited member of the Institute of Directors, he has a strong financial and governance background. He has 10 years of experience on public company boards, including chairing committees. He currently is currently an independent director and chairs the audit and risk committee of listed Zintel Group Limited.

Paul has been involved with business start-ups (including public listings and bond issues), strategy development, business planning, restructuring and management over a wide range of industries and through different economic cycles.

Paul was born and educated in Hawkes Bay and currently lives in Auckland.