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Mr Verbiest is an experienced company director, currently also serving as the Chair of Summerset Group Holdings Limited, and as a director of ASB Bank Limited. He is also currently a member of the Fonterra Independent Assessment Panel, and a member of the Chapter Zero NZ Steering Committee. Mark was a senior corporate partner of national law firm Simpson Grierson for several years before joining the senior executive team at Telecom NZ. Aside from being Group General Counsel and leading several corporate groups at Telecom, he was also executive lead for the International and cable, and Yellow Pages businesses. Mark is also a former Chair of Freightways Limited, Spark New Zealand Limited, Willis Bond Capital Limited and Transpower New Zealand Limited. Mark has had involvement and experience in the energy and technology sectors, as well as capital markets, in a variety of roles, over many years. He serves on the Financial Risk Committee and the People and Culture Committee.

Mr Whineray brings executive leadership and governance experience across the energy, infrastructure and primary industry sectors as well as in capital markets. He is a former Chief Executive of Mercury, another renewable energy generator and retailer, and subsequently served as Chief Operating Officer of Fonterra Co-operative Group where he was responsible for operations, global supply chain, manufacturing, sustainability, global technology, R&D and capital investment.

Ms Simpson has experience in corporate governance, policy development and business, having served as a director of Mighty River Power Limited for 13 years from 2001. Tania is Chair of the People, Remuneration and Culture Committee and serves on the Safety, Sustainability and Operational Risk Committee. Tania is currently a director at Auckland International Airport Limited and Waste Management NZ Limited. Tania is also the Chair of the Waitangi National Trust. Tania is Chair of the People and Culture Committee and also serves on the Safety, Sustainability and Operational Risk Committee.

Ms Hoare has governance, financial, and commercial expertise. She is currently, Chair of Port of Tauranga and Chair of Auckland International Airport. She is also a member of the Chapter Zero New Zealand Steering Committee. During her executive career, Julia was a partner at PwC for two decades where she obtained sustainability, financial and tax experience. In addition to commercial and financial experience in both the private and public sectors, Julia's skills also span infrastructure, logistics, utilities, and sustainable business practices. Julia is Chair of the Financial Risk Committee.

Mrs Sanatkumar has an international career with a focus on software information technology at scale, including senior roles at Amazon and Expedia. She has led digital information technology solutions, and customer experience innovation for eCommerce retail, travel and financial services products, including initiatives and processes to ensure information security, fraud protection and customer data privacy compliance. Nagaja has over 25 years of global executive and leadership experience. She is also a Director for ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, Southern Cross Healthcare Limited, Southern Cross Medical Care Society and Tuatahi First Fibre Limited. Nagaja is Chair of the Safety, Sustainability and Operational Risk Committee and serves on the Financial Risk Committee.

Mr Cockroft has over 30 years of experience in the international energy industry, with executive roles in the UK, South America, New Zealand and Asia. His experiences have been across the energy chain and under different political, economic and regulatory regimes. He has a financial background and experience in strategy and business development. During his executive career Graham served as Group CFO at SGX listed Sembcorp Industries Limited, Singapore, CFO and COO at Contact Energy Limited, New Zealand, and in various senior executive roles for close to two decades at the UK energy company BG Group (now part of Shell plc), primarily in the UK and South America. He serves on the Financial Risk Committee, the People and Culture Committee.

Mr Carter has been with the Beca group of companies for 30 plus years during which time he has held a range of people, project and governance positions within the group. Since 2017 David has served as Beca Group's Executive Chair. David has worked across a range of sectors within New Zealand and offshore, from airports to ports, and wastewater treatment plants to heavy duty pavements. Such projects include remediation of the Larona hydro canal and foundations for various high-rise structures. Delivery mechanisms have ranged from conventional design and construct to design build, culminating in the $3 plus billion Victorian (Australia) Desalination plant as a board member of the design JV. David currently serves as a Guardian of the Aotearoa Circle and Chairs the University of Auckland Foundation. He serves on the Safety, Sustainability and Operational Risk Committee and the People and Culture Committee.

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