Chorus Board

CNZM; BCom; FCA.  Chairman, Non-Executive Director

Sue is a professional company director. She is a director of Contact Energy Limited, Freightways Limited, Paymark Limited, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and former director of Smiths City Group Limited, and Wool Grower Holdings Limited and Wool Industry Network Limited.

Sue was a member of the Telecom Board since 21 June 2010 and chaired the Human Resource and Compensation Committee and was a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Prior to moving into a professional director role, Sue practised as a Chartered Accountant. She is a former president of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business.

Sue has previously held directorships in Meridian Energy Limited, Ngai Tahu Holdings Limited, Christchurch International Airport Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited, and is the former chair of the National Provident Fund. She has extensive experience as both chair and member of audit and risk committees.

For some years Sue has been involved with the governance of Girl Guiding New Zealand, the leadership organisation for girls and young women.

LLB; LLM. Non-Executive Director

Prue Flacks has been an independent, non-executive director of Bank of New Zealand since 19 October 2009.

Prue is also a director of Mighty River Power Limited, a trustee of the Victoria University Foundation and a barrister and solicitor with extensive specialist experience in commercial law and, in particular, banking and finance and securities law. Her areas of expertise include corporate and regulatory matters, corporate finance, capital markets, securitisation and business restructuring.

She is a consultant to Russell McVeagh and was previously a partner at Russell McVeagh for 20 years. She is also a member of the Institute of Directors, Global Women, Shareholder Association, INFINZ and the Banking & Financial Services Law Association.

BA Econ Accounting (Hons); Fellow ICA (England & Wales); Associate ICA (Australia); Fellow AICD. Non-Executive Director

Jon Hartley is an English and Australian Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He has lived and worked in several countries and held senior executive and non-executive roles across a diverse range of commercial and not for profit organisations including chairing SkyCity Limited, CEO of Brierley NZ and Solid Energy and CFO of Lend Lease in Australia.

His current roles include Deputy Chair of ASB Bank, ASB Life and VisionFund International, director of Mighty River Power and VisionFund Cambodia, and trustee of World Vision NZ and the Wellington City Mission.   

Chief Executive, Chorus

Mark worked for Telecom for 20 years, commencing in the finance department before moving into various marketing, product development, product management and IT roles. He was promoted to the Telecom executive team in 1999.

In March 2008, he became Chief Executive Officer of Chorus as an operationally separate business unit and in May 2010 he was seconded to lead a team focused on Telecom’s participation in the Government’s UFB initiative. In July 2011 he was appointed to the role of CEO of Chorus subject to the demerger from Telecom proceeding. Chorus became a standalone business on 1 December 2011.

BE (Hons); ME; PhD.  Non-Executive Director

Dr Keith Turner was Chief Executive of New Zealand electricity generator and retailer Meridian Energy for nine years from its establishment in 1999.

He is now the Chairman of Fisher and Paykel Appliances, Deputy Chairman of Auckland International Airport and a director of Spark Infrastructure, an Australian listed company. He is also a director of several small start-up enterprises.

Keith has had an extensive career in electricity, taking part in much of its reform including separation of Transpower from Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited (ECNZ) in 1992, the separation of Contact Energy from ECNZ in 1996 and the eventual break up of ECNZ into three companies in 1999.

BSci (Computer Science); GradDip Mgmt

Clayton Wakefield is an executive director and owner of Techspace Consulting Limited, a leading New Zealand independent IT advisory company working with New Zealand's major corporates. He is also an independent non-executive director of Endace Limited.

From 2001 to 2007 he was Head of Technology and Operations at ASB Bank Limited, one of the largest providers of financial and insurance services in New Zealand. Clayton has over 30 years of experience in the banking, financial services, telecommunications and technology industries.

Clayton was previously a director and chairman of Electronic Transactions Services Limited, New Zealand's leading electronic payments provider and also previously a director and chairman of Visa New Zealand Limited.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Waikato University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the University of Auckland. 

BCom; CA; F InstD; FNZIM; ACIS Non-Executive Director

Anne Urlwin has 20 years' directorship experience in sectors ranging from energy, health, construction, regulatory services, internet infrastructure, research, banking, forestry and the primary sector as well as education, sports administration and the arts.

She is Chairman of Lakes Environmental and Naylor Love Enterprises, and a director of New Zealand electricity generator and retailer Meridian Energy and New Zealand Cricket. She is the former chair of the New Zealand Blood Service and of New Zealand Domain Name Registry Limited.

Anne is a member of the College of Chartered Accountants, New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and of the New Zealand Institute of Management.