• He has a degree qualified in electrical engineering with a diverse background in communications and international   media, senior leadership, governance, advocacy, public policy, leadership and strategic communications.

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  • Chief Executive of Animal and Plant Health NZ. He spent Seven years leading the peak industry association of     international companies which manufacture, distribute and sell products that keep animals healthy and crops thriving.

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  • Chief Executive of Electricity Networks Aotearoa, a top tier energy industry association, from 2015 to 2023, advocating    for lines companies as they prepared to electrify New Zealand and mitigate climate change.

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  • Led advocacy programmes to achieve significant changes in legislation and regulation on proprietorial data   protection  and consumer energy pricing.

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  • Former Chair and Trustee of Agrecovery, Director of Growsafe, and President of the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalist   and Communicators.

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  • Member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery as Political Editor for Thomson Reuters and a Senior Journalist for The Post.

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  • Awarded a David Low/British Council Fellowship to study media marketing at Oxford University.