Looking to contribute to the automotive industry?

Become a Capricorn Director

Capricorn is looking for energetic and passionate Members to join our board of directors. Capricorn is a Member-based organisation and Member representation on the board helps ensure Members’ interests are safeguarded. Member directors use their skills, knowledge and expertise in the industry to help ensure Capricorn is delivering for Members, reflecting Members’ interests and living up to Capricorn’s promises and values.

If you are looking for personal growth and want to use your experience and industry knowledge to give back to the automotive industry while being part of the team that helps shape the future of Capricorn, then becoming a Capricorn Director could be the right fit for you.

Every year Capricorn holds elections for a Member-elected director in at least one zone. Being a candidate in your zone’s elections helps ensure Capricorn remains a vibrant and healthy cooperative.

We are inviting Members from all zones to participate in our Question-andAnswer Session and Mini-Governance Course. Both events will be hosted virtually throughout April and May at no cost to Members.

Registrations for both events will open soon. Please keep an eye out on our communications channels for more information or visit cap.coop/elections.

Question-and-Answer Session

Designed to give Capricorn Members an insight into the life of a Capricorn Director, we will be hosting a 30-minute Question-and-Answer session with current Member Directors Lydia Stjepanovic and Peter Stewart. Lydia and Peter will discuss how they became a director, and how they have found the experience.

Mini-Governance Course

In 2023 we will also be hosting a MiniGovernance Course, with a target audience of Members who want to learn more about the role of the board, the requirements to be a director, and to understand what it would entail to join a board like Capricorn's. A lively presentation style, with real life anecdotes from one of the most experienced governance trainers in the business, will ensure that you'll stay fully engaged and gain the maximum value from the program.

2023 New Zealand Capricorn Director Elections

In 2023, Members from the New Zealand (NZ) zone are encouraged to nominate themselves for the director election there.

For Members interested in nominating, you will need to meet the following eligibility criteria:

- Be a Member in the NZ zone. Hold 2,000 or more shares in Capricorn.

- Be involved in a trading automotive or allied business in your zone and hold a Designation Ownership Interest in that business (see clause 15.10 of the Capricorn constitution for an explanation).

- Demonstrate a high level of commitment to Capricorn based on purchases using your Capricorn Trade Account.

- Be of good standing, both within Capricorn and the wider community.

- Not be a wholesale supplier to any automotive or allied business.

- Not have any actual or potential conflict of interest that will create a material risk to the board or your capacity to properly perform your duties.

Invitations for nominations will be emailed to eligible NZ Members no later than Tuesday 20 April 2023. To provide more information to those Members who are considering standing as a candidate in the 2023 Director Elections, Capricorn will at the same time provide a candidate information pack. The candidate information pack will provide details about what is involved in being a Capricorn Director and the process for the 2023 Director Elections. Applications will close on Monday 22 May 2023.

If you have any questions, please email sarah.chamberlain@capricorn.coop