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YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
by Mercury
Scott St John Director
Tenure: First Appointed: 1 Sep 2017
Last Elected: 24 Sep 2020
Key Skills*: M&A and capital structure; stakeholder relationships; commercial experience; people leadership.
Scott has an extensive background in investment advisory and capital markets. Scott is Chair of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation and a director of Fonterra Cooperative Group, ANZ Bank New Zealand, and Next Foundation. He was formerly a member of the Capital Markets Development Taskforce and the Financial Markets Authority Establishment Board, and was Chancellor of the University of Auckland. He was the Chief Executive of First NZ Capital from 2002 to 2017.
Patrick Strange Director
Tenure: First Appointed: 1 Feb 2014
Last Elected: 24 Sep 2020
Key Skills*: Energy industry; major project investment; health and safety.
Patrick was previously a Mercury director in 2006-2007 before being appointed Chief Executive of New Zealand’s transmission owner and operator, Transpower, a position he held for more than six years. Patrick currently chairs Auckland International Airport and is a director of Transgrid. He was previously a Director of NZX Limited and Essential Energy, Australia. Patrick has announced his retirement from Mercury after the September 2023 Annual Shareholders’ meeting.
Mike Taitoko Director
Tenure: First Appointed: 28 Aug 2015
Last Elected: 23 Sep 2021
Key Skills*: Iwi and other stakeholder relationships; natural resource management (including water and climate change); digitisation.
Mike is a leading advisor on Māori economic development and has well-established networks in Māoridom. Mike has strong commercial skills in the application of digital technologies. He is the co-founder and CEO of Takiwa Limited and a co-founder and director of Toha Foundry Limited, technology companies commercialising cloud-based geospatial analytics services. He was formerly a Director of Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development (ATEED).
Lorraine Witten Director
Tenure: First Appointed: 1 Sep 2022
Last Elected: 22 Sep 2022
Key Skills*: Governance; commercial experience; audit and risk management; innovation.
Lorraine is an experienced director and business leader with an extensive background in the telco, technology and ICT sectors. Lorraine currently chairs MOVe Logistics Group and Rakon, and is a director of VWORK. Lorraine has energy sector experience, having been a director of Horizon Energy Group.
Lorraine’s previous appointments include as an Advisory Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of the Department of Corrections, Board member WREDA, director of Pushpay Holdings and director and chair of Kordia Group for several years.
Tenure Key: < 3 years 3-6 years
6+ years
Committee Membership Key:
N Nominations Committee
P People and Performance Committee
R Risk Assurance and Audit Committee
Chair of the committee
