Board of Directors

  • Michael Barnett
    Michael Barnett
    Chief Executive

    Michael Barnett is Chief Executive of the Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and a Director of both the Auckland Chamber and NZ Chambers of Commerce & Industry.

    Michael is Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust and is committed to their objectives of diversity in the workplace and achieving greater work-life balance.

    Michael was recognised by the Queen in the 2011 New Year’s Honours with a NZ Order of Merit.

  • Fred Hellaby
    Fred Hellaby
    Chairman

    Fred Hellaby has been a Director of the Auckland Chamber since 1997. He was appointed to the Chairmanship in March 2011.

    He is also the Managing Director of Wilson Hellaby Ltd, Chairman of Auckland Meat Processors Ltd and a Director of Mathias International Limited and PVLP Proteins Ltd, all private companies.

    Fred is also on the Kings College Board of Governors and the Meat Industry Advisory Committee of  Manukau Institute of Technology.
  • Chris Carr
    Chris Carr
    Director

    Chris Carr was appointed to the Chamber’s board in March 2007 and is a member of the Auckland Business Forum and a Director of Rally NZ. He was formerly a member of the Regional Land Transport Committee.

    Chris is Managing Director of Carr & Haslam, founded in 1862, and the fourth generation to run the Mount Wellington, Auckland-based company. Carr & Haslam delivers cars and containers and has a staff of 70 and a fleet of 40 trucks.
  • Colyn Devereux-Kay
    Colyn Devereux-Kay
    Director

    Colyn Devereux-Kay has been a Director of the Auckland Chamber since 1994 and was Chair from 1998-2003. In 1987 Colyn founded Les Floralies (Fragrance Holdings Ltd.), which manufactures, distributes and exports fragrance and toiletry products and was managing director between 1987 and 2000. 

    In 2001 Colyn was a founding partner in EGG (Devereux Consulting Ltd.), a company which manufactures, retails, distributes and exports apparel.
  • David Nathan
    David Nathan
    Director

    David Nathan has been a Director of the Auckland Chamber since 1992 and is the current Treasurer. David is Chairman and an Executive Director of Pacific Flight Catering Ltd., a moderate-sized catering company specialising in catering to the airlines from a purpose built 75,000ft facility at Auckland Airport.

    David is also a Director of a number of private companies in Auckland. From 1999 until 2003 he was the President and Chairman of the Auckland Jewish Community and is still very active in communal affairs.


  • John Hagen
    John Hagen
    Director

    John Hagen has been a Director of the Auckland Chamber since 1995. John joined Deloitte as a partner in 1981 in the Corporate Finance area and specialised in financially-based investigation services and has provided expert witness testimony in Courts and other tribunals on numerous occasions. John retired as Chairman of Deloitte in August 2005 after ten years in that role. 

    John holds a number of directorships including: Chairman of New Zealand Debt Management Office Advisory Board (ten years); Board Member of Datacom Group Ltd (15 years); Board Member of Hughes & Cossar Ltd (five years); Board Member of Feltex Carpets Ltd.
  • John Lindsay
    John Lindsay
    Director

    John Lindsay has been a director of the Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry since 1998, and was Chairman from 2003-2011. He was elected Chairman of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce & Industry in June 2004.

    As well as his Chamber involvement, John has had extensive business experience as Chief Executive and a Board Member of various large manufacturing and service companies, based in New Zealand and operating internationally, as a member of the executive committee of several national Trade Associations and as an independent director of the New Zealand Rugby Union.

    He is currently also Chairman of Ports of Auckland Ltd, Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd and America’s Cup Village Ltd and a Director of a number of other companies including, Sea+City Projects Ltd, McDonald’s Lime Ltd and The Lines Company Ltd.
  • Kate Daly
    Kate Daly
    Director

    Kate Daly joined Fletcher Building as the Group General Manager of Human Resources in June 2011. Prior to joining Fletcher Building, Kate was General Manager Corporate Affairs, People & Performance for Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ). Prior to this she worked for Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO and Greenwich Healthcare Trust in London.

    Kate holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (majoring in Economics and International Business) and a Bachelor of Science degree (majoring in Pharmacology) from the University of Auckland.




     

  • Mark Franklin
    Mark Franklin
    Director

    Mark was appointed Chief Executive of the Stevenson Group in early 2010. Prior to his current role, Mark was Chief Executive of TZ1 and prior to this Chief Executive of Vector Limited - one of New Zealand’s largest companies.

    Australian-born Mark has extensive experience in the infrastructure, energy and technology sectors in New Zealand, Australia and Asia. His Chief Executive roles in the IT and Telco sectors have encompassed start up and consolidation activities. Mark has also held leadership roles in IBM Global Services Asia Pacific and was a Director of New Zealand Railways Corporation (Kiwirail) and is a current Director of WEL Networks Limited and UltraFast Broadband Ltd.
  • Ted van Arkel
    Ted van Arkel
    Director

    Ted van Arkel joined the Auckland Chamber as a Director in 1999.  Ted was involved in the retail and wholesale sector for over 40 years, retiring as Managing Director of Progressive Enterprises Ltd at the end of November 2004 and became a full-time professional director working with a number of private and public companies.

    Ted is Chair of Restaurant Brands NZ Ltd, Charlie’s Group Ltd and Unitec NZ; he is also a Director of the Auckland Regional Transport Authority, National Property Trust, Allied Work Force Group Ltd, Danske Mobler Ltd, LaGrouw Corporation Ltd and Paper Plus NZ Ltd.
     

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