Katherine (Kathy) Meads

Mrs Meads is a professional director with extensive experience in governance and management roles.  Mrs Meads is currently a director of Port Taranaki Limited, Shipowners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association (Luxembourg), 2Degrees Group Limited and Burgundy HoldCo Limited.  Her previous directorships include Enable Services Limited, Enable Networks Limited, Transpower New Zealand Limited, Magic Memories Group Holdings Limited, Snap Limited, Waterfront Industry Superannuation Fund and various Ngai Tahu subsidiary companies. Mrs Meads has a strong background in commercial and financial management across a broad range of business sectors including telecommunications, property, tourism, seafood, ports and insurance. She has held a number of executive leadership roles and has a global business perspective from her ongoing international directorship. Mrs Meads holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury. She is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.) and a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Mrs Meads is a member of the Health & Safety Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Craig McCord

Mr McCord is a director and shareholder of Tauranga Hardware & Plumbing Ltd, a leading company in the Bay of Plenty region providing plumbing, gas and drainage services. He is a third generation plumber-drain layer and is proud of his career in the plumbing industry. The company has been a shareholder in NZPM since Plumbing World was established in Tauranga during the early 1970s. Mr McCord is community focused and has supported and served on a number of community boards. He has strong governance experience from a range of previous and current roles including being a trustee of Waipuna hospice, two school boards, serving on the Board of Master Plumbers, Gasfitters & Drainlayers NZ Inc, as past president of the BOP Coromandel Master Plumbers. Mr McCord is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr McCord is Chair of NZPM’s Membership Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk and Compliance Committees.

Dean Carroll

Mr Carroll is a professional director with governance and executive experience in New Zealand, Canada and Australia. His experience spans across international supply chain and logistics, energy and derivative trading, major infrastructure investment and operation and mass market retail activity. Mr Carroll is a past CEO of a major Australian energy retailer, and has served on a number of boards, chairing and serving on a wide range of board sub-committees, including being Deputy Chair of Transpower NZ Limited. He is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr Carroll is Chair of NZPM’s Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

John Leen

Mr Leen is the Managing Director of JLP Limited and JLP Commercial Limited. The companies are Wellington based contracting businesses concentrating on major commercial projects. Mr Leen is a Certifying Plumber and Drainlayer with over 30 years’ experience as a business owner in the industry. Mr Leen has undertaken a number of governance roles on commercial and advisory boards including across the plumbing industry including executive member and past President of the Wellington Master Plumbers Association, a director and chair of Master Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers NZ Inc., Masterlink Ltd and NZ Plumbers Journal Ltd. He has also been a member of advisory boards for the Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board, the Skills Organisation and local polytechnics. Mr Leen is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr Leen is Chair of NZPM’s Compliance Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Membership Committees.

Joseph Calkin

Mr Calkin is the Managing Director of F. B. Hall & Co. Limited, a company with over 50 employees and 100 years of operations providing plumbing, gas and drainage services in the Waikato region. Mr Calkin is a Certifying Plumber, Drainlayer and Gasfitter with 35 years of experience in the industry. Mr Calkin has undertaken a number of governance roles in cycling including local club president, regional coordinator positions, a board member of BMX New Zealand Incorporated and various committees and projects with Cycling NZ. Mr Calkin is also a member of the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. Mr Calkin is a former member of the NZPM Future Governance Programme and is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr Calkin is Chair of the Health and Safety Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Peter Faul

Mr Faul is the former owner and Managing Director of Advantage 2010 Limited with branches in Christchurch and Queenstown. The business undertakes plumbing, drainage, gas fitting and mechanical services and operates in a broad cross section of the market from large commercial to domestic and maintenance work. Mr Faul is a qualified Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years’ experience as a business owner in the industry initially in a family business that was a foundation shareholder in NZPM and then in his own business. Mr Faul has a range of governance experience with over 30 years as a company director of various businesses including his own Import and Wholesale and Retail. Mr Faul also led his Master Plumbers association and other community organisations as well as serving as a director, National President and Deputy Chair of Master Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers NZ Inc and Masterlink Ltd. He was also appointed as a director and chair of Queenstown Events Ltd and Lakes Leisure Ltd, companies owned by Queenstown Lakes District Council. He also held a position on the advisory board to the 4 Seasons Retail Group, a nation-wide retail chain. Mr Faul is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr Faul is the Chair of NZPM’s Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk and Health and Safety Committees.

Reuben Cutts

Mr Cutts is the Managing Director and owner of Fixed Price Limited, trading as Cutts Plumbing in the Auckland region. Mr Cutts is a Certifying Plumber, Drainlayer and Gasfitter with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Mr Cutts is a former member of the NZPM Future Governance Programme and was an executive member of Auckland Master Plumbers. He is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr Cutts is a member of the Membership and Compliance Committees.