Rob Kidd (B Com) - CEO, NZPM. Mr Kidd was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of NZPM Co-operative in October 2020 having been the General Manager of Plumbing World since July 2011.
Mr Kidd has extensive general management experience in the building and construction industry covering the manufacturing, contracting, distribution, trade and retail business sectors. Mr Kidd joined the building industry in 1990 at the Fletcher Building company Dimond Roofing before moving to James Hardie in 1996, where he held a number of senior positions over a fourteen year period both in New Zealand and internationally. His last role at James Hardie was as General Manager for New Zealand, a position he held for just under six years.
Immediately prior to joining Plumbing World Limited, Mr Kidd ran his own consulting business, undertaking management and advisory services to the building and construction industry in Australia and New Zealand. Passionate about the on-going development of the industry, Mr Kidd has sat on various industry boards and associations over the years including the Building Research Association of NZ (BRANZ) and Building Industry
Federation, and is currently a Director of Argus Fire Protection Limited and several related group of companies, and a Board Advisor to Clevaco Limited. Mr Kidd holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Lincoln University and is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.).