Board of Directors

John re-joined the NZX Board on 10 May 2023. He has extensive industry experience in the finance sector, including a background in technology, company turnarounds and transformation, and entrepreneurial small cap governance. He has spent more than 30 years in the Australasian equity markets, predominantly as an equity analyst (covering a broad range of industries), and was Head of Equities at ABN AMRO. John has worked for CS First Boston, BZW, Morgan Stanley, ABN AMRO, and Walker Capital, and was Managing Director of ASB Securities for three years. He now manages his own investment portfolio. John is a director of several small cap NZX-listed companies: Solution Dynamics (Chair) and AoFrio (Chair of Audit Committee). He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), an MBA and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.

Dame Paula joined the NZX Board in February 2023. She is a leading Auckland-based economist and company director, who was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015 for services to the State. Dame Paula has extensive professional experience in corporate and public services governance. She is a Director of NZX-listed Vector, Bluecurrent Australia and Bluecurrent New Zealand, and also serves on unlisted entities including AIA Sovereign Insurance New Zealand, Auckland One Rail, Chair of Asia Pacific Healthcare Group, and Sealink New Zealand, among others. Dame Paula is a former Chair of the New Zealand Commerce Commission, and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC); was a Deputy Chair of KiwiRail, and a Director of Auckland Transport. She is a member of the Clearing, Nominations and Human Resources and Remuneration committees.

Lindsay was appointed as a director in February 2018 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. She has more than 35 years’ financial services and funds management experience locally and globally. She has held a range of senior roles in the funds management sector both globally and regionally (APAC) for Matthews Asia, BNY Mellon Investment Management, Invesco Hong Kong, Harvest Funds and Deutsche Asset Management. Lindsay started her career with Bankers Trust, becoming CFO/COO before moving to Deutsche Asset Management. Lindsay also brings extensive governance experience spanning 14 years, serving on boards of both listed and private companies. Lindsay is a director of ASX-listed Navigator Global Investments, and Spark and Milford Asset Management (where she is Chair of both companies’ Audit and Risk Committees). Her previous board appointments include Kiwibank and the Guardians of the NZ Super Fund, where she was Deputy Board Chair and Audit and Risk Committee Chair. Lindsay has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Frank was appointed as a director in May 2017. Frank has an extensive understanding of New Zealand’s capital markets having spent more than two decades working for Craigs Investments Partners where he led the business for 16 years as Managing Director through a period of significant growth and expansion between 2005 to March 2021. In addition during this period, he was also Chair of Australian-based Wilsons Advisory and Stockbroking, former member and Chair of New Zealand Securities Association, and sat on several of Craigs Investment Partners’ subsidiary Boards. Frank is an accredited NZX Adviser, Financial Adviser (FA), and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors. Frank is a Director of Avion Private advising corporates, trusts and individuals

Elaine was appointed as a director in February 2019. She has more than 20 years’ executive experience, primarily in financial and capital markets, and the IT and telecommunications industry. Elaine is the Chief Legal, Governance and External Relations Officer at NZXlisted SkyCity Entertainment Group. She was previously the Executive General Manager of Fibre Access at Chorus. During her time on the NZX executive team from 2002 to 2008, Elaine led the demutualisation and listing of NZX and was responsible for the insourcing of regulatory functions, along with chairing Smart. Elaine spent five years at the Financial Markets Authority as Director of Compliance before joining AMP as an executive director and General Counsel. She has previously worked in the UK and USA for multinational Sun Microsystems.

Peter joined the NZX Board in January 2022, following his appointment to the Technology Committee in April 2021. He brings more than 35 years’ financial markets IT experience – including trading, surveillance, clearing, depository and settlement systems. Peter is a capital markets consultant with Accenture prior to which he led the Market Infrastructure Business Development team at LSEG and was Senior Vice President at Nasdaq’s Global Technology Services group. In Peter’s earlier career he worked for NZSE (New Zealand Stock Exchange), where he played a key role in automation of the exchange, including the implementation of electronic settlement and automated trading technology.

Rachel was appointed as a director in October 2022. She is an independent director on the Boards of IAG New Zealand, Asteron Life (Chairing the Board Audit and Risk Committee), and Chartered Accountants ANZ (Chairing the People and Remuneration Committee), and a member of the External Reporting Advisory Panel (XRAP). A Fellow of Chartered Accountants ANZ and Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, she holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland. Rachel’s executive career includes Group CFO of Datacom Group and Abano Healthcare, with senior finance roles in Rank Group, and PwC. She has extensive experience across financial services, technology, health care, private equity, and professional services, and is among a select group of women who have served as CFOs of NZX-listed entities.