Vern Dark (Chair)

Mr Dark has been on the NorthTec Council since April 2005 and holds the role of Council Chair. Mr Dark has a wealth of experience leading businesses and was Managing Director of Fletcher Challenge Petrochemicals, Chief Executive of the Northland Dairy Co-operative and Chief Executive of the Northland Port Corporation. He is currently a board member of a number of commercial enterprises.

Erima Henare (Deputy Chair)

Mr Henare (Ngati Hine, Ngāpuhi) was appointed to the Council in 2010 and has previously provided specialist advice on Mäori issues to NorthTec. Mr Henare is the principal of Koti Whero Ltd and is currently a member of the Waitangi National Trust Board, Chairman of the Māori Language Commission, a member of The Arts Council, Creative New Zealand and a member of the Northland District Health Board. Mr Henare has previously provided specialist advice on Māori issues to NorthTec and has a good understanding of the sector.

Susan Cullen

Professor Cullen (Ngati Maniapoto) was appointed to the Council in 2010. Ms Cullen has worked for 20 years in tertiary training and education both in New Zealand and internationally. Ms Cullen and her husband operate a dairy farming enterprise in Southland and reside in the Waikato. Ms Cullen has a broad spectrum of interests in educational leadership, community development, employment and trade skills.

Clare Davies-Colley

Mrs Davies-Colley has been reappointed to the Council. She commenced her term with the NorthTec Council in 2009. She is a Chartered Accountant with a background in auditing, financial accounting and business management. She is currently a director of a number of private companies.

Warren Moyes

Mr Moyes has been reappointed to the Council after commencing his term in 2009. He is a shareholder in Northpower Australia Ltd and in West Coast Energy Ltd. He has held a number of appointments in the teaching, tourism, agriculture, boating and automotive industries.

Brian Roberts

Mr Roberts was appointed to the Council in 2010 and is General Manager of Destination Northland. He has had a 37-year career in the New Zealand and international travel industry specialising in consumer marketing areas, having worked for major international airlines such as Air New Zealand and the Passport United Travel Group. Prior to arriving in Northland in 1997, Mr Roberts was Marketing Manager for Tourism Auckland for three years before being approached to move to Northland and set up Destination Northland. He then went on to establish Enterprise Northland in 2001. Mr Roberts is currently responsible for marketing Northland as a visitor destination in partnership with local government and more than 1,000 visitor-related businesses in the region. 

Anna Elizabeth Cassels-Brown

Ms Cassels-Brown was appointed to the Council in 2013. She is an experienced corporate professional with particular expertise in health and safety, human resources, leadership and organisational development and organisational strategy development and execution. Ms Cassels-Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts and is a member of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand and the Institute of Directors in New Zealand. Prior to her appointment to the Council, Ms Cassels-Brown was Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Laboratory Ltd and the Petroleum Skills Association of New Zealand. She is currently a member of the Refining NZ Leadership Team.



 

Jane Hindle

Mrs Hindle was appointed to the Council in 2013. She has been involved in the data and telecommunications industry for 23 years working both in the UK, Europe and New Zealand, with 12 years on the board of the Telecommunications Users Association NZ. Since moving to the Far North in 2000, she has served 4-years on the Board of Enterprise Northland, and is Executive Trustee of the R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust, which delivers tourism products and provides youth development programmes. She has spent 3 years studying Te Ara Reo Māori with Te Wānanaga o Aotearoa and is presently undertaking a Post Graduate Diploma Māori Development with Auckland University.