Board of Directors

David Dew is a commercial and personal lawyer and principal of Blenheim legal firm Dew and Company . He has been a member of the Board since December 2001 . David is a director of Nelson Electricity Ltd and a director of various other companies .

Ken Forrest has been the Managing Director of the Company since 1993, prior to which he was General Manager of the Marlborough Electric Power Board . Ken has a long history of service to the New Zealand electricity industry including: former Chairman of the New Zealand Electricity Networks Association, Vice- President of the Electricity Supply Association, President of the Electricity Managers Association and member of the Electricity Supply Engineers Association and Electrical Development Association . His current directorships include: Nelson Electricity Ltd, Otago Power Services Ltd, OtagoNet and Cuddon Ltd – along with other private companies .

Terry Shagin has been a member of Marlborough Lines Board of Directors since December 2001 . Prior to moving to Marlborough in 1982, Terry was senior partner in a Los Angeles legal firm . He has served on several New Zealand boards and is currently a director of Telephony Video Data Ltd, Chairman of No . 1 Family Estate, and a member of the OtagoNet Joint Venture Management Committee .

Des Ashton has been a Board member since August 2003 . He has a background in senior management, directorships and consulting in the RNZAF, civil aviation and technology industries in New Zealand and overseas, including senior management appointments at Safe Air Ltd, Ansett Australia, Air New Zealand, Port Marlborough, Ashton Technologies Ltd and the Ministry of Defence .

Ross Butler is a professional company director, and has been a member of the Board since 2007 . He has an international executive and board background in insurance, banking, investments, strategy and governance . Ross is Chair of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, and the Code Committee for Financial Advisers . He is Deputy Chair of GNS Science Limited, Swimming New Zealand, and a director of Mercer Investment Nominees NZ Ltd.

Jo Buckner joined the Board in September 2009 . She has strategic leadership experience across the private and public sectors and has undertaken governance roles in not-for-profit organisations . Within central government, Jo has worked on a range of energy, natural resource management and primary sector policy issues, including the National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation . Her private sector experience includes supply chain management and operational improvement initiatives with Fletcher Wood Panels, Fletcher Forests, Messenger Services Ltd and New Zealand Post.