The Board governs ACC and its functions, and delegates the day-to-day management of ACC to the Chief Executive. It comprises eight non-executive members who are appointed by the Minister for ACC. Members are appointed for three years, with the opportunity to be re-appointed for a further three years.
On 13 April 2011 the Minister for ACC the Hon Dr Nick Smith announced the appointment of two new members to the ACC board.
The following people make up the Board of ACC:
- John Judge (Chair)
- John McCliskie (Deputy Chair)
- Rob Campbell
- Murray Hilder
- Jane Huria
- Paula Rebstock
- Jill Spooner
- John Meehan (New member)
John Judge, Chair
Appointed: Chair, March 2009
John is a director of Fletcher Building Ltd and ANZ National Bank. He is chairman of the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation and a member of the University of Otago Business School’s advisory board.
John has significant financial services sector experience. He is a former chief executive of accounting organisation Ernst & Young, leading the firm in New Zealand for 13 years, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.
John McCliskie, Deputy Chair
Appointed: March 2009
Appointed Deputy Chair: April 2011
John is an experienced company director who has been involved with a range of small and medium enterprises, co-operatives and corporate and government entities. He has a strong understanding of financial and accounting principles and practices, including foreign exchange management. He also has a background in international marketing.
John has wide-ranging experience in governance and insurance spanning nearly 30 years. He was a director of the New Zealand Apple & Pear Marketing Board (later Enza) for 20 years, 13 of which were as chair, and a director of Farmers Mutual Group from 1990 until 2008. He was a director of TVNZ from 1999-2002 and of Alliance Group for 14 years.
John is currently a director of Nelson Electricity Ltd, Network Tasman Ltd and Alandale Orchards Ltd, and is chairman of Heartland Group (NZ) Ltd.
Rob Campbell
Appointed: March 2009
Rob has over 25 years’ experience in governance and capital markets.
He is chair of Guinness Peat plc and Turners and Growers Ltd. Rob is also a board member of Ports of Auckland Ltd, Aquasure Pty Ltd, CallPlus Ltd and a number of private companies and investment funds.
Murray Hilder
Appointed: March 2009
Murray has 30 years’ experience as an actuarial consultant. He is an experienced commercial manager with strategic, financial, company taxation, human resources management, ICT project management and marketing skills gained from running diverse businesses.
He is also a former president of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries and a fellow of the New Zealand, Australian and United Kingdom actuary societies.
Jane Huria
Appointed: March 2009
Jane has been a board member for 20 years in public and private sector entities, including as director/shareholder in HSR Governance Ltd, which provides governance and advisory services nationally and internationally.
She is Ngai Tahu, affiliating to Ngai Tuahuriri and has served on various Ngai Tahu commercial boards, including the Ngai Tahu Holdings Corporation for six years. Jane has several governance roles in the Christchurch post-earthquake response.
Paula Rebstock
Appointed: April 2011
Paula is an Auckland based Economist and Company Director. She is Deputy Chair of KiwiRail, Chair of the Insurance and Savings Commission, Director of Health Benefits Limited, a Member of the University of Auckland Business School Advisory Board, and a Non-Executive Director of Synergia Limited. She is also a Lead Reviewer for the Performance Improvement Framework for the State Services Commission.
Paula has been Chair of the Welfare Working Group (2010-2011) and Chair of the New Zealand Commerce Commission (2003-2009) and a Member of the Commission for 11 years.
Other past roles include: Director of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, General Manager with the Department of Labour, as well as Economic Adviser positions with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the New Zealand Treasury. Paula has also worked in the private sector in the United States in the 1980s.
Paula has an economics background, with a BSc (Economics) from the University of Oregon, and a Diploma and a Master of Science Degree (Economics) from the London School of Economics. She has also carried out further post graduate studies at the Kiel Institute of World Economics.
Jill Spooner
Appointed: April 2011
Jill brings to the board financial consultancy skills and experience advising on complex operational, financial and governance risk. As a former actuary and senior consultant at Mercer Human Resource Consulting New Zealand Ltd, she has provided advice on all aspects of the operation of superannuation schemes.
Jill is an independent director of SuperLife Trustees Ltd and a member of the Nominating Committee for the Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. She has served as a member of the Council of the Society of Actuaries and has been chair and vice-chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of New Zealand (now Workplace Savings NZ).
John Meehan
Appointed: July 2011
John has 34 years’ experience as a practising chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand, within the audit and assurance division. He was a partner with the firm for 24 years and retired in December 2010.
He is a member of the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Professional Conduct Committee and the Institute of Directors, anexecutive director of Olivo Ltd and Wairarapa Olives Ltd, a Board member of The Royal New Zealand Ballet and a member of the Audit Committee of the Historic Places Trust.
Last updated: 20 July 2011