New directors appointed to WREDA board

Three new directors - Tracey Bridges, Wayne Mulligan and Kylie Archer – have been appointed to the board of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (WREDA).

Bridges has also been appointed to the board of the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust.

Wellington Mayor Justin Lester and Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Chris Laidlaw, whose councils are the joint shareholders of WREDA, have welcomed the appointments.

Mayor Lester advised “I know Tracey, Wayne and Kylie well – and I know they’ll bring first-rate business, events and community acumen to the board table."

Laidlaw added "it gives me great confidence to see the talent and experience these three new board members will bring to WREDA.

"Leaders in their own fields, Kylie, Wayne and Tracey have a solid mix of experience in many business, technology innovation and cultural disciplines. WREDA is in good hands going into 2018.”

The new appointments bring the WREDA board to eight.

The remaining directors are:

• Peter Biggs - Chair, Chief Executive of a number of advertising agencies, currently Chief Executive of the Assignment Group, formerly a Wellingtonian of the Year.
• Thomas Pippos - National Chief Executive, Deloitte, Director on the Deloitte New Zealand Board and member of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Leadership Council. Previously, he was Tax Policy Advisor to the Minister of Revenue and Finance.
• Grant Guilford - Vice Chancellor/Chief Executive Victoria University, academic, science background. He also served as Director on the boards of UniServices, Genomics NZ, Landcare Research and AgResearch.
• Dave Gibson - currently Chief Executive of the NZ Film Commission, founder of the Gibson Group, a TV production company.
• Matt Clarke - who has been reappointed for a second term. Matt is a senior executive of Wellington International Airport and brings a strong tourism perspective to the WREDA board.

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