Eastland Group welcomes new board members
Eastland Group, the New Zealand-based infrastructure, logistics and energy company, has two new directors. Shareholder Trust Tairāwhiti has appointed Candace Kinser and Jim Quinn to the Eastland Group board. They join chair Matanuku Mahuika and directors John Rae, Jon Nichols and Wendie Harvey. Long-serving director Tony Gray retired by rotation.
“The new directors have arrived at a “significant” time for the company and te Tairāwhiti,” said Trust Tairāwhiti chair Paul Reynolds.
Kinser has held executive roles in the infrastructure, technology, health science, FMCG and finance sectors for over 20 years and has been on more than a dozen private, government and listed boards. Quinn's executive career included being the inaugural CEO of KiwiRail, chief of strategy at Auckland Council, and CEO of the Express Couriers joint venture between New Zealand Post and DHL. (mw)