NZ Super Fund CEO & Director Forum 2026

Roy is Co-Founder and Managing Director of New Ground Capital, a specialist investment manager and housing developer pioneering institutional Build-to-Rent and impact investment in New Zealand since 2014. The firm's funds include the Bay of Plenty Housing Equity Fund and the Mercer NZ Residential Property Fund. In 2017 New Ground Capital also co-founded the Impact Enterprise Fund, New Zealand's first committed-capital impact venture fund.

Roy's earlier career spans more than three decades in institutional investment and wealth management, including a global role at Deutsche Bank and a foundational role in establishing the National Bank Private Bank. Outside work, Roy and his wife Rachel are custodians of Mamaku Point Conservation Reserve on Rakiura | Stewart Island.4

David is an experienced Chair, Non-Executive Director and former Chief Executive with more than 35 years of international executive leadership and governance in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

He has a proven track record of leading business transformation, major capital projects, operational improvement and safety leadership across ASX- and NZX-listed companies, private equity portfolio businesses and international joint ventures. His experience spans renewable energy, electricity, gas and LNG, chemicals and infrastructure asset management throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

David currently serves as Chair of Edify Energy and as a Director of Genesis Energy and Cyrq Energy.

Hayden is CEO of Gourmet Paprika Limited, often referred to as NZ Gourmet. NZ Gourmet is an integrated horticultural business, specializing in protected cropping producing blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, tomatoes, capsicum. NZ Gourmet supplies both domestic and export markets and has distribution hubs in Auckland, Sydney and Tokyo.

Hayden has worked for NZ Gourmet since 2021. Prior to that he spent 17 years in various banking roles, working with primary producers across the supply chain in the pastoral, horticulture, and wine sectors.

In April 2023, assumed the role of Kaihautū (Chief Executive) at Ngāi Tahu Holdings. His time began with Ngāi Tahu Holdings in January 2022 when he took on the role of Manahautū Te Whano (Chief Operating Officer).

Prior to his tenure at Ngāi Tahu, Todd spent 16 years at KiwiRail, where he held the positions as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer. Highlights from this period include spearheading the development of the 10-year customer growth strategy and playing a pivotal role in leading KiwiRail's response to the Kaikōura earthquake.

Todd's transition to the role of Chief Executive is anchored in extensive strategic leadership and operational experience.

Becky Lloyd is a professional director specialising in infrastructure and sustainability. She sits on the board of Port Otago, where she also chairs the Sustainability Committee. She is a Director of Connexa Ltd, a mobile tower company, appointed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. She also chairs the Sustainability Reporting Board, a technical sub-board of the External Reporting Board, responsible for setting NZ’s climate reporting standards. Most recently Becky has been appointed to the board of the newly established Queenstown Lakes District 3 Waters CCO. In addition, she is on WM’s sustainability advisory panel, a member of the Queenstown Lakes District Council Climate Reference Group, and a trustee of Kai Commitment (a national food waste reduction non-profit).

Her executive roles have ranged across telecommunications, manufacturing, financial and professional services, and across the private and public sectors. She is former Chief Executive of Toitū Envirocare, a provider of carbon and sustainability certification services, and prior to that spent 15 years at Vodafone, both in the UK and NZ, working across strategy and transformation, business development, and b2b sales and marketing. She is passionate about delivering excellent customer experiences that create value for all stakeholders.

Becky brings a strong long-term lens to board decision-making, and aims to combine her extensive commercial experience with her understanding of climate change and sustainable business to shape organisations to be fit for the future.

Originally from the UK, Becky has called Aotearoa New Zealand home since 2010. She spends her time between Queenstown and Auckland, enjoying the great outdoors as much as possible through skiing, swimming, and tramping.

Chief Executive Officer - Fidelity Life

Campbell is a transformative leader with a passion for building high-performing teams and delivering meaningful change. With a career spanning both the insurance and media industries, Campbell brings a unique blend of strategic insight and customer-centric thinking to the table.

Campbell has proudly led Fidelity Life since October 2023, continuing its NZ-Inc Growth story started in 1973.

Campbell draws on deep executive experience across general and life insurance, having led functions including customer, sales, claims, operations, marketing, and corporate affairs.

Prior to his current role, he was Chief Customer Officer at Suncorp New Zealand, where he was responsible for general insurance revenue and strengthening relationships with partners and brokers. He also held senior leadership roles across Suncorp’s Claims, Operations, and Customer Experience teams.

Before entering insurance, Campbell built a successful career in media – first as a journalist in New Zealand then in executive roles across digital, marketing, sales, and strategy with Fairfax Media / Stuff and NewsCorp Australia.

Campbell is known for his collaborative leadership style, his ability to navigate complexity, and his commitment to delivering better outcomes for customers and communities.

Tony is Chair of Datacom, MyFoodBag, and a Director of Ravensdown, The Warehouse Group and Sanford. He is a previous CEO of Foodstuffs New Zealand, and is a former Chair of Air New Zealand and Fisher and Paykel Healthcare.

Anoop Singh is Awanui’s Chief Executive Officer and has been leading the business since 2011.

Anoop has held senior executive and director roles in the healthcare industry across the Asia-Pacific region, including New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and India, over the past 36 years. His breadth of experience includes a strong understanding of the health sector, pathology operations, corporate governance, strategic health policy, and government relations.

Anoop holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours), a Master’s degree in Economics, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and is a CPA.

Sarah is an infrastructure, construction and energy specialist. She has extensive experience acting for both government and private sector clients in large-scale, complex infrastructure projects and public sector reform programmes.

Sarah has held leading advisory roles on many of New Zealand’s most significant infrastructure and public sector programmes, including the replacement of the Cook Strait Ferries and port infrastructure, Three Waters Reform Programme, Auckland Light Rail, City Rail Link and the Anchor Projects in the Christchurch rebuild. She has acted on all Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) delivered in the New Zealand market.  She has also held inhouse roles offshore and in Genesis Energy.

Sarah served on the inaugural board of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission – Te Waihanga (2019–2024), on the Infrastructure NZ board (2012 – 2019), and a number of Ministerial advisory panels including for health infrastructure, the establishment of the Infrastructure Commission, chairing the EA review of the collapse of transmission pylon, and the review of the institutional arrangements for infrastructure.

Nigel currently a Partner at Climatalist, where he advises companies in New Zealand and overseas on scaling up groundbreaking, first-of-a-kind technologies and is developing investment platforms that address systemic failures in mobilising capital for sustainable, regenerative solutions and improving access to capital for under-served communities. 

Nigel’s background includes leadership and governance roles across investment, strategic development and commercialisation, working with companies across diverse industries, stages of development, and geographies. As Director of Programs at the Centre for Sustainable Finance, Nigel created policy and market development tools for the New Zealand government and established an innovation platform to catalyse and accelerate novel finance solutions for the energy sector. He was previously Chief Investment Officer at Toha Foundry, developing innovative finance products for nature-based solutions, and earlier led the International Direct Investment team at the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, overseeing global investments across energy, infrastructure and specialty real estate. Nigel currently serves as a Director of LanzaTech, FarmRight and CTF Pledge Pioneers and has held several other governance roles, including a member of the investment committee for Te Pūia Tāpapa.

Kaingaroa Tipu Ltd ( Formerly Kaingaroa Timberlands) is the Management Company for the Kaingaroa Tipu Partnership, which owns the Kaingaroa Forest Estate in the Central North Island. NZ Super is an investor in this business.

I have an extensive background in the forest and wood products industry globally, coupled with diverse governance experience including

• Previous Managing Director of Nelson Forests

• Chair of Cawthron Institute

• Chair of Stuart Drummond Transport

• Director of E.R. Freeman Roofing

• Director of Koata Limited

• Committee Member of Tainui Kāwhia Incorporation ( Whānau Incorporation)

• Strategic Advisor – Portfolio Management- Global Forest Partners.

David is co-owner of an investment consulting firm, Māpua Wealth. He is an experienced company director and trustee, with particular expertise in renewable energy. He is currently a director of Galileo Green Energy (backed by NZ Super) and NZ Local Government Funding Agency. He is a member of the investment committee of the iwi-backed private equity fund Te Puia Tāpapa and is a trustee of the NZ Refining staff pension fund.

David spent eight years at the NZ Superannuation Fund, much of it as Head of Investment Analysis. He was involved in the infrastructure, forestry, farmland and insurance mandates, a member of the Fund’s investment committee, and led the Responsible Investment team.

David previously worked as an economist for the OECD in Paris, the National Bank and the RBNZ. He holds a Master of Science (Distinction) from the London School of Economics and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors.

In his spare time David enjoys boating and spending time with his family.

Jon Hartley is Chair of Kaingaroa Tipu, Zero Invasive Predators, a director of Ngāi Tahu Holdings and Special Adviser to NEXT Foundation. His previous governance roles include Kiwibank, ASB, Sovereign Assurance, Chorus, Mercury Energy, Air New Zealand, and SkyCity. Jon has more than 30 years of voluntary leadership experience, including chairing VisionFund International, the global microfinance subsidiary of World Vision, and the Wellington City Mission. Earlier in his career, he worked across the UK, Sudan, Zambia, and Australia in executive roles including CEO and CFO. Jon is also an ordained Anglican priest.

He graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and is a past Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Institutes in England and Wales, a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Jon lives in Wellington with his wife, Chris, and together they have four adult children and four mokopuna.

Lindsay Smartt has been a professional non-executive company director for over 10 years and is based in Sydney. During that time he has served as chair, director, committee chair on numerous boards / trustees including large Australian superannuation funds, insurance companies (life, general, lenders mortgage and reinsurance), aged care, child care, public employment and community services.

Lindsay is currently on the boards of Fidelity Life Assurance, Hannover Life Re of Australasia and Mission Australia.

During his executive career, Lindsay worked in the financial services sector in a number of senior finance and risk roles for large Australian and global groups in the financial services sector and also as a consultant in Australia and Asia.

Apart from his current roles, he has served in MLC, Nab, Westpac, Salvation Army, Insignia Financial, ANZ, BT Financial Group, Munich Re and The Infants Home.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a qualified actuary (in both Australia and New Zealand) by profession.

Scott Pickering is an experienced Chair, Director and former global CEO with more than 35 years’ leadership experience across the insurance, healthcare and financial services sectors in New Zealand and internationally.

He is currently Independent Chair of Evolution Healthcare, Fidelity Life Assurance Company and CGU Insurance Australia, and serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Insurance Australia Group (ASX:IAG), IAG New Zealand, Kiwi Group Capital and Bowls New Zealand. He is also an External Advisor to Bain & Company and Principal of Engage Consulting, providing strategic and leadership advice to organisations undergoing transformation.

Prior to his governance career, Scott was Chief Executive of New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) from 2013 to 2021, where he led one of the organisation’s most significant business transformations. Earlier executive roles included senior leadership positions with Willis Towers Watson, Royal & Sun Alliance, ACE Insurance and CIGNA, with responsibilities spanning Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Scott has extensive experience leading large-scale organisational transformation, strategy, governance and customer-focused change in complex, highly regulated industries. Having lived and worked across multiple international markets, he brings a broad global perspective to board leadership and organisational performance.

He is a Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and an Associate Certified Insurance Professional (ANZIIF).

Kate is a Partner in our property team specialising in property and local government law with extensive experience in leasing (all aspects including retail, commercial and industrial), commercial property transactions (sales and acquisitions), development (development agreements, mixed use and large-scale developments). Kate acts for a number of private and public sector clients on property related matters and has a breadth of experience working with the retail, commercial, office, industrial and residential property sectors.

Of Ngāti Maniapoto descent, Kate has a strong focus on her own iwi interests and the wider Maori community and is a representative for her hapu Ngāwaero on Waipa District Council's consultative committee Ngā Iwi o Toopu o Waipā. Kate is also deputy chair and trustee of the South Waikato Investment Fund Trust (SWIFT), a community-owned economic development fund dedicated to growth and development of business in the South Waikato, and a director of the Kaha Ake Partnership, a land development company established by Tauranga-based developer Classic Group and the NZ Super Fund which aims to use its scale and capital to increase housing supply in New Zealand.

Kate has been practicing law since 2004, joining Tompkins Wake in 2013 and was promoted to Partner in 2018.  She has been named a Recommended Lawyer, Real Estate and Construction, in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Jim has 35 years’ experience in agribusiness across farming, banking and leading large scale operations. He is at ease across the rural sector, from his Banks Peninsula farm to the farms, orchards and vineyards he oversees at FarmRight, through to working with executives and directors across supply chains, finance and regulation. He brings strong strategic and commercial expertise, shaped by leadership roles in farming, investment and finance.

As Chief Executive of FarmRight, Jim has grown the business from the original three farms, to 59 in New Zealand, with assets under management of $1.4 billion, and he is a director of the FarmRight Australia business. He is also a director of FMG Insurance and Ag Assist, and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors.

Greg was appointed to the role of Group CEO for the entire company in 2018, following nine years as CEO of Datacom’s New Zealand business. Greg’s dynamic leadership, deep insight and customer obsession have been vital components to the continued success of the business across New Zealand, Australia and the Asia region. He started his IT career back in 1990 when CD-ROMs were standard issue, working with Terrabyte Interactive - an early New Zealand web pioneer.He joined Datacom in 1997 as general manager of internet services and in 2000 took responsibility for the Auckland software development business. The next year he took over the Wellington team as well as Director/CEO – systems and integration. Greg has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science from the University of Canterbury.

Will Heath is Chief Executive Officer of FarmRight Australia, where he leads the management of large-scale agricultural investments in Australia on behalf of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

Will's career spans both the agriculture and resources industries. He began working in cattle, sheep, and broadacre cropping businesses, developing a strong appreciation for the importance of people, operational excellence, and long-term stewardship in successful farming enterprises.

He later spent more than a decade with Rio Tinto in international commercial and sales roles, gaining experience in global markets, supply chains, and operations.

For the past 15 years, Will has focused on agricultural investment management, helping build and oversee diversified farmland portfolios across Australia. Throughout that time, he has worked closely with long-term institutional investors to align operational performance with sustainable value creation to deliver positive long-term impacts for investors, communities, and the land.

Bella’s Iwi affliations are Waikato Tainui and Ngāti Maniapoto. She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. She is also a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand. Her career has been primarily in oil and gas based in the UK for almost a decade working for Shell International. Since returning to NZ she has worked in the electricity sector. Bella is now a professional director and holds public and private sector positions nationally and locally including Deputy Chair of Te Nehenehenui Trust (Maniapoto), Chair of the Lines Company, Board Member of ACC, Independent Director on New Zealand Health Investments Ltd (Awanui), and Director on Aotearoa Fisheries Limited (Moana).

Professional director and Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of executive, commercial and governance experience across New Zealand and Australia. Current portfolio includes independent, and executive directorships spanning retirement living, listed hospitality, iwi commercial assets, construction services and business-to-business operations. Former CFO of NZX-listed Metlifecare and Dorchester Pacific, with deep experience in audit and risk, capital markets, property development, organisational transformation, stakeholder management and long-term value creation.

Ian Passau is Chief Executive Officer of Beachlands South and has more than 35 years' experience in property and development. He has held executive and senior leadership roles with Arvida Group, Kiwi Property, Foodstuffs North Island and Auckland Airport, and has been involved in the planning and delivery of major residential, commercial, mixed-use, retail, industrial, and land development projects throughout New Zealand.

DAs Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Alvarez oversees legal, compliance and risk management activities for Longroad Energy.

In addition, Mr. Alvarez served for ten years as Chief Operating Officer responsible for managing all engineering, procurement, construction and asset management activities for Longroad Energy.  In addition, he oversaw the HR, ESG, IT, External Affairs and Facilities functions.

Mr. Alvarez co-founded Longroad in 2016 after leaving SunEdison where he was Executive Vice President of Global EPC and Global Asset Management managing all engineering, procurement, construction and asset management, IT and Facilities activities for SunEdison around the world. 

Prior to SunEdison’s acquisition of First Wind in 2015, Mr. Alvarez served as President and Chief Financial Officer of First Wind, where he oversaw Finance & Accounting, Development, EPC, Operations, HR, IT, and Facilities for nearly ten years.

Matt Harker is an experienced company director with extensive governance, investment and commercial leadership experience across the private and public sectors. His career has spanned investment banking, executive leadership and governance, providing strategic oversight of major investment, development and organisational transformation while working closely with boards, central and local government agencies and key stakeholders to deliver long-term value.

Matt has more than 20 years’ governance experience across organisations with a strong social and community purpose, spanning housing, health, infrastructure, intergenerational wealth management, urban regeneration and development. He is passionate about creating enduring value through strong governance, strategic thinking and collaborative leadership.

James Pinner is an experienced investor specializing in global-facing New Zealand startups and venture capital funds. With an extensive corporate finance background spanning startups to multinational corporations, he brings global expertise in M&A, capital restructuring, and governance. James is a Fellow of the ICAEW, a member of the NZ Institute of Directors, and a strategic advisor across diverse sectors including Tech, Biotech, Media, and Natural Resources.