Neal Barclay

Neal brings extensive commercial, sustainability and leadership experience having served most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Energy, New Zealand's largest electricity generator and retailer.

At Meridian Neal held several senior leadership roles including as Chief Financial Officer, General Manager of Wholesale and Generation, and General Manager of Retail. In these roles, he has led large scale cultural change, championed a customer first approach to business and driven substantial renewable energy growth.

He also spent 13 years with Telecom New Zealand, holding a variety of senior finance leadership positions, and is also a non-executive director of Chorus in New Zealand.