Powerco
Chris Taylor currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer at Powerco since October 2016. Prior experience includes the role of General Manager Finance at Counties Power from March 2015 to September 2016 and a partnership position at PwC from 2001 to March 2015, specializing in consulting, finance, and economics, along with corporate finance. Earlier career roles encompass Associate Director at PwC UK and Manager at Price Waterhouse, focusing on audit and valuations. Chris Taylor holds an Advanced Management Programme from Columbia University, an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Canterbury.
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Powerco
Our business is in lines and pipes, the vital infrastructure that connects homes and businesses with the electricity and gas they need. Powerco is New Zealand’s largest electricity distributor in terms of network length (27,900km) and has the second largest number of electricity connections (336,000). The company also has the second largest gas distribution network (5815km) and the largest number of gas connections (106,000). It is one of only two dual-energy distributors in the country. We have around 430 (full-time equivalent) employees across branches in New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington and Tauranga.