Debbie Birch

Independent Director appointed in September 2016. Debbie Chairs the Health, Safety and Sustainability Committee (appointed June 2022) and serves on the Audit and Risk Committee and Market Disclosure Committee. Debbie has held various Director and trustee positions for the last 10 years and is currently Chair of Taupō Moana Investments Limited and Raukawa ki te Tonga AHC Limited. Debbie is a Board member of Ngāti Awa Group Holdings Limited and associated subsidiaries, Te Pūia Tāpapa GP Limited, Eastland Group Limited and associated subsidiaries, a Member of Treasury’s Capital Markets Advisory Committee and Te Puna Whakaaronui Thought Leaders Group. Debbie has significant financial, commercial and strategic experience gained in Asia, Australia and New Zealand with more than 30 years’ working in global capital markets.