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Our Board
Our Board of Directors supports the Chief Executive to set policy and determine the strategic direction for the organisation.
Board Members
Our Board is made up of 4 member elected Directors and up to 4 appointed Directors. Each year, two Board Directors step down. Nominations are sought annually, and members vote for the member elected Directors. The results are announced at our Annual General Meeting in October. The member elected Directors can then appoint up to four additional appointed Directors, as per clause 8.2(b) of our new Constitution
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Our current Directors were appointed at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 24 October 2024.
Board President
Paul Deavoll, Head of Customer & Communications, Orion New Zealand Ltd
Paul is currently Head of Customer & Communications for Orion NZ Ltd. His team is responsible for Orion’s external relationships including communications, stakeholder and customer relationships, internal engagement and Orion’s sustainability strategy and actions.
As an experienced people leader, Paul has a broad range of business capabilities that extend across human capital, commercial, customer management, technical leadership, sales, marketing, channel development, communications and engagement.
In addition to his leadership of Business Canterbury's Board, Paul is also Chairman of the Ronald McDonald House SI Trust Board, and a Trustee on the Christchurch Foundation. Previously, Paul had three years on the NZ Technology Industry Association Board.
Erin Black, Vice Chair
Managing Director, Connect Consultancy
Erin is a Director at Connect Consultancy.
She is also a member of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum and Institute of Directors NZ.Erin was recognised as 'Professional Woman of the Year' by the National Association of Women in Construction NZ in 2019, for her services to the sector and community. She also has experience in the Aviation and Tech industries from her work in Customer Management at Airways New Zealand.
A double degree graduate, Erin holds Bachelors of Commerce (Management) and Arts (Psychology) from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago respectively. Her background in Market Research and Data Science is the foundation for the inquiring mind, sound analytical skills and challenge that she brings to the board table.
Paul Deavoll
Head of Customer & Communications, Orion New Zealand Ltd
Paul has been an elected board member of Business Canterbury since 2019. For Orion NZ Ltd
Hayley Hobson
Director, Drive Accounting Ltd
Hayley has attended monthly board meetings, delivered financial results, and provided strategic advice to clients through her role at Drive Accounting.
Grant Walker, Vice Chair
Founder/CEO, 2BConnected
Grant is CEO and Founder of 2BConnected, a call centre provider that helps businesses with their phone-based sales and customer service needs.
Being surrounded by and bought up in a family of small business owners, running and managing businesses is in Grant's blood. Throughout his career, he has successfully led and developed sales, marketing and customer service teams in call centre operations.
Grant chose Christchurch to set up business because he feels it is a great place to source exceptional talent and community has an innovative and resilient nature which allows businesses to grow and thrive.
Grant offers a unique and proactive approach to business, often viewed as someone who thinks differently, he is very comfortable taking and voicing a view which may differ from the norm, but he respectfully stands up for what I believe is the best solution.
He is energetic, passionate, determined and extremely hard working, with a drive to see all businesses grow and develop further.
Andrew Dallison
Business Consultant
Andrew is currently a Business Consultant operating across the SME segment, a director of Business Vision Consulting Limited, and Partner
His industry experience is equally diverse including, chemicals, consumer and industrial packaging, and building products, and supplying a dynamic NZ Construction sector.
Andrew has held senior leadership roles in several listed and private companies and has relevant governance experience as a Counsellor with Victorian Division of the AIG, (Australian Industry Group), and he is passionate about supporting and building business networks across Canterbury.
Glenn Hansen
Group Financial Controller, Vortex Engineering
Glenn is currently Group Financial Controller for the Vortex Engineering group of companies, based in east Christchurch.
At Vortex, Glenn leads the finance/admin team servicing the Group. In addition to finance, he oversees IT, risk, marketing, internal communications, and external relations for the Group.
Glenn is active in representing Canterbury manufacturers and the broader business community to government through The Chamber, and in contributing to the Advanced Manufacturing ITP and sectoral vocational education redevelopment.
For eight years, he served on the Board of South Island's largest sports club, and he remains a director of a wine company and Trustee of a tourism enterprise.
Oliver Hunt
Founder/CEO, Medsalv
Ollie is the founder/CEO of Medsalv, a medical device reprocessing company based in Christchurch.
Ollie's day-to-day role involves working with the many agencies that power the health sector, driving change at every level of New Zealand’s largest organisations - ranging from the Ministry of Health, Ministry for the Environment, to DHBs, Councils and other central organisations.
Prior to starting Medsalv, he completed a BE(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. Medsalv was started as a component of his M(Eng) in Management - both at the University of Canterbury.
Ollie is passionate about Canterbury as a great place to live, work and play - if he is not at his desk you’ll likely find him mountain biking on the Port Hills, skiing the Craigieburns, or hunting waves somewhere on Banks Peninsula.
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