Catherine was appointed to the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation on 1 November 2018, and appointed Chair on 1 April 2021.

Catherine Drayton is a professional company director. Her governance roles include Chair of Christchurch International Airport, SparkTowerco Limited and Mint Innovation and director of Southern Cross Medical Care Society, Southern Cross Hospitals and Genesis Energy. Former directorships include Beca Group, Ngai Tahu Holdings, technology company PowerbyProxi (which was acquired by Apple) and Meridian Energy. Catherine is based in Canterbury. In her earlier executive life she was partner in charge of audit and advisory services for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Central/Eastern Europe, with her speciality being mergers & acquisitions.

Committee membership:

Audit

John Williamson was appointed to the Board of the Guardians 30 May 2016. His term of office expires 30 September 2025. John is a private company investor. He has held leadership roles in listed and private equity-owned companies across multiple sectors, including Group Chief Executive of ACG Education, Group Managing Director of Hellaby Holdings and senior leadership positions with Fletcher Building and Bendon. Previous governance experience includes Hellaby Holdings, Hockey New Zealand and numerous distribution, manufacturing, industrial services, retail and education businesses in New Zealand and Australia.

John is Chair of Ritchies Transport Holdings and a former Chair of Hockey New Zealand. Previous directorships include Global Academic Group Holdings, Hellaby Holdings and associated companies.

Committee membership:

Audit and Employee Policy and Remuneration

Doug Pearce was first appointed to the Board of the Guardians 30 May 2016 and reappointed 1 October 2020. His second term of office expires on 30 September 2023. Doug was the founding Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, with over $100B in assets under management. He held these positions from 1988 till he retired in 2014 and has over 35 years of experience in the capital markets.

Doug has also served as director and Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG), the Pacific Pension Institute (PPI), and the Pension Investment Association of Canada (PIAC). He has a keen interest in business strategy and good governance and has been a member of the advisory board at the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and the Faculty Advisory Board at UBC Sauder School of Business. Doug also sits on the boards of Fortis BC and the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia.

Committee membership:

Audit Committee – Chair

Henk is a Professor of Finance at the University of Auckland and has a fractional appointment as research professor at the University of Sydney. He completed his PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam and has published extensively in leading finance journals. He was adjunct director at Arthur Andersen Global Corporate Finance, and has acted as consultant for a number of multinationals and market regulators around the world.

Former directorships include SIRCA, ltd. a not-for profit organisation with the mission to promote financial research, and RoZetta Technology Ltd, a big-data analytics organisation based in Sydney. Henk also serves as president of the Dutch language school in Auckland. Henk was appointed to the Guardians Board on 1 October 2018 and his term ends 30 September 2022.

Committee membership:

Audit