Board of Directors
DAVID DEW
Chairman, LLB
David Dew is a commercial and personal lawyer and principal of Blenheim legal firm Dew and Company. He has been a member of the Board since December 2001. David is a director of Nelson Electricity Ltd and No.1 Family Estate Ltd and Managing Director of River Farm Wines Ltd.
KEN FORREST
Managing Director,
BSc Hons (Eng), MIPENZ
Ken Forrest has been the Managing Director of the Company since 1993, prior to which he was General Manager of the Marlborough Electric Power Board. Ken has a long history of service to the New Zealand electricity industry including: former Chairman of the New Zealand Electricity Networks Association, Vice-President of the Electricity Supply Association, President of the Electricity Managers Association and member of the Electricity Supply Engineers Association and Electrical Development Association. His current directorships include: Nelson Electricity Ltd, Otago Power Services Ltd, and OtagoNet.
TERRY SHAGIN
JD (UCLA), BA (CSUN)
Terry Shagin has been a member of Marlborough Lines Board of Directors since December 2001 and is a member of the OtagoNet board. Prior to moving to Marlborough in 1982, Terry was senior partner in a Los Angeles legal firm. He has served on several New Zealand boards and is currently a director of Telephony Video Data Ltd, Chairman of No. 1 Family Estate, and a member of the OtagoNet Joint Venture Management Committee.
DES ASHTON
BE, CEng (UK), MRAeS
Des Ashton has been a member of the Marlborough Lines Board of Directors since August 2003. He has a background in senior management, directorships and consulting in the RNZAF, civil aviation and technology industries in New Zealand and overseas including senior management appointments at Safe Air Ltd, Ansett Australia, Air New Zealand, Port Marlborough, Ashton Technologies Ltd and the Ministry of Defence.
ROSS BUTLER
BA (Econ), Grad Dip, Applied Fin & Investments
Ross Butler is a professional company director, and has been a member of the Board since 2007. He has an international executive and board background in insurance, banking, investments, strategy and governance. Ross is Chair of Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and The Institute of Financial Advisers of New Zealand. He is Deputy Chair of GNS Science Ltd and Swimming New Zealand.