Roderick Sheldon Deane
PhD, BCom (Hons), FACA, FCIS, FNZIM, Honorary LLD, Independent Chairman of Directors, Chairman of the Nominations Committee

Dr Deane has had a broadly based career in business, the executive branch of government, and central banking. He is currently chairman of Fletcher Building, Fletcher Building Finance, the New Zealand Seed Fund, and the IHC Foundation. Dr Deane is a director of Woolworths and a member of the Advisory Board of Pacific Road Corporate Finance, both of which are headquartered in Australia. He is Patron of New Zealand’s largest voluntary welfare organization, IHC Inc. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the NZ Association of Economists and the Centre for Independent Studies in Australia.

Paul Edward Baines
BCA, FCA, MPP, FInstD, Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nominations Committee

Mr Baines has an extensive background in financial and strategic management and has wide experience as a director in both the public and private sectors. He is chairman of Barnardos New Zealand and is a director of Fletcher Building Finance, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the New Zealand School of Music, The Todd Corporation, and is a board member of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. He is a trustee of the Chamber Music New Zealand Trust.

Hugh Alasdair Fletcher
MCom (Hons), MBA (Stanford), BSc, Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit and Nominations Committees

Mr Fletcher has had extensive management experience and now holds a number of directorships and advisory positions. He is chairman of IAG New Zealand and a director of IAG Finance (New Zealand), Rubicon, Fletcher Building Finance, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Vector and Insurance Australia Group. He is Chancellor of the University of Auckland.

John Frederick Judge
BCom, IMD, Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit and Nominations Committees

Mr Judge has considerable experience in Australasian business and brings further financial and analytical knowledge to the board. His highly successful career includes various roles within Ernst & Young culminating in the position of chief executive of Ernst & Young New Zealand. He retired from that role in 2007. He is chairman of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and a member of both the Auckland and Otago University Business Schools’ advisory boards.

Jonathan Peter Ling
B Eng, MBA, Managing Director

Mr Ling is the chief executive officer and managing director of the company. He has extensive management experience in competitive manufacturing business through his senior management roles in the group’s Laminates & Panels division from 2003 to 2006, and before that in Pacifica, Visy and Nylex. Mr Ling is also a director of Fletcher Building Finance. He is a member of the Climate Change Leadership Forum, Capital Market Development Taskforce and Growth and Innovation Advisory Board.

Geoffrey James McGrath
MIIE, Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees

Mr McGrath has had extensive management experience in the Australian building products industry, including 10 years as the managing director of GWA International, a manufacturer and marketer of consumer and building products. Mr McGrath retired as managing director of that company in 2003. He is a director of GWA International and Fletcher Building Finance, and chairman of the Australian listed company, Campbell Brothers.

Sir Dryden Spring
DSc (Hon), Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Nominations Committee

Sir Dryden has a long-standing record of leadership, in a range of industries. He is chairman of ANZ National Bank and a director of Port of Tauranga, Sky City Entertainment Group, Northport and Fletcher Building Finance. He is a member of the New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust and a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a member emeritus of the International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food and Trade and is on the advisory board of Visy Industries.

Kerrin Margaret Vautier
CMG, BA, FInstD, Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit and Nominations Committees

Mrs Vautier is a research economist specialising in competition law and economics. She has served on a number of Government agencies, including as a member of the New Zealand Commerce Commission, and has been a director of several New Zealand listed companies. Currently, she is a director of Fletcher Building Finance, adviser to the Partnership Board of Deloitte, and chair of the New Zealand Asia Institute’s Advisory Board. She also chairs the Musica Sacra Trust. Mrs Vautier is a lay member of the High Court under the Commerce Act and a senior part-time lecturer in the University of Auckland’s Commercial Law Department and Law Faculty.

Ralph Graham Waters
CP Eng, FIE Aust, M Bus, Non Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees

Mr Waters has extensive management experience in the Australasian building products industry including as managing director of Email, a major Australian industrial company, and until 31 August 2006 as the chief executive officer and managing director of Fletcher Building. He is also a director of Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings, Fonterra Co-operative Group, Westpac New Zealand and Fletcher Building Finance.