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Our Board

Ngarimu Blair

Trust Representative Director
Named the Inaugural Emerging Māori Business Leader by the Auckland University’s Business School, Ngarimu Blair is the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust representative for Whai Rawa.

A geographer, with over 15 years’ experience in advancing a range of iwi issues in Auckland City, he is regularly called upon by the media and political influencers.

Ngarimu is a Director for Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, as well as Member of the Board of Trustees at Sir Peter Blake Trust, on the Board of the National Science Challenge, and Chair of the Settlement Protection Team.

He is passionate about Auckland tribal histories, kaitiakitanga, and taking care of our environment for a better New Zealand.

Tanya Povey

Whānau Director
Tanya Povey joins the Board with a wealth of knowledge and experience to add to the team, having spent several years in leadership positions within non-governmental organisations and Trusts.

Tanya has spent much of her career in the health sector and is focussed on delivering positive outcomes for whānau.

Chris Gudgeon

Independent Director
Chris Gudgeon has been involved in property investment, development and construction in New Zealand for more than 30 years. He was previously Chief Executive of Kiwi Property Group and Capital Properties NZ Ltd.

Chris is a director of Crown Infrastructure Partners and Argosy Property, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and is a past President of Property Council New Zealand.

Jim Quinn

Independent Director
Jim is an experienced director, chief executive and executive manager. He is currently chair at Payments New Zealand, ComplyPro and SmartCo Ltd. He is chair and a shareholder in Tubman Heating and a director at Ubiquitome and Eastland Group. He is also a partner in QLG Advisory. His governance experience includes past Chair of MCom, Lyttleton Port, Ngai Tahu Tanui GoBus and Intilecta.

His executive career included being the inaugural CEO of KiwiRail, Chief of Strategy at Auckland Council, and CEO of Express Couriers joint venture between New Zealand Post and DHL. He has had General Management roles in New Zealand Post, Advantage Group (EFTPOS Industry), WEL Energy, QED Software and New Zealand Couriers.

Future Directors

One of the most rewarding aspects of Whai Rawa’s role is the Future Director programme. Our Future Director programme has gone from strength to strength, allowing the future of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to put themselves forward for the opportunity to sit alongside the Whai Rawa Board for a term of two years. Dane Grey finished his term as Whai Rawa’s inaugural future director in June 2017, after which we made two further appointments – Stacey Perillo and Te Arepa Morehu. The current Future Directors are Faiz Salim and Otene Hopa, read more about Faiz and Otene here.

Otene Hopa

Otene, Maori Advisor, an orator in both Te Reo Māori and English, and renowned kapa haka exponent, is thrilled to be given the opportunity to further his connection with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and share whakaaro (ideas) that explore a range of possibilities for the betterment of the hapū.

Raised in Whangārei, Otene believes this role allows him to reconnect to his Ōrākei taha. Otene looks forward to spending more time at the papakāinga while learning about the commercial interests of the hapū and its extensive property portfolio.

Faiz Salim

Faiz, a Project Manager in Civil Engineering, sees this role as a chance to sit alongside leaders in the industry and get a sense of how decisions are made that impact whānau.

Faiz looks forward to deepening his understanding of governance and how that differs from operations management.

We will regularly check in with Faiz and Otene so we can follow their two-year journey.

Former Future Directors 2017 - 2019

Stacey Perillo

Stacey had little prior exposure to governance but after ten years in corporate roles she was familiar with formal commercial environments. With a degree in business and marketing, Stacey has forged a career in digital media and is currently Senior Commercial Product Manager at Fairfax Media.

For Stacey, whose father grew up on Kitemoana Street, the chance to gain valuable boardroom exposure at a young age is an honour.

Te Arepa Morehu

As a senior business analyst for Spark, Te Arepa, who is 32, already had some previous exposure to governance but “on the other side of the fence” in his dealings with Spark’s executive team.

With his technical background and degree in software development, Te Arepa is already searching for where he can offer his input and contribute to the future growth of the hapū.

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