NZC President
Denis Currie – President
Appointed NZC President: 2009
Dennis was elected as NZC President having previously served 19 years as an NZC Board member. He is a Life Member of Auckland Cricket and Papatoetoe Cricket Club and committed supporter of grassroots cricket.
Previously, Dennis has served as Chairman of Auckland Cricket, on the Board Member of the Eden Park Board of Control, on the NZC National Coaching Committee, as a Director of The Child Health Research Foundation, Director of The Child Health Research Foundation and Director of Counties Manukau Rugby Football.
He is currently Board Chairman of Orthotic Centre (NZ) Limited and President of Cystic Fibrosis Association of NZ.
Denis was Managing Director of Halls Refrigerated Transport Limited (25 years to 1997) and Managing Director of Masonry Distributors (Auckland) Limited (10 years to 2007).
NZC Board
Chris Moller - Chairman »
Brent King »
Rob Hart »
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Therese Walsh »
Don Mackinnon »
Chris Moller - Board Chairman
BCA, Dip Acc, ACA
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2008
Chris is a full time non-executive director, who is Chairman of Meridian Energy Limited and the New Zealand Transport Agency. He is also a Board member of the International Cricket Council, Rugby New Zealand 2011 Limited, the joint venture between the New Zealand Government and the New Zealand Rugby Union responsible for organising Rugby World Cup 2011, and Westpac Stadium in Wellington. Chris is a Director of SKYCITY Entertainment Group Limited, NZX Limited and Westpac New Zealand Limited.
Chris was the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union for five years until December 2007, during which time he jointly led New Zealand’s successful bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Prior to that he was Deputy Chief Executive of Fonterra.
Brent King
B.Com, C.A., CMA
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2007
Brent King was born in Christchurch, attended Burnside High School and graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Commerce. Brent has spent 25 years in the Finance and Investment Banking sectors. He has founded two companies and floated these and he has been a Director of a number of other Public and Private companies.
Brent has had extensive business connections with a number of companies in the Asian region.
Brent was a Director of the Auckland Cricket Association for 10 years and was Chairman until being appointed to the Board of NZ Cricket.
Rob Hart
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2010
Rob was captain and wicketkeeper for Northern Knights through the majority of the 1990’s and played 11 tests and 2 one day internationals for the BLACKCAPS before retiring in 2004.
Rob is a partner in Waikato law firm Tompkins Wake and has strong commercial experience gained in the pulp, forestry and timber industry together with a Post-Graduate Diploma in management.
He is also a member of the Institute of Directors and member of the New Zealand Sports Tribunal. Rob is married to wife Sarah and has two children, Lucy (5) and Ned (18 months).”
Bill Francis
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2009
Bill Francis is currently Chairman of the Commercial, Audit & Risk Committee, having joined the board of NZC in 2009.
Previously he was a Director of Auckland cricket for four years. Bill comes from an extensive background in Commercial Radio having for nearly 20 years managed the Newstalk ZB and Radio Sport brands for the Radio Network.
He is also the author of five books.
Sir John Hansen
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2009
The Honourable Sir John Hansen KNZM was educated at Otago Boys’ High School and graduated LL B from Otago University. After practicing law in Dunedin he joined the Hong Kong judiciary in 1979 where he fulfilled a number of roles.
In 1988 he returned to New Zealand and joined the New Zealand High Court. In April 2008 he retired as the senior judge of the High Court and a member of the Criminal Appeal Division of the Court of Appeal. He is currently a member of the Courts of Appeal in the Solomon Islands and Western Samoa.
In Hong Kong he was captain of cricket of the Kowloon Cricket club and an executive member of the HKCA. He has been a Code of Conduct Commissioner for the ICC and presently sits on the NZRFU Appeals Council, the IRB Disciplinary Committee and The Judicial Control Authority for Racing.
He chairs, and sits, on a number of boards and commissions. He is the president of the Willows CC.
Stuart Heal
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2008
Stuart has enjoyed a successful and varied business career. He was CEO of New Zealand’s largest agricultural supply co-operative for 20 years until 2004. He is now self employed as a business mentor and a director of a number of companies across many different sectors including manufacturing, wine, health, power generation, retail and forestry. He is also on the board of Rotary International
Stuart was a member of the Otago Cricket Board on two separate occasions, including serving as Chairman from 2001-2007.
Therese Walsh
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2011
New NZC Director Therese Walsh was most recently the Chief Operating Officer for Rugby NZ 2011 Ltd, the company established by the New Zealand Rugby Union and New Zealand Government to deliver the Rugby World Cup Tournament.
A Chartered Accountant, she started her career as an auditor with KPMG before moving onto the role of Chief Financial Officer with the New Zealand Rugby Union and was part of the team which worked on the bid for New Zealand to host the Rugby World Cup 2011.
She has a strong interest in the international aid sector and having served on the Board of Save the Children New Zealand for several years has recently been appointed Chairperson of the Sustainable Development Fund Selection Panel.
Don Mackinnon
Appointed to the NZC Board: 2011
Don is a partner at Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon and is one of New Zealand’s leading employment and industrial relations lawyers. He also has a significant sports law practice.
Prior to the formation of Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon, Don was a partner at Simpson Grierson and served as that firm’s Head of Litigation.
Don has acted in numerous high profile cases and industrial disputes. He has a Master of Laws from the University of London and has attended courses at the University of Melbourne and Harvard Business School. He has co-authored various texts in employment and sports law .
In terms of his governance experience, Don is currently a director of Sport New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand. Previously he was the Chair of Netball New Zealand (and was heavily involved in the establishment of the ANZ Championship), he was a director of the Auckland Cricket Association and was on the independent panel that reviewed and restructured rugby league in New Zealand.