Experienced leaders Dr Harley Aish, Matthew Harker, Anita Killeen, and Karen Price have been appointed to Public Trust’s board.
“These four new board members bring fresh perspectives, knowledge, and expertise from across a range of sectors that will further strengthen Public Trust’s leadership capability,” Public Trust chair Ian Fitzgerald said.
“We welcome these experienced leaders to the board to support our strategic priorities at a governance level.
“I would like to express my deep appreciation to outgoing board members, Graham Naylor and Kirsty Campbell for their valuable contribution and years of service.”
With these appointments, Public Trust will have eight members on its board, including existing members Fitzgerald, John Duncan, Meleane Burgess, and Kevin Murphy.
Aish is an experienced director and practicing general practitioner. He is a member of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He has held a variety of governance roles across the health and financial services industry, including chair of Medial Assurance Society Group and of ProCare Health Ltd; and director of HBH and Geneva Finance and Quest Insurance. These governance roles have included being committee member or chair of audit and risk, investment, people and remuneration committees.
Matthew Harker brings to Public Trust extensive commercial and governance experience and a deep commitment to community development and improved service delivery. He has held senior roles in New Zealand and the UK across health, accessibility, social and community housing, and aged care sectors. Harker’s other governance roles include Kāinga Ora’s Construction Programme Advisory Panel, Plunket New Zealand, West Auckland Trust Services, Beachlands South, Be. Lab, Te Toi Mahana, and the NZ Optimist Dinghy Association. Based in Auckland, he is a senior leader with proven experience of successfully working closely with boards, stakeholders, and executive teams. He has a background in corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the UK.
Karen Price.
Anita Killeen is a financial services barrister and professional director. She is the former chief prosecutor and chief legal adviser of the Serious Fraud Office and holds a variety of governance roles in the legal, financial, NZX, local and central government, and not-for-profit sectors, including having served as chair of the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board; independent non-executive director of General Capital Ltd; deputy chair of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Commercial Investment board and of NetSafe New Zealand; independent director of the Domain Name Commission, director of Unicef Aotearoa, and director of SPCA Auckland. Killeen is a member of the Institute of Directors and the New Zealand Law Society.
Karen Price is an experienced independent director. Her governance career has spanned a range of sectors including structural and water engineering, architecture, electricity, adult education, environmental science, green energy certification, and horticulture. Price is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a member of its board. Excited by innovation, Price chose a pioneering career in climate change over 30 years ago. She has advised many companies, their boards, and several governments about their climate risks and how best to manage those. She co-founded several successful private and public organisations – the NZ Society for Risk Management, the NZ Carbon Exchange Ltd, and environment law firm ChanceryGreen.
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