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The Arc Innovations' board comprises: Tim Lusk Tim is the Chair of the Arc Board and is CEO of parent company Meridian Energy. Prior to taking up the appointment as Meridian CEO Tim was General Manager Wholesale in Telecom NZ Ltd from 2002 until August 2006. Prior to Telecom, he held executive positions in Transpower NZ Ltd and Power NZ Ltd. Tim's electricity industry accountabilities have ranged from engineering development, network pricing, system operations, marketing, customer relations and electricity market development. Tim has had extensive experience in public and private sector energy projects at project and directorship level. Jason McDonald Jason heads Strategy and Performance at Meridian, has held a number of executive roles in the electricity sector and has a long history with Meridian's venture portfolio companies in New Zealand and overseas.  Jason is also a Director on Meridian's subsidiaries Whisper Tech and its Spanish joint venture Efficient Home Energy, Right House and Powershop. Brian Vass Brian is Meridian's Subsidiary Portfolio. Brian is from the UK and has experience as a CEO in stage IT companies and general management at large multi-nationals. He sits on most of Meridian subsidiary boards.  Mark Bowman Mark has an outstanding career in developing, growing and leading some of New Zealand's foremost technology businesses. Throughout his 28-year career Mark has gained a valuable blend of leadership, governance, and commercial experience in the technology and high growth sectors. Mark has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Australia and as a result has gained considerable international experience. He is an investor in a number of companies and also holds a variety of directorships. Mark is one of Arc's independent directors. Steve Fuller Steve has 33 years experience in building, owning, and operating electrical and telecommunication infrastructure. Steve was GM Networks for Telecom for five years, responsible for the deployment of all network capital projects, operation of the wireline, wireless, trunk and access networks in regard to 24/7 surveillance, fault resolution and service activation. Prior to this role, Steve was a senior manager in the designing and building of telecommunication network infrastructure throughout NZ for 10 years. Steve is currently CEO of a successful fibre network company in Christchurch, Enable Networks, having built it from the bottom up to record a profit after its second year of full operations. Steve is one of Arc's independent directors.  |
