King Country Energy Board of Directors - Brian Gurney, Brian Needham, Toby Stevenson, Babu Bahirathan and Richard Tweedie.
Brian Gurney, Chairman
Mr Gurney is Chairman of the King Country Electric Power Trust. Before retiring from his career, he held senior management positions within the food production operations of Unilever. Mr
Gurney was responsible for the introduction and oversight of a number of production techniques
new to New Zealand.
Brian Needham, Director
Mr Needham is a chartered accountant and previously Chief Financial Officer of the Dalgety
Group and New Zealand Post where he was part of a small team responsible for taking a loss
making Government Department and turning it into a profitable world class postal organisation. He has also provided consultancy services to a number of postal services around the world
since retiring from NZ Post.
Toby Stevenson, Director
Toby Stevenson is an independent energy consultant with international economics consultancy firm LECG. His area of expertise is electricity risk management, trading and market design. Toby was General Manager Electricity Trading with Contact Energy (1996 – 2003) and was the Chairman of the NZEM Rules Committee (2000 – 2003). Toby was a member of the Electricity Technical Advisory Group that completed a Ministerial Review of the Electricity Industry in 2009.
Babu Bahirathan, Director
Babu Bahirathan is Group Manager Electricity for Todd Energy. He is responsible for Todd Energy’s electricity generation and retail activities. Todd Energy's generation assets include the Mangahao Hydro Scheme and Bay of Plenty Energy’s hydro, geothermal and thermal co-gen assets. Babu has a professional background as an Electrical Engineer and over 17 years experience in the energy industry. Babu is a director of Solar Heating Solutions Limited.
Richard Tweedie, Director
LLB
Richard Tweedie is Managing Director of Todd Energy. Richard has been a Director of King Country Energy since 1999. He is also a Director of Todd Petroleum Mining Co Limited, Todd Energy Limited, Independent Energy Limited, Todd Coal Limited, Viking Holding Ltd, Maui Development Limited, Nova Gas Limited, BOPE Limited, Todd Tasman Oil Limited, Cue Energy Resources NL, Todd Petrogas Limited, PlatSearch NL, Shell Todd Oil Services Limited, Todd Mangahao Limited, Todd BOPE Limited, Todd Taranaki Limited, Todd Taranki No 2 Limited, Todd Petroleum Australia Limited, Todd Canterbury Oil Limited, Viking Minig Co Limited, Viking Investments Limited, Makara Windfarms Limited, Moody Creek Limited, Hydro West New Zealand and Todd Pohokura Limited.
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Brian Gurney, Chairman
