Jack Matthews’ appointment is effective immediately.
Lodestone Energy has announced the appointment of Jack Matthews as chair of the board of directors.
Effective immediately, Jack joins board members Guy Haddleton, Joanna Perry, Susan Paterson and Gary Holden. Sam Morgan, a significant Lodestone shareholder and adviser to the board, rounds out the governance team for the company.
Matthews is currently a director at Chorus New Zealand Ltd, Plexure and the New Zealand Golf Network Ltd.
Lodestone managing director Gary Holden said: “Jack is a seasoned director with many years of participating and leading company boards. He has been a leader in Australia and New Zealand business for more than 30 years.
“He has a wide variety of business experience and his perspective will be a great addition to the energy expertise we already have on the board.”
Matthews’ previous board roles include chair of Mediaworks NZ, director of network for learning, and director of Crown Fibre Holdings, APN Outdoor and Trilogy Natural Products.
As a chief executive, Matthews led Fairfax Digital then Fairfax Metro Media in Australia and Jupiter TV in Japan. “Jack was the key person in the early days of New Zealand cable television at Saturn Communications in 1995.”
Matthews said: “The company’s vision and leading market position, as well as the combination of being well-funded by private capital and operated by top-level management, were a big attraction to me.”
Holden said: “We’re building a great board, putting together an excellent management team, and we will be ready when our projects get going in a few months’ time.”
The company has announced that five solar farms will be operational by 2024.
Earlier this month, Lodestone announced that former Genesis chief financial officer Chris Jewell would be joining the company as its CFO and join Holden and the management team later this year.”
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