Our Board
Our Board is responsible for setting the Company’s strategic direction and for providing oversight of the management of the Company, with the aim of increasing shareholder value and ensuring the obligations of the Company are properly met.


Simon Allen
Chairman
B.Sc, B.Com, CHAIRMAN
Mr. Allen has over 30 years commercial experience in the New Zealand and Australian Capital Markets. He was Chief Executive of investment bank BZW and ABN AMRO in New Zealand for 21 years and has been actively involved in advising companies, Government and investors on matters relating to their strategies and capital markets participation.
Mr. Allen is Chair of Crown Fibre Holdings Limited, and St Cuthberts College. He is a Director of IAG New Zealand and a trustee of the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
Past governance roles include Auckland Healthcare Services Limited (Director), Financial Markets Authority (Chair), NZSE (Director) and NZX Limited (Chair ), Auckland Council Investments Limited (Chair) along with a number of other unlisted companies
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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14/02/1994 | Xylem Investments Limited | Director |
29/10/2009 | Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited | Chairman |
14/12/2009 | Simon Allen Consulting Limited | Director |
1/09/2015 | IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited | Director |
1/09/2015 | IAG New Zealand Limited | Director |
09/09/2015 | Antarctic Heritage Trust | Trustee |
8/04/2016 | Allen Properties Group Limited | Director |
10/08/2016 | Gibbston Highway Limited | Director |
29/09/2017 | Mt Rosa Farm Limited | Director |


Deborah Boffa
Director
B.Eng (Hons)
Vice President Fuels NZ and Managing Director BP New Zealand Limited. Joined BP in 1997 and has held positions in Engineering, Terminals, Retail, Sales & Marketing, Strategy and General Management with BP in NZ, Australia and the USA. Is a director of BP Oil New Zealand Limited, BP Pacific Investments Limited, Rural Fuel Limited, McFall Fuel Limited and RD Petroleum Limited, having held governance positions in the industry since 2012. Ms Boffa is not an Independent Director as defined in the NZX Main Board Listing Rules.
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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23/08/17 | BP New Zealand Holdings Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | BP New Zealand Share Scheme Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | BP Oil New Zealand Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | BP Pacific Investments Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | Coro Trading NZ Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | Europa Oil NZ Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | RD Petroleum Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | RMF Holdings Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | McFall Fuel Limited | Director |
23/08/17 | Rural Fuel Limited | Director |


Riccardo Cavallo
Director
ME Chem. Eng.
Manager of Refining for ExxonMobil’s Australia and New Zealand operations. He joined ExxonMobil in 2001 and has held several positions at different sites with growing level of responsibility in Manufacturing and Operations in Italy, United Kingdom and Australia. A Director of ExxonMobil Australia Pty Limited, Mobil Oil Australia Pty Limited, Vacuum Oil Australia Proprietary Limited and of the Australian Institute of Petroleum. He is the Chairman and Director of Mobil Refining Australia Pty Limited. Mr Cavallo is not an Independent Director as defined in the NZX Main Board Listing Rules.
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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11/04/17 | Mobil Refining Australia Pty Ltd | Director |
11/04/17 | Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd | Director |
11/04/17 | Vacuum Oil Company Pty Ltd | Director |
11/04/17 | ExxonMobil Australia Pty Ltd | Director |
31/01/18 | Australian Institute of Petroleum (AIP) | Director |


Lindis Jones
Director
B Com (Hons), BSc, MFin
Lindis Jones is General Manager Corporate at Z Energy Limited. Mr Jones worked for Shell for 13 years, primarily in retail operations and strategy in Europe, Asia and New Zealand and was Head of Property at ANZ National Bank before joining Z Energy. Mr Jones is not an Independent Director as defined in the NZX Main Board Listing Rules.
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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31/08/2018 | Flick Energy Limited | Director |


James Miller
Director
Independent Director
James Miller has 15 years’ experience in capital markets and has held Board and leadership positions at Craigs Investment Partners and ABN AMRO. He has also had extensive experience in the downstream energy sector. James is chair of NZX Limited, and a director of Accident Compensation Corporation and Mercury NZ Limited. He was a Director of Auckland International Airport, an inaugural Director of the Financial Markets Authority, previously a Director of Vector, and a member of the INFINZ and Financial Reporting Standards Board. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Certified Securities Analyst Professional, member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, and a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Appointed 1 November 2018.
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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27/08/2010 | NZX Limited | Chairman and Director |
02/05/2012 | Mercury Energy Limited | Director |
03/2013 | Accident Compensation Corporation | Director |
08/2013 | St Cuthberts Trust Board | Trustee |


Vanessa Stoddart
Director
B Com/LLB (Hons), PGDip. Professional Ethics, Independent Director
A director of The Warehouse Group Ltd, Heartland Bank Ltd, Financial Markets Authority and Alliance Group Ltd, Commissioner for The Tertiary Education Commission and member of MBIE and DOC Audit and Risk Committees amongst other positions. Previously Group General Manager of Engineering and People Air New Zealand Ltd. and Chief Executive of the Australian Packaging Division of Carter Holt Harvey Ltd.
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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12/12/13 | Board of Tertiary Education Commission | Commissioner |
07/04/14 | Alliance Group Limited | Director |
22/6/15 | Department of Conservation | (Member) Audit, Risk and Finance Committee |
09/2/16 | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Enterprise | (Chair) Audit, Risk and Finance Committee |
23/06/16 | Board of the Financial Markets Authority | Director |
20/10/16 | Heartland Bank Limited | Director |


Paul Zealand
Director
BSc (Hons), MBA, Independent Director
Also a director of Genesis Energy in New Zealand, and Lochard Energy in Australia. Previously CEO of Upstream for Origin Energy, Country Chairman for Shell New Zealand, and has held executive positions in Shell companies in UK, Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia.
Date of Entry | Entity | Interest |
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31/01/17 | Genesis Energy (NZ) | Director |
31/01/17 | Lochard Energy (AU) | Director |
31/01/17 | Zoenergy Ltd (NZ) | Director |
31/01/17 | Zoenergy Pty Ltd (AU) | Director |
31/01/17 | Zealand Family Trust (NZ) | Director |
31/01/17 | Zoenergy Family Trust (AU) | Director |