UDINZ Appointment of new Board Chair

15 AUGUST 2023

UDINZ Board Chair and Co-opted Board members

The new UDINZ Board met on Monday to (i) appoint a new Board Chair; from amongst their number; and (ii) consider co-opting up to three further Board candidates (in addition to those voted in by members at the recent AGM).

The board at that meeting: (i) unanimously appointed Bernadette Pinnell as the new chair; and (ii) selected three further co-opted board members being:

• Andrew Crosby (Universal Homes);

• Tracey Haszard (Beca); and

• Kim Kelly (Wellington Regional Leadership Committee).

 They join remaining Board members (Bernadette Pinnell (Home in Place) and James Solari (Solari Architects)) and elected Board members (Steven Evans (Fletcher Residential), Campbell McGregor (Harrison Grierson); Hayley Fitchett (Kainga Ora) and Annie Wilson (Kainga Maha)), on the Urban Development Institute of New Zealand UDINZ board.

The board decided rather than appointing a new emergent director (a non-voting governance role for those starting their Governance journey) it would invite nominations from member organisations, for early career practitioners that may have an interest in contributing to the organisation. It is proposed to run that process in conjunction with the upcoming chapter nomination process. There is particular interest in those able to contribute a Māori or Pasifika perspective to discussions.

Bernadette Pinnell the new Chair said "We are delighted with the breadth of experience and attributes in new board and the quality of the pool of candidates we had to choose from”