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Trustees
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Quentin Hay
Quentin is a senior commercial lawyer who practises as a commercial barrister, and was formerly a partner at Bell Gully. His practice has included a diverse range of commercial activities, both international and domestic. Quentin has a strong and well-developed interest in the arts including, in particular, the visual arts and the performance arts. He was, for a number of years, the co-chair of the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra. He also has extensive governance experience, as both an advisor and board member. Quentin is a member of the Strategy and Audit & Finance sub-committees of the Board of Trustees.
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Philip Shewell
Philip is a professional company director and has over 30 years retail experience in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. He is also Chair of Retail Training NZ, and a Director with Kircaldie & Stains Ltd and AMI Insurance Ltd.
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Alick Shaw
Alick is a former Deputy Mayor and has served on the boards of a wide range of organisations in the Local Government, Crown, Cultural and voluntary sectors. He is Chair of the Vector Wellington
Orchestra, Trustee of the Wellington Hospitals and Health Foundation, a member of the Arts Wellington Board and also a Director with NZTA and Nosh Management Ltd.
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Ray Ahipene-Mercer
Ray Ahipene-Mercer was
re-appointed as a Trustee in November 2010. He is currently a City Councillor for the Eastern ward and is the Cultural
and Arts Portfolio Leader. He is only
the second Māori to be elected to the Wellington City Council and the first Māori to be elected
since 1962. He is a guitar-maker, musician, and well-known environmentalist,
and was one of the leaders of the Clean Water Campaign, which led to the end of sewage pollution of the
Wellington
coast. Ray is also Trustee of Toi
Whaakari and a Committee member of the Break Bay/Moa Point Progressive
Association.
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Jackie Lloyd
Jackie has an extensive background in public and private sector organisations and is currently a Director of New Zealand Post, an independent member of the Wellington Regional Strategy Committee, a member and secretary of the Public Car Seat Rental Scheme Management Team for the Wellington/Wairarapa region, and a business advisor. Jackie has a strong backround in human resources, serving as Global Human Resources Director for the New Zealand Dairy Board and NZMP Fonterra, and as a consultant and New Zealand Country Manager with the large international human resources consulting company, US-based Hewit Associates.
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Jo Bransgrove
Jo has had an extensive career as a CEO and senior/finance manager in the public, private and NGO sectors. These roles have included Group General Manager NZTE, CEO NZ Cancer Society and Commerce Commission Division Manager. She is the President of the Wellington Employers Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Business NZ Council and an independent director of several other organisations. Jo also works as a business advisor and is a passionate Wellingtonian who has spent most of her life living and working in Central Wellington.
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Senior Management
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Wellington Museums Trust
Pat Stuart, Chief Executive
Pat Stuart joined the Trust on 25 March 2008 and brings a wealth of senior management experience gained mainly in the arts and cultural sector. Pat was a founding staff member of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and led the Cultural Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs which provided policy advice and delivered cultural services prior to the establishment of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Pat has spent the last three years at Whitireia Community Polytechnic as Chief Operating Officer, a role that gave her a range of new skills and insights into the tertiary education sector. Pat is a Wellingtonian, having lived in the city all her life, and she describes her role as Chief Executive of the Trust as the perfect role for someone passionate about Wellington and the role that museums and art galleries perform for their communities.
Ph 64 4 471 0919
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Wellington Museums Trust
John McCormick, Finance Manager
John is a Chartered Accountant with 23 years’ experience in accounting positions with Lion Nathan Limited including Company Financial Accountant, Financial Controller – Hotels, and Administration Manager – Wellington Brewery. John joined the Wellington Museums Trust as Finance Manager in 1997.
Ph 64 4 471 0304
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City Gallery Wellington
Paula Savage, Director
Paula is the inaugural director of City Gallery Wellington, which opened in August 1993. Under her leadership, the gallery has become a leading contemporary New Zealand art institution, initiating ground-breaking exhibitions and catalogue publications of New Zealand and international art. Paula was co-project director of the New Zealand Venice biennale project in 2003 with Elizabeth Kerr, Chief Executive of Creative New Zealand.
Ph 64 4 913 9020
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Capital E
Stuart Grant, Director Stuart joined the Capital E team in 1999 in the OnTV Studio and was Creative Technology Manager before being appointed Director of Capital E in 2002. Before coming to Wellington, Stuart headed the arts department at a Hamilton School and also taught in Christchurch, Geneva and Tokoroa. An occasional snowboarder, scuba diver and stage improviser, his leisure time is now filled raising his three children.
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Museums Wellington
Brett Mason, Director
Brett joined the Wellington Museums Trust in 2001, as the Marketing Manager for both the Museum of Wellington City & Sea and Capital E. In 2003 he moved to a fulltime role of Marketing & Public Programmes Manager for the Museum. As Director of Museums Wellington, he is responsible for the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, the Cable Car Museum and the Colonial Cottage Museum. Brett is married with two daughters.
Ph 64 496 1940
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New Zealand Cricket Museum
David Mealing, Manager
A painter and sculptor with many one-person exhibitions in New Zealand and overseas, David has also lectured at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and tutored in arts and crafts at Wellington Polytechnic. He was appointed Director/Curator of the Petone Settlers Museum in 1984, where he remained until his appointment as the first full-time Manager/Curator of the New Zealand Cricket Museum in August 2003.
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