Julia Hoare - Port of Tauranga Chair and Northport Ltd Chair

Julia Hoare joined the Board in August 2015 and took over the Chair in August 2022. She has a wide range of commercial, financial, tax, regulatory and sustainability expertise developed from both her extensive governance roles and over the course of two decades as a partner with PwC.

Julia is the Chair of Auckland International Airport Limited, and a Director of Meridian Energy Limited and Port of Tauranga Trustee Company Limited.  She is also a Member of the Chapter Zero New Zealand Steering Committee

Rosie Mercer - Director of Northport Ltd and Chief Executive of Marsden Maritime Holdings

Rosie holds a BE(Hons) (Civil), MEngNZ and is a member of the Institute of Directors.

She was appointed general manager of sustainability at Ports of Auckland in April 2019 and has nine years of experience in management, leadership and engineering.

Rosie was a member and deputy chair of the Provincial Growth Fund Independent Advisory Panel from 2018 until March 2021. She served in the NZ Army in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010 as an engineer officer for the Provincial Reconstruction Team.

Leonard Sampson- Port of Tauranga Chief Executive and Northport Ltd Director

Leonard was appointed to role of Chief Executive of Port of Tauranga on 1 July 2021, having previously been the Chief Operating Officer since September 2019.

He joined the Company as Port of Tauranga's Commercial Manager in 2013 from the role of General Manager - Sales at KiwiRail. He also held senior roles at Carter Holt Harvey and Mainfreight.

 

Benoit Marcenac - Director of Northport Ltd & Chairman Marsden Maritime Holdings

Benoit has more than 30 years' experience in the logistics, agri-food processing and trading sectors, through a number of executive positions held in different regions around the world.

In 2002, the Marcenac family settled in New Zealand and made it their new homeland.

For close to 17 years, Benoit has been the Managing Director and Shareholder of Sofrana Unilines, a leading shipping company operating in the South Pacific.  Benoit is also a Shareholder and Director of Export Plus Ltd (export of food products) and a Shareholder and Director of Sofi Holdings Ltd (commercial real estate).

For many years, the Marcenac family has owned a farm in Northland and have deepened their anchorage in this region.