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