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Our Board OUR BOARD Joan Withers Keith Smith Robbie Tindall MBA, CFinstD BCom, FCA BA, BSc Chair & Independent Deputy Chair & Independent Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director (Alternate to Sir Stephen Tindall) Joan has been a professional Keith has been involved with In October 2017 Sir Stephen Tindall director for more than 20 years and The Warehouse Group since Sir decided to take a leave of absence spent over 25 years working in the Stephen opened his frst store in from the business. Robbie represents media industry, previously holding 1982, initially providing accounting, him during this time. Robbie has CEO positions at The Radio Network tax and corporate advice, and been attending Board meetings and Fairfax Media. Her current was Chair from 1995 to May 2011. since his appointment in 2011. governance roles are Chair of The He has a long-standing record of Warehouse Group Limited, director leadership as a director and advisor Robbie studied Arts and Science at of ANZ Bank NZ Limited and Sky to companies in a diverse range the University of Auckland before Network Television Limited. Joan of industries, including the energy spending eight years at has previously held Chair positions sector, rural services, printing, media The Warehouse in various at Television New Zealand Limited and exporting. merchandise and buying roles. Today and Auckland International he works for K One W One Limited, Airport Limited. Keith is Chair of listed company a family investment company, Goodman (NZ) Limited and is a working alongside – and investing Joan is a Trustee of the Sweet Louise director of Mercury NZ Limited, in – some of New Zealand’s most Foundation and is Chair of a steering Sky Network Television Limited, exciting technology and innovation committee working to increase the Healthcare Holdings Limited and companies as they grow and seek percentage of South Auckland Mori several other private companies. to go global. and Pacifc Island students taking up He is a past president of the roles in the health sector. chartered accountants Australia and New Zealand. INTERNAL INTERNAL INTERNAL • Corporate Governance and • Audit and Risk Committee (Chair) • Disclosure Committee Nomination • Disclosure Committee (Chair) • Corporate Governance and Committee (Chair) • Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee • Audit and Risk Committee Nomination Committee • People and Remuneration • Disclosure Committee • People and Remuneration Committee • People and Remuneration Committee • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee Committee OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS • K One W One Limited OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS • Goodman (NZ) Limited (Chair) • The Tindall Foundation • Sky Network Television Limited • Mercury NZ Limited • Foundation Services Limited • ANZ Bank NZ Limited • Healthcare Holdings Limited • Sweet Louise Foundation • Sky Network Television Limited 22 The Warehouse Group John Journee Julia Raue Antony Balfour BCom, CFinstD, MAICD CMinstD, GAICD BCom Independent Independent Independent Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director John has had an extensive retail Julia has extensive digital, Tony has extensive global retail career, which includes executive customer, data, information and eCommerce experience with experience across sectors that technology, strategy and business a strong track record in a diverse span general merchandise, transformation experience across range of industries. Most recently, fashion apparel, FMCG, consumer a number of sectors including he was General Manager (Markets) electronics, telecommunications, airline, telecommunications, local for Icebreaker Clothing with hospitality and electricity retailing. government and not-for-proft in responsibility for the company’s New Zealand and Australia. global business units in New Over his 30year career John has Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, spent 15 years with The Warehouse Julia has a strong track record of Europe and Asia as well as the Group, starting as a joint-venture delivering award-winning innovative development of the company’s partner in 1990 and progressing customer-facing products and rapidly growing eCommerce and through senior roles in operations, services. She has been a professional retail business units. marketing, merchandise, director for six years. Previously, Julia international sourcing and was the Chief Information Ocer His prior experience includes business development. He has also of Air New Zealand, and she was senior roles in Monster.com and had CEO roles with Noel Leeming awarded the New Zealand CIO of the Seek.com, both successful online and foodservice distributor Year award in 2009. recruitment sites. Southern Hospitality. INTERNAL INTERNAL INTERNAL • Audit and Risk Committee • Health, Safety and Wellbeing • People and Remuneration • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee (Chair) Committee (Chair) Committee • Audit and Risk Committee • Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS • Health, Safety and Wellbeing • Vanishing Point Limited • Z Energy Limited Committee • Farmlands Society • Television New Zealand Limited • Colonial Motor Company Limited • Southern Cross Health Society OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS • Quantiful Limited (Member, • Southern Cross Pet Insurance • Les Mills International Limited Advisory Board) Limited • Wayfare Limited • BLIS Technologies Limited Limited Integrated Annual Report 2020 23 Our Board Will Easton Dean Hamilton Renee Mateparae BCom Independent BEng Non-Executive Director Independent Future Director Non-Executive Director Will is a seasoned business leader Dean has signifcant CEO and Renee has had extensive experience and has an extensive track record fnancial markets experience. Most in business transformation, corporate of driving growth across emerging recently he was CEO of Silver Fern strategy and technology innovation. markets and technologies. He is Farms imited where he successfully Renee is the Technology Lead for currently Managing Director of led the business through a period of Spark NZ with responsibility for Facebook for Australia and New signifcant change and improvement technology innovation across Spark. Zealand and was previously Vice in fnancial performance, staf and She has also played a key leadership President at Facebook for Asia supplier engagement, sustainability role in the organisation's transition Pacifc Emerging Markets. Other and consumer trust in brand. to Agile. roles in his portfolio include Regional Director at Google for Mobile and His prior experience includes 12 Renee’s previous experience Social in the Asia Pacifc region and years at global investment bank includes roles with Air New Zealand Director of Sales at Microsof in the Deutsche Bank, working in both and Macquarie Group, both here Consumer Products Division. Australia and New Zealand where he and abroad. Renee holds a Bachelor advised a wide range of companies of Engineering (Automation and Will has a passion for the retail on mergers and acuisitions, Control)(Hons) and a Postgraduate industry and has worked closely capital management, corporate Diploma in Business Administration with retailers throughout his career. restructuring and capital raising. from Massey University. He started with Coca-Cola as a Retail Sales Manager and believes that “there are more opportunities than risks in retail, provided retailers focus on improving organisational designs”. INTERNAL INTERNAL • Health, Safety and Wellbeing • Audit and Risk Committee Committee • Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS • Facebook Pty Limited OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS • Meandu Australia Pty Limited • Fulton Hogan Limited (Chair) • Auckland International Airport Limited • Tappenden Holdings Limited • Skyline Enterprises Limited 24 The Warehouse Group Governance plays a critical role in business and stakeholders deserve the highest standards of corporate governance from their boards. Our Board skills and diversity self-assessment found that the Board holds many strong attributes with a diverse mix of skills among the Directors. This will help drive the Group to achieve our strategy through great execution, brand marketing and customer experience. Relevant Board Skills to Joan Keith Will John Robbie Julia Tony Dean execute Group Strategy Withers Smith Easton Journee Tindall Raue Balfour Hamilton ndustry specifc Operational experience in the retail industry Brand, marketing and customer experience Omni-channel retail experience Digital and technology experience MATRIX Direct sourcing experience Logistics experience pecifc to roup strtegy Development of a high performance culture Senior leadership of change management at scale Transformation and business disruption experience Innovation and entrepreneurism Government relations Union relations Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility experience Subject matter expertise Development and execution of business strategy Governance experience Large company leadership experience Finance/accounting expertise Audit committee/ risk management experience Regulatory knowledge and experience Health and safety experience HR/learning and development experience Financial markets experience Iwi relationships and connectivity Shareholder and investor relations experience Primary skills Secondary skills BOARD SKILLS BOARD Integrated Annual Report 2020 25.

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