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Changes to the Motu Board
Over the last month Motu has seen a number of changes to the Research Trust board. Colin James has come to the end of his allotted time as a member of the board and so has stepped down as chair and also as a member of the board of the Motu Foundation. Colin had been a trustee since 2004. His contributions to both the Trust and Foundation boards have been invaluable and he will be greatly missed.
We are pleased to welcome Dr John Hay as the new chair of the Trust board. The former CEO of the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, John has been on the Research Trust board since 2008. In 2006 he was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand??s Thomson Medal for outstanding and inspirational leadership in the management of science.
John and our other trustees will also be joined by new Trust board member Rob Fenwick, CNZM. Rob is co-founder and director of Living Earth and is a special advisor to a range of governmental and non-governmental organisations. We are very pleased to have him on board.
Finally it is our sad duty to farewell Dean Stebbing from the Trust board. Dean passed away in August this year. He was the Kaawai Rautaki (Strategic Partner) at Contact Energy and was active in his iwi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Dean had been a valued member of the Trust board since 2009 and he will be missed.
Posted 06-Oct-2011 by Tui