Simon Mackenzie
Grad DipBS (Dist), DipFin, NZCE
GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Simon Mackenzie is passionate about the power of technology to transform the energy industry and consumers’ lives. As group chief executive, he has expanded and driven Vector’s portfolio of businesses to embrace innovative technologies and strategies to deliver efficient, sustainable energy solutions to consumers. Simon was appointed Vector’s group chief executive in 2008. His tertiSimon Mackenzie is passionate about the power of technology to transform the energy industry and consumers’ lives. As group chief executive, he has expanded and driven Vector’s portfolio of businesses to embrace innovative technologies and strategies to deliver efficient, sustainable energy solutions to consumers. Simon was appointed Vector’s group chief executive in 2008. His tertiary qualifications include engineering, finance and business studies, and the Advanced Management Programme at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Jason Hollingworth
MCom (Hons), FCA, CMInstD
Chief Financial Officer
Jason Hollingworth joined Vector as chief financial officer in May 2019. He has over 30 years’ experience in a range of senior corporate finance roles including being CFO of public listed pay television company Sky TV, CFO of telecommunications company TelstraClear, investment manager for the diversified investment company Ngāi Tahu Holdings, executive director at Asian private power development company AsiaPower and a director of corporate advisory firm Southpac Corporation. Jason has a Master of Commerce degree, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ and a member of the Institute of Directors.
Shailesh Manga
BTech, Optoelectronics (Hons)
Chief Operating Officer, Vector Technology Solutions
Shailesh Manga leads Vector Technology Solutions (VTS) and is responsible for driving its growth. Specifically, he is charged with building relationships with key global partners to co-develop digital platforms critical to a new energy future. Shailesh has a strong focus on local and global customer opportunities to increase revenue and deliver key aspects of our business strategy. His experience is unique and vast, having worked both locally and globally in the fields of physics, telecommunications, user experience and innovation. In his last role, Shailesh delivered innovative experiences for some of the world’s largest brands including Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and LG. He has been an owner/founder in a user experience consulting business as well as an SaaS Product company (Optimal Workshop) that services around half of the Fortune 500 companies.
John Rodger
LLB, BA
Chief Legal and Assurance Officer and Company Secretary
John Rodger is Vector’s chief legal and assurance officer and company secretary. He is responsible for Vector’s legal, corporate governance, health and safety, business performance, internal audit, risk, compliance, privacy, government relations, and property functions. John joined Vector in 2006 and has extensive experience of Vector’s businesses and operations. He has worked across a range of sectors including energy, telecommunications and financial services and previously held legal roles in major corporates and professional services firms in London, the Cayman Islands and New Zealand.
Peter Ryan
BE
chief operating officer electricity, gas and fibre
Peter Ryan is responsible for the strategic operations of Vector’s electricity, gas and fibre network businesses and the digital operations. He has 20 years’ international experience within the telecommunications and energy industries, leading engineering, field and operational teams, and customer operations in the deployment, operations and maintenance of telecommunications, electricity and gas networks. Most recently, Peter was the chief network officer at NBNCo Australia, where he oversaw the highly successful implementation and operation of the broadband network. He brings a wealth of experience in operations management, performance transformation as well as a proven ability working across technical, operational and commercial strategy to optimise business objectives.
Mark Toner
LLB (Hons), BCom
Chief Public Policy and Regulatory Officer
With over 25 years’ experience across a range of sectors including energy, telecommunications, aviation and technology, Mark Toner has consistently navigated market, regulatory and policy changes across industries in disruption. Responsible for leading the group’s regulatory, public policy, decarbonisation and data insights and analytics functions, he combines strong stakeholder engagement and reputation management expertise with his commercial and legal background to drive Vector’s vision of creating a new energy future. Mark is a past recipient of the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Business Scholarship and in 2018 completed an Advanced Management Programme at MIT in Boston.
Sarah Williams
BA, Cert. Journalism
Chief People and Communications Officer
Sarah Williams leads Vector Group’s people, marketing and communications business units. Along with her teams, she is responsible for planning and delivering strategies across these three disciplines. Sarah is a senior leader with 30 years’ experience, and has had a range of leadership roles at an executive and board level spanning public relations and human resources remits. She joined Vector from Porter Novelli, a public relations and marketing agency, where she held the position of Managing Director. Her experience encompasses crisis management, reputation and stakeholder engagement, workforce planning, wellbeing and people development. In 2019, Sarah was inducted into the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand in recognition of her significant contribution to the industry and high levels of competence.