(joined 1998)

• Chairman of Habitat for Humanity Central North Island Board and member of the finance committee
• Global Village volunteer: Mexico (2004), Mongolia (2007), Cambodia (2008), Nepal (2009)
• Shareholder and Director Gallagher Holdings Ltd
• Director and Trustee of several organisations
Council member of the University of Waikato
Patron of the University of Waikato Foundation
Member of the St. John National HR Committee
Fellow Institue of Directors (2009)
Freedom Hamilton City (2008)
 
CNZM - Awarded "Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit" in 2002
• Honorary doctorate University of Waikato (2008)
• Honorary fellowship Wintec (2007)
• Rotary: Paul Harris Fellow
• Justice of the Peace
• Knight "Order of St. John" (2010)
• Life Time Achievement Award Waikato Chamber of Commerce (2003)
 
• Former Deputy Chairman and National Board Member of Habitat for Humanity New Zealand
• Former Chancellor of the University of Waikato
• Former Chairman of the University of Waikato Foundation
• Former Hamilton City Councillor and Deputy Mayor
• Former St John Midland/Central Trust Board 
• Former Chairman of Waikato Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Waikato, Hamilton Properties Ltd. and the New Zealand Underwater Association

(joined 2005)

• Deputy Chairman of Habitat for Humanity Central North Island Board and member of the finance committee
• Owner Birch Holdings Ltd
• Director of Central Capital Management Ltd
• Director of Birch Mollard Capital Management Ltd
• Chairman of Waikato Regional Airport Ltd
• Former joint owner of McClunie Birch Ltd
• Chairman of Innovation Waikato Ltd (the organisation responsible for the establishment of the Waikato Innovation Park)
• Chairman of Get Smart Holdings Ltd
• Director of Herd Homes Ltd
• Director of Quantec Ltd
• Chairman of Learning Works Ltd
• Chairman of Prima Group Ltd
• Trustee of Opportunity Hamilton

(joined 2002)

• Owner of Hamilton public relations consultancy, HMC Communications
• Former senior consultant with Baldwin Boyle Group
• Former economic development communications executive with Hamilton City Council
• Former marketing communications manager with Natural Gas Corp. and marketing/sales professional working with Fortune 500 Companies in the USA
• Former National Board Member of Habitat for Humanity NZ

(joined 2010)

• Former Acting Chairman Habitat For Humanity Rotorua and former board member for ten years before merger with Habitat for Humanity Central North Island in December 2010
• Manager of the airport operation for Air New Zealand at Rotorua
• Former member of the Chartered Institute or Transport and Logistics
• Active member of Rotorua Chamber of Commerce and SKAL International (an association of travel and tourism professionals)
• Actively serves in music and administration at Fenton Park Bible Church

(joined 2004)

• National Board Member of Habitat for Humanity New Zealand
• Global Village team leader to India (2006), Mongolia (2007), Vietnam (2008), Nepal (2009), Jimmy Carter Mekong Build in Thailand (2009), Cambodia (2011) and proposed Zambia (2012)
• Owner/Director of importing, writing, training and property companies
• Trustee of Community Living Trust
• Board member of Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Netball and Chair of Netball Waikato Region
• Trustee of the Big Hearts Charity Trust
• Trustee of Trust Waikato
• Director Radius Davies Corner
• Facilitator and instigator of the Business Women's Networks – a Chamber of Commerce initiative
• Former Board Member of the Waikato Chamber of Commerce (2003-2010)
• Former secondary school teacher

(joined 1998)

• Former deputy chairman of Habitat for Humanity Central North Island
• Involved in Habitat CNI since its inception in 1995
• Managing director and joint owner of a holding company that has interests in finance, mortgage lending, motor vehicles, wind power technology and a granite and marble business
• 26 years managerial experience in the construction industry

(joined 2009)

• Partner at Tompkins Wake for more than 35 years
• Former chairman of Tompkins Wake
• Chairman of the Waikato Diocese both in the Waikato and in Taranaki

(joined 2005)

• National Board Member of Habitat for Humanity New Zealand
• Member of the Institute of Directors
• MBA, Henley Management College (UK)
• Chairman Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust
• Former Chairman of the Waikato PHO
• Former National Board Member Sustainable Business Network (Chair of Waikato)
• Former CEO and GM of one of the Perry Group of companies
• Former Board Member of the Waikato Chamber of Commerce
• Twelve years in various commercial roles with DB Breweries and Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore)
• Director of several private companies

(joined 2002)

• Global Village volunteer: Sri Lanka (2005)
• Global Village team leader: Cambodia (2008)
• Private property developer
• Former commercial rose grower, branch manager of a new housing company, and property consultant and valuer for The Housing Corporation of NZ
• Foundation senior member of The Property Institute of NZ
• Member of the NZ Institute of Valuers
• Member of the leadership group at Harvest City Church in Hamilton

(joined 2007)

• Chairman Gisborne Habitat for Humanity Regional Committee
• Registered architect and member of the NZ Institute of Architects, NZIA
• Former member of the NZ Institute of Arbitrators
• Former registered Architect in South Australia and Northern Territory
• Former member of Ministry of Education (MOE) Property Committee, the MOE Security Review Committee, the Planning Committee for the NZIA, East Coast/Gisborne area, and the Gisborne Rotary Club
• Founding member of the Gisborne Youth Sports Trust Foundation
• Member and former master of the Abercorn/Turanganui Free Masons

(joined 2006)

• Director Maori, Wintec
• Former HOD of Maori Studies and Maori liaison tutor, Wintec
• MBA 1981
• Member of Creative Communities NZ, Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust Kauhanganui, Turangawaewae Marae Committee and Marae Guide
• Advisory member of Te Kotahitanga education research
• Member of the Wintec Faculty of Social Science Research Committee and Tainui Trust Board Education Scholarship Committee
• Former Member of the Tainui Education Committee, and NZ Educational Administration and Leadership Society (NZEALS)

(joined 2009)

• Chairman of Habitat for Humanity Central North Island finance committee
• Partner (Accounting and Advisory) of Deloitte
• CA member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants with over 17 years experience working predominately for Deloitte Hamilton with the exception of three years of working in the UK
• BMS Bachelor of Management Studies