Bruce is Chair of the Board of New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. He is a director of KiwiRail Holdings Limited and New Zealand Post Limited. He is also Chair of KiwiRail’s Risk, Assurance and Audit Board Committee NZ Post’s Finance, Risk and Investment Committee and the Board of Silvester Clark Limited. 

Bruce was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 25 years.  He retired from the firm in 2017 but continues to provide a diverse range of commercial and financial advice to both private and public sector entities. His technical specialisations include large-scale infrastructure procurement processes, infrastructure financing, financial analysis, capital structuring, business case development, economic regulation, business and share valuations, and cost of capital. 

He has worked with several New Zealand sports administration entities during his career, including the New Zealand Rugby, New Zealand Cricket and Netball New Zealand. He undertook a wide range of projects for these and other sports administration entities, such as financial reviews, competition design, cost management and restructuring. He co-managed the New Zealand Rugby bid process for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and provided assistance to the organising entity for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.  

Bruce has been adviser to stakeholders and owners of several of New Zealand’s major stadiums. In particular, he provided financial, commercial and funding advice for the development or ongoing management of Eden Park, Wellington Stadium (Sky Stadium), ASB Tennis Arena, Lancaster Park, Forsyth Barr Stadium and Palmerston North Arena (Central Energy Trust Arena). 

Debbie has a Masters in Urban Design and is a registered New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA) Landscape Architect with 25 years’ experience in shaping spaces and places for the communities of Aotearoa. Debbie is currently the NZILA President as well as being the Director of Tipu Design. She is a panellist on the Christchurch City Council Urban Design panel and is the environmental advisor and manager of te Taiao Portfolio for Ōnuku Rūnanga.  

Debbie was previously the General Manager at Matapopore for 7 and a half years and responsible for embedding Ngāi Tahu cultural narratives in the rebuild of the Ōtautahi Christchurch. During this time, Debbie worked closely with local and central government to ensure post-earthquake Christchurch embedded the values and stories of mana whenua and emerged as a 21st-century city, rich with meaning and character, and expressing our dual histories and treaty partnership. Currently, she is leading the process for Ōnuku Rūnanga of developing an integrated climate change adaptation and mahinga kai management plan for Akaroa Harbour. 

Jennah has extensive knowledge and experience in the sport sector, including leading and delivering commercially successful major events.  

Jennah is currently the Chief Executive of Aktive, Deputy Chair of Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, the entity whose responsibilities includes ownership and management of Go Media Mt Smart Stadium, Western Springs Stadium and North Harbour Stadium and an Independent Director of Perpetual Guardian.  

Her earlier leadership roles include General Manager Partnerships and Communications at Sport NZ, playing a lead role in the successful bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup; Chief Executive of World Masters Games 2017; General Manager, Destination and Manager Major Events at Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, with a lead role in Auckland’s Rugby World Cup 2011 programme, the FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup bid and developing Auckland’s first Major Events Strategy.  

Jennah was also formerly a Director of Regional Facilities Auckland and an Independent Director of Cricket 2021 Limited, the entity established to plan and deliver the 2021 ICC Cricket World Cup.  

Jennah was recently acknowledged at the 2024 New Zealand Sport and Recreation Awards, receiving the C.K. Doig Leadership Award. This prestigious award recognises a person in the sport and recreation sector who displays outstanding leadership. 

Mike is an Australian-based part time Senior Associate of a sport and leisure consultancy called Otium Planning Group. He has 40 years of experience in the leisure, sport and recreation industry, ranging from managing Council Leisure Services Departments in the 1980s to owning and managing various planning consultancy practices for the past 28 years.  

He has worked on sport, aquatic and stadia facility projects across Australia, New Zealand, USA, China, India UAE and a range of Pacific countries.  

From a high performance and event facility perspective Mike has managed planning and feasibility facility studies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics (National Swimming Centre) and for 2006 (Melbourne 3 facilities) and 2010 (New Delhi – 7 facilities) Commonwealth Games. He was also involved in planning for 6 event facilities for the Pacific Games (PNG 2015). 

In Australia, Mike’s studies have contributed to the development of more than 100 facilities. From a major facility perspective, he completed the planning study for development of the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and its 3 extensions, National Ice Sports (Winter Olympics) Centre at the Docklands, State Netball and Hockey Centre, State Athletics Centre and the State Bowls Centre (all in Victoria). 

In New Zealand he has completed planning studies that have seen more than 30 facilities now built and operational including Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre and extension, Ākau Tangi Sports Centre Wellington, Stadium Southland and Velodrome extension and regional aquatic leisure centres across the country including Tauranga, Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Westport, Ashburton and Auckland (various locations).  

Mike specialises in demand and need analysis for sport, recreation, leisure and tourism facilities, programmes, service and events with special interest in ensuring legacy and benefit planning.  

Susan (Sooz) has over 20 years of experience working in and around tourism and major events, from strategy to implementation. She was the Manager of New Zealand Major Events within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for five years (2017-2022), covering the co-hosted bid for the FIFA WWC 2023 and the establishment of the government systems once secured, Rugby World Cup, Women's Cricket World Cup, World Choir Games, the event sector elements of the COVID-19 response, and the 36th America’s Cup (AC36). AC36 also included a position on the Project Alliance Board for the Wynyard Edge Alliance, which had responsibility for the infrastructure build. Prior to this Sooz held event prospecting, stakeholder management and event development roles for Auckland.  

Since establishing her consultancy, Daylight, Sooz has worked on event strategies regionally and internationally, event feasibilities and development plans. Her international work has included Wales, Liverpool, Glasgow and Qatar, all with a mix of major events and business events. At home, strategy and feasibility work has included the cities of Tauranga, Whanganui, Napier and Christchurch, including work specific to venues.  

Sooz sits on the boards of Women In Sport Aotearoa, Super Rugby Pacific, and an adaptive mountain biking charity, as well being a member of the NZ International Representatives Network. 

Tom is an Owner and Director of MI Global Partners in Australia. He is experienced in strategic advisory and the delivery of complex infrastructure, strategy and event projects in sport, tourism, arts and culture. 

He has worked with clients across major programmes and projects and has advised governments, cultural institutions, sports organisations and tourism authorities. He has led strategic and operational planning and delivery of Olympic Games, rugby world cups and other major international events and has led multidisciplinary teams in master planning, design, feasibility, business cases and the procurement of sport, arts, cultural and tourism infrastructure. 

Tom was Project Director developing the strategy for the renewal of the Sydney Opera House and Development Director for the $309m redevelopment of Penrith Stadium and $820m refurbishment of Stadium Australia. He has led a national Sport Venue Master Plan for the State of Qatar, and a master planning framework for Venues West’s portfolio of venues, along with providing advice to the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust master plan and grandstand redevelopment projects.