Our team

Donald Clark - Chief Executive

Before joining REANNZ, Donald Clark was the Prime Minister's policy adviser on telecommunications, transport, economic development, state-owned enterprises, science & innovation and broadcasting. He has also advised ministers on the Government's ownership interests in the Crown research institutes.

Prior to that, Donald worked in Europe as a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was also an early employee at technology start-up Ask Jeeves UK. He holds a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Edinburgh.

Donald is a member of the InternetNZ Council.

Martha Bouterey - Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive

Martha is the Personal Assistant to our Chief, Donald. As part of the Corporate Services team, Martha brings a vast knowledge of office processes and procedures, enjoys getting involved in an array of activities and you can find her with many ‘hats’ on. Outside of the office, Martha plays softball, is quite adept at Oamaru stone carving and dabbles in painting and jewellery making.

Mark Cordy - Operations Manager

Mark Cordy joins REANNZ from telecommunications consultancy Amos Aked Swift (NZ) Ltd. He has more than 30 years experience in telecommunications having held a variety of senior positions within Telecom New Zealand. His expertise includes commercial and contracts negotiation, specification and evaluation. His technical skills include standards and practices, transport and data systems, and network management systems. Mark holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury.

Elaine Mosley - Corporate Services Manager

Hailing from Christchurch, Elaine has previously worked as the Company Secretary of Bank of New Zealand and Head of the Legal Section at the AMP Society. More recently, she has been in the printing and marketing businesses with her husband Tony.  Elaine is leading the day-to-day management of REANNZ and making vital contributions towards the company's strategic direction.

David Brownlie - Operations Specialist

David joined REANNZ from Datacom where he managed a team designing, implementing and running tools for enterprise systems management capability. He has also worked at Telecom Advanced Solutions and as a network and security consultant for a variety of organisations.  He was involved in the architecture and delivery of the global network for the New Zealand Dairy Board prior to the Fonterra merger. David graduated from Victoria University with degrees in Criminology and Social Policy.

Andrew McKegg - Operations Specialist

Andrew was most recently at EDS where he was Technical Lead of the Best Shore Network Engineering Team. He was involved in the global engineering and delivery of networking services for General Motors. He has also worked at Telecom Advanced Solutions as a Design Engineer and the Bank of New Zealand as an Infrastructure Specialist.

John Conrad Sto. Tomas - Network Development Engineer

John formerly worked for the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) as a Business Solutions Specialist for its Corporate Business Group and a Network Specialist for the Network Services Group. He has a wide range of experience in Telecommunications, including marketing, product development, network planning, engineering, project implementation and acceptance. At REANNZ John is leading the architecture design, planning and development for KAREN. He holds a Degree in Management and Industrial Engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology.

David Clough - Deployment Specialist

David has worked in the telecommunications industry throughout his career, including senior roles in sales, marketing, financial analysis, network construction, and network operations. These roles have been with national carriers and with niche operators. Recently, David has provided consultancy services to a range of projects, including strategic reviews for applicants to the governments Digital Strategy, certification of Number Portability for a number of telecommunication carriers, and has also assisted with the design of Transpower's next generation telecommunications national network. David has tertiary qualifications in engineering, quality and management.

Bill Choquette- Member Development Specialist

Bill is a member of our Communities Team. He comes to REANNZ with a background in eCommerce and education. As our Development Coordinator, Bill is helping to build the breadth and depth of KAREN’s membership and usage. On the weekends, Bill is often fishing for trout on the Hutt River, listening to music, or working on various handyman projects around the house.

Vicki Lindsay - Communications Specialist

Vicki has 7 years experience in the communications field, first with the Tertiary Education Commission, then with the Ministry of Justice. Vicki is a graduate of both the University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington and has a Masters degree in Education. Out of the office Vicki can be found diving off Wellington's south coast or cycling the Miramar Peninsular.

Our Board

Dr Jim Watson - Chair

Dr Jim Watson, of Auckland, was the Founding Scientist and former Chief Executive of Genesis Research and Development Corporation. He is director of Biojoule Limited and Salix Limited; and has served as the Head of the Department of Molecular Medicine, Auckland University, 1984-93; a director of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (2000-2003), a member of the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board (2001-2004), and President of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2003-2006). His professional interests enable him to take a highly informed view of the value of the Advanced Network as a key piece of New Zealand’s research and education infrastructure.

Jane Taylor - Deputy Chair

Jane Taylor is a Queenstown-based barrister specialising in the areas of civil law and equity. Formerly a Chartered Accountant, her business background includes business and share valuations, corporate finance, insolvency and company reconstruction, and litigation support. Jane recently retired as a director of Scion (Crown Research Institute) and was previously a director of Forestry Corporation of New Zealand. She was recently appointed to the board of the Legal Services Agency and is the Chair of the Milford Community Trust. Jane is a member of the Institute of Directors, the New Zealand Law Society and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.

Carol Moffatt

Based in North Canterbury, Carol Moffatt has more than 40 years experience at all levels of the education sector.  She holds directorships with Multiserve Education Trust Ltd and Core Education Ltd (formerly Ultralab South).  She has also been appointed to the Correspondence School Board of Trustees. She was the Manager, ICT Strategy for Schools for the Ministry of Education between 1998 and 2003.

Dr Rick Pridmore

Dr Rick Pridmore is an independent business adviser. He currently holds the key role of DairyNZ’s Strategy and Investment Leader (Sustainability). Prior to this he was Chief Executive of NIWA from 2002 to 2006. Before holding the Chief Executive office at NIWA, he served as deputy chief executive (Strategic Development), research director and previously, science leader. From 1980 to 1993 he worked with the Ministry of Works, DSIR and NIWA specialising in marine and freshwater ecology.

He established the NIWA Information Technology Team in 1994, and was also responsible for making the business case for and purchasing the CRAY T3E super computer. He is a director of Dairy Insight (Pggr Consortia) Limited and Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Gas Research Limited.

George L. Benwell

Professor Benwell is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce) and Dean of the Business School at the University of Otago. After working as a surveyor, consultant and University of Melbourne academic, Professor Benwell joined Otago's Information Science Department in 1990.  He led the Department from 2001-2006 and served as the School's Dean of Research. Between 1996 and 1999, he was the University's Academic Director of Research. In 2007, Professor Benwell was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean.

Professor Benwell's research and teaching are mainly focused on spatial information processing and analysis, and land and health-related information systems. He currently holds a Bachelor of Surveying from the University of Melbourne, an MPhil from City University, London and a PhD from Melbourne.  George has been involved with research in Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, Canada, Fiji, England, America, Malaysia and Tonga, and has published over 250 research papers and articles.

In 2001, he received the GJ Thornton-Smith Memorial Medal as a distinguished graduate of Melbourne University's School of Engineering Department of Geomatics.

Dr Graham Hill

Graham is an astronomer and astrophysicist currently lecturing in astronomy at the University of Auckland. He spent 29 years as a research scientist at the Herzbeg Institute in Victoria, Canada and served 12 years on a local school board (20 schools) at times as Board Chair and Chair of the Finance Committee.

Graham is an active researcher working in collaboration with colleagues at Brandon University, Canada and The Citadel, USA. His current speciality is in model building, data processing and the analysis of high resolution spectroscopy.

He is a Board Member of the National Institute for Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) and Mighty River Power; and a Councillor on the Unitec Council. Previously he spent 6 years on the Board of the NZ MetService.

Mike Riley

Mike Riley is the Chief Executive of Endace, New Zealand’s own world leader in network traffic monitoring technology. Mike has over 20 years experience in the networking and security marketplace. Mike previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading manufacturer of server appliances for the security and storage networking market place.

Prior to this, Mike was as Chief Marketing Officer at Sonexis Inc., Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Artel Video Systems Inc. and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Premisys Communications.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Southampton, UK.

Updated 7 November 2008