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Chris Joblin
Mike Pohio
Nathan York
Tama Potaka
Chris
was appointed
Chief Financial Officer in
2009. Prior to joining TGH
Chris held a number of
senior financial positions
in both New Zealand
and the United Kingdom.
Chris is a member of the
New Zealand Institute of
Chartered Accountants and
INFINZ.
At TGH Chris is responsible
for finance, treasury
management, financial
information systems and
audit. During the year Chris
has focused on refining the
investment and funding
strategy and also became a
Director in associate entity,
Hamilton Riverview Hotel
Limited.
Married to Colleen, Chris
has two children.
Mike
was appointed Chief
Executive Officer in 2006.
Prior to joining TGH, Mike
held a number of senior
management positions in
companies including the
Port of Tauranga, Fonterra,
New Zealand Dairy Group
and Elders Pastoral. Mike
gained an MBA from IMD,
Switzerland in 1999 and
is a member of both the
New Zealand Institute of
Chartered Accountants and
Institute of Directors. He
is a director of Transpower
and is also Chairman of
BNZ Regional Partners
(Waikato), a member of The
New Zealand Initiative and
a member of the Property
Council of New Zealand.
Mike has two adult sons
and is married to Karen.
TAMA
joined TGH in
December 2009 as General
Manager, Corporate
Services and holds a
practising solicitor’s
certificate. Tama has
worked as a lawyer in the
United States and New
Zealand and is a graduate
of Columbia University
amongst other educational
institutions. He has
authored numerous articles
and is a regular public
speaker on constitutional
and Maaori development
issues.
At TGH, Tama is
responsible for corporate
governance and
administration, legal issues,
human resources/people,
policy and procedures,
and health and safety.
Tama was instrumental in
implementing electronic
governance reporting as
well as automation of
the Shareholder’s payroll
system.
Tama is married to Ariana
and has three children.
NATHAN
was appointed
General Manager of
Property in 2003. He has a
Bachelor of Management
Studies degree, an MBA
from the University of
Waikato and is currently
studying Te Reo Maaori
under the Te Tohu Paetahi
programme. Nathan is
also chairman of Hamilton
Riverview Hotel Limited
and a director of Tainui
Auckland Airport Hotel
GP Limited, the entities
that contain the hotel joint
venture investments on
behalf of TGH.
Nathan oversees all
property investment and
development operations
for TGH. In the last year
the property business units
achieved strong portfolio
returns, saw the continued
development at The Base,
new offices for TGH and
substantial progress with
various statutory planning
processes.
Nathan and his partner
Briar have three children.
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