Our Board

Andrew Evans is a professional director with over 40 years’ experience in commercial real estate and asset management. Andrew’s governance roles include Chair of Infinity Investment Group and Deputy Chair of Trust Investment Management Limited, with other directorships including IHC and a number of private and family companies. Past directorships have included NZX-listed Argosy Property Limited and Vital Healthcare Limited. In addition, Andrew is a past National President of the Property Council of New Zealand, chief judge in the Property Council of New Zealand Property Awards, and a former government appointee to the Land Valuation Tribunal. Andrew is a fellow of the New Zealand Property Institute and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and has previously served on the Auckland Branch Committee.

Tony is the IHC Board Chair. He has been involved with IHC since the early 1980s, originally at local level and then at national level. He was on the Board from 1998 to November 2005, and IHC New Zealand President from 2002 to 2005. For a number of years he was a Trustee of the Donald Beasley Institute and for a period was Chair. He was also a Trustee of the IHC Foundation for many years.

In September 2019 Tony was reappointed to the IHC Board and elected Chair in February 2020. He is an IHC New Zealand Life Member.

Tony was a partner in the Timaru law firm Timpany Walton for almost 40 years and has been a director of several private companies. He has a broad experience in community and volunteer organisations, often in the role of chairperson.

Mark was employed as General Manager Corporate Services for IHC for ten years and was a key member of the team who negotiated Accessible Properties’ acquisition of the Tauranga state housing portfolio from the Crown in 2017. He is a chartered accountant who was previously employed by Ernst & Young for more than 20 years. Mark has been a Board Member of the Te Hopai Trust since 2007 and on the IHC Group Audit Committee since 2019.

Martin has over 35 years’ senior executive and governance experience in commercial and residential property development and investment, in both Australia and New Zealand, with a strong understanding and interest in community development. Previous executive and governance experience includes roles as CEO of McConnell Property, a Director of Eke Panuku, Tamaki Redevelopment Company and as a Council Member of Unitec Institute of Technology among others.

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Susan has over 25 years of governance experience in private, public, iwi and not-for-profit organisations.

She is Chair of produce companies, Leaderbrand and Leaderbrand Future Farms.  Susan is a director of the Royal College of General Practitioners, and OSPRI, the farmer-owned animal disease management agency. She is a director of Trust Management Investments and an advisor to Community Governance Aotearoa.

A Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Susan's previous roles include Chair of Ngāi Tahu Property and Veterinary Enterprises Group.

Kevin Jenkins is a professional director with a background in both the private and public sectors. He brings commercial, public policy and regulatory, and governance expertise to the Board.

Kevin’s current roles include independent Chair of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, Director of Harrison Grierson, Chair of the NZ Qualifications Authority, Director of WorkSafe, and Chair of Iti Kōpara |Public Governance Aotearoa (professional development for directors of Crown entities). He is also a member of the Risk and Assurance Committees of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defence.

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