Steven Joyce, Independent Chair
Steven joined the NZME Board as Chair in June 2025.
An accomplished businessman and politician, Steven established and built media company RadioWorks NZ over 14 years, then served as campaign chair for the National Party for five general elections and as a Cabinet Minister for nine years. During his time in government, he was responsible for a number of portfolios including Finance, Infrastructure, Economic Development, Transport, Communications and IT.
Steven currently runs his own consultancy business, Joyce Advisory Ltd and is an Independent Director of Winton Land Ltd, The lcehouse Ltd, lcehouse Ventures Ltd, and Foodstuffs North Island Limited.
In the 2025 King's Birthday Honours, Steven was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services as a Member of Parliament.
As well as being NZME Board Chair, Steven is a member of NZME's Audit and Risk Committee and People Remuneration & Nominations Committee.
Carol Campbell, Independent Director
Carol Campbell is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of CAANZ and Chartered member of the Institute of Directors. Carol was a partner at Ernst; Young for over 25 years and has been a professional Director for the last 10 years. Carol has extensive financial experience and a sound understanding of efficient board governance.
She is a director of NZ Post Limited, Kiwibank Limited, T&G Global Limited, Asset Plus Limited, Chubb Insurance Limited and a number of other private companies.
Carol chairs NZME's Audit and Risk Committee.
Jim Grenon, Non - independent Director
Jim joined the NZME Board in June 2025.
He is a seasoned executive and investor with over 35 years of experience in organisational growth, operational improvement and corporate turnarounds, primarily in Canada and the United States.
With academic training in both law and economics, Jim brings a multidisciplinary perspective to business leadership and governance. He has served on the boards of numerous public entities. This includes companies listed on the Vancouver, Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
In 1995, Jim founded TOM Capital in Calgary, Canada, where he remains the primary investor and an active shareholder. TOM Capital manages a diverse portfolio of private companies.
Jim is a member of NZME's Audit and Risk Committee and People Remuneration & Nominations Committee.
Guy Horrocks, Independent Director
Guy joined the NZME Board in February 2021.
Guy established himself as an early pioneer of the mobile app industry co-founding the worlds first commercial iPhone app company in 2007, Polar Bear Farm. With clients including Expedia, DreamWorks, HBO, OREO, CNN, Time Magazine as well as The New Zealand Herald, Horrocks helped launch over 100 mobile apps with his award-winning mobile agency Carnival Labs, many of which were featured by Apple.
Guy holds numerous board and advisor positions with companies like New Zealand Mint, Jade Software, KEA and Tracksuit.
Guy is a member of NZME's OneRoof Advisory Board and is a member of the People Remuneration & Nominations Committee.
Bowen Pan, Independent Director
Bowen joined the NZME board in June 2025.
He is a product and business leader with deep experience building and scaling digital platforms, marketplaces and AI-driven software across global technology and media companies.
He led the creation of Facebook Marketplace and held senior product leadership roles at Trade Me, Meta, Stripe and Common Room.
Through Redwood Pan Group, Bowen advises founders, executives and boards on product strategy, go-to-market execution, AI strategy, and organisational design, helping established organisations and high growth companies turn technological change into sustained commercial advantage.
He also serves on the advisory board of the University of Auckland Business School.
Bowen chairs NZME’s OneRoof Advisory Board.
Kate Parsons, Independent Director
Kate joined the NZME Board in March 2026.
She has more than 30 years of experience in finance roles, across a variety of industries in New Zealand and internationally.
She is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ) and Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors, with extensive financial and analytical experience acquired through her time as CFO of technology and high-growth companies, including Endace, PowerbyProxi, Compac, Teknique and RUSH. Kate is currently a director of Mainfreight, Entrada Travel Group, Freedom Lifestyle Villages and Grey Street Investments Limited (Tax Traders).
Kate is a member of NZME's Audit and Risk Committee.
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Sussan Turner, Independent Director
For the past 25 years, Sussan has held senior leadership roles across media companies, including Group CEO of MediaWorks, Managing Director of Radio Otago, and CEO of RadioWorks.
She is currently Group CEO and Director of Aspire2 Group Limited, one of the leading tertiary education groups in New Zealand, and is passionate about building executive teams and company cultures.
Sussan has extensive experience as a director and is currently Pro-chancellor of Auckland University of Technology and Co-Chair of Organic Initiative Limited.
Sussan chairs NZME's People, Remuneration & Nominations Committee and is also a member of the OneRoof Advisory Board.
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