The New Zealand Refining Company Limited announced the retirement of David Jackson at the Annual Meeting of shareholders next April, after serving ten years as an Independent Director and six years as Chairman. The company announced that Simon Allen has been appointed as an Independent Director of the Company. Simon Allen joins the Refining NZ Board having chaired the Financial Markets Authority since its establishment in 2011.

He was the founder and former Managing Director of ABN AMRO New Zealand Limited, and Chairman of NZX Limited (NZX) from 2001 until 2008. He is currently the Chairman of Crown Fibre Holdings Limited, and Auckland Council Investments Limited. The company also announced the appointment of Stuart Brown to fill the ExxonMobil director role made vacant by the resignation in November of director, Kim MacMillan.