Downer EDI Limited announced the appointment of Sheridan Broadbent as Non-executive Director, effective from 1 October 2023. Ms Broadbent joins Downer as an independent Director. Ms Broadbent is currently a Non-executive Director of Spark New Zealand, Manawa Energy (NZSX:MNW), and is the Deputy Chair of the Business Leaders' Health & Safety Forum in New Zealand.

Ms Broadbent has previously served as the Chair of Kordia Group, a Non-executive Director of Transpower, Kaingaroa Timberlands and Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Authority, and as a member of the New Zealand Government's Cyber Security Advisory Committee. Ms Broadbent was formerly the Chief Executive of Counties Power and prior to that held several senior executive roles in the energy, telecommunications and engineering sectors, including with Downer in Australia and New Zealand from 2007 to 2011. Ms Broadbent holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland and is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.