The board of Spark New Zealand Limited announced it has appointed Gordon MacLeod and Sheridan Broadbent as independent, non-executive directors, effective 1 August 2022. Gordon will be a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Sheridan will be a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Gordon is a highly credentialed business leader, who held a range of senior executive roles over a 15-year period at Ryman Healthcare Group, where he most recently served as CEO.

Prior to this, Gordon was a Corporate Finance and Advisory Partner with PWC and was also the Finance Director of a London listed Hi Tech company, Xaar, based in Cambridge, England. Gordon was recently appointed to the Board of Delegat Group and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury, is a Chartered Accountant Fellow, and a Member of the Institute of Directors. Sheridan's executive and governance career has spanned telecommunications, ICT, infrastructure, and energy.

Her governance experience includes her role as Independent Director for Manawa Energy, Chair-elect of Pipeline and Civil Group, member of the government's Cyber Security Advisory Committee and Chair of Kordia (which will come to an end prior to taking up her directorship at Spark) and her previous role as Director of ranspower. Sheridan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland, is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In accordance with Spark's constitution, Gordon and Sheridan will retire and offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in November 2022.

The Board also announced that Paul Berriman will retire at the next Annual General Meeting.