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BOARD MEMBERS
 Rob Fenwick - CNZM - Chair
Rob Fenwick is an experienced businessman and company director with interests closely aligned to promoting sustainable development. He has had a long association with Antarctica: for nine years until 2007 he was a director and later chairman of Landcare Research, one of several CRIs involved in Antarctic research, and is a former chairman of the Antarctic Heritage Trust. In 2005 the New Zealand Geographic Society named the Fenwick Ice Piedmont in the Ross Sea for his work in Antarctica. He is currently deputy chairman of TVNZ and chancellor and chairman of the national board of St John. He is a Knight of the Order of St John and a member of the Institute of Directors. He is a co-founder and director of Living Earth Ltd, New Zealand’s principal organic waste management business and is active in policy development around waste minimisation and climate change, and has been a member of several Government working groups in these areas. He is a trustee of Pacific Development Conservation and patron of the NZ Plant Conservation Network.
 Jo Breese
Jo Breese grew up on a farm in mid-Canterbury and moved to Wellington after completing her MA (Hons) at Canterbury University. Until December 2006 Jo was CEO of WWF New Zealand. Under her 7 years of leadership WWF has developed the Habitat Protection fund, establishing the marine programme, and climate change programme. For much of her career Jo has worked in conservation management and she was founding Chair of Southern Seabirds Solutions Trust, an innovative collaboration between the fishing industry, NGO's and government focused on reducing seabird by-catch. Jo has held leadership positions within the WWF network, including Chair Oceania and Chair of Asia Pacific, as well as serving on the global strategy committee. Whilst at NZHPT she facilitated the early planning for conservation of the Antarctic huts. Prior roles include: CEO of Booksellers New Zealand; Assistant Director of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust; Secretary for the Waitangi National Trust and the New Zealand Walkways Commissions.
 Graham Fortune - CNZM
Graham Fortune was Secretary of Defence from 1999-2006. Previously Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Special Adviser to the Foreign Minister, he has also held several foreign service appointments including New Zealand High Commissioner in Canberra, Australia; Ambassador to the United Nations, GATT and Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland; and diplomatic assignments in Canada, Papua New Guinea and Cook Islands. Graham has had a long involvement with Antarctic issues including membership of the Ross Dependency Research Committee. He has attended international Antarctic conferences and has been involved in inspections. Graham has a MSc (Hons) in Chemistry and BSc in Geology from the University of Otago. He has represented New Zealand in his chosen sport, orienteering.
 Janice Molloy
Janice Molloy is a newly appointed member of the Antarctica NZ Board. Her work to date has mainly been associated with recovery of threatened species, both marine and terrestrial and has included running field programmes, development of policy and national coordination of recovery programmes. In recent years her primary focus has been on albatross and petrel recovery programmes. Because the key threat to this group of birds is accidental death in fishing operations, she works closely with fishermen and fishing industries in New Zealand and overseas. Janice convenes a Trust called Southern Seabird Solutions which is an alliance of fishermen, fishing companies, government and environmental groups who collectively work to spread seabird safe fishing practices through out the southern hemisphere.
 Professor John Montgomery
Appointed to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand in 2006, Professor John Montgomery holds a Personal Chair in Biological Sciences, and is the Chair of Marine Science at the University of Auckland, and Director of the Leigh Marine Laboratory. His scientific work sits at the interface of marine science and neuroscience and he has published extensively on fish sensory behaviour and physiology. His work has been recognised by an International Brain Research Organisation Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship and the New Zealand Physiological Society Gold Medal. Professor Montgomery was active in the NZ Antarctic Programme through the 1980s and into the early 1990s exploring fundamental questions of evolution, adaptation and sensory ecology of the Antarctic fish fauna.
 Tenby Powell
Tenby Powell, executive director of New Zealand Rental Group, has been appointed to Antarctica New Zealand’s Board. Tenby is a Lieutenant Colonel in the New Zealand Army reserves. From June 2001-July 2002 he served in the Middle East on a United Nations posting, where he was appointed Deputy Commander. His investment company, Hunter Powell Investments Ltd, partnered with Goldman Sachs in 2003 to purchase Hirepool Ltd. Tenby was appointed CEO and led the strategic growth of the business from 14 branches to 86 business units. After six years, he stepped down as CEO, retaining the role as Executive Director with key responsibility for developing future strategy. In May 2009 he co-chaired the Auckland Entrepreneurial Summit.
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