Jack is a seasoned company director with more the three decades leading businesses in New Zealand and Australia, primarily in media and telecommunications. He is currently a director at Chorus and was previously chair of Mediaworks NZ, as well as a director at Plexure, Network for Learning, Crown Fibre Holdings, APN Outdoor, and Trilogy Natural Products.

Gary is highly experienced when it comes to the energy sector. He’s the driving force behind Lodestone’s vision to bring solar to the mainstream energy market. He’s worked for more than three decades across Aotearoa and Canada’s energy industries in infrastructure, generation, retail, and distribution.

Prior to Lodestone, Gary was the CEO of Pulse Energy, a nationwide energy retailer. He was previously chief executive of the Wellington Power Company, Enmax, and TransAlta New Zealand, where he developed the Taranaki Combined Cycle and Otahuhu power plants.

Guy is co-founder, former CEO and chairman of Adaytum, and co-founder and CEO of Anaplan. He led Adaytum to a $160 million acquisition and Anaplan to a $3 billion IPO listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Guy is also a lead investor and director for medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, and technology start-up Nyriad, as well as an early Xero investor and former board member.

Joanna chairs Lodestone’s Audit and Risk Committee. Her other current directorships include Oyster Property Group (chair) and Helius Therapeutics. Previous directorships include Genesis Energy, Partners Life, Trade Me, Kiwi Property and Sport New Zealand. Joanna has had a long standing career as a chartered accountant including as a partner at KPMG, in various roles at the International Financial Reporting Foundation and as a member of the Securities Commission.

Sam is well-known as the founder of Trade Me, which he launched in 1999 and sold to Fairfax Media Australia in 2006. He was an early Xero investor and was a board member for a decade as well as a director of Vend for 6 years until its sale in 2021.

Susan has a longstanding energy sector career. Prior to joining Lodestone, she was a director for the Electricity Authority since its inception in 2010 and is currently chair of Steel and Tube and E-Road as well as a director of the Reserve Bank, Les Mills and Arvida. She was previously a member of the Wholesale Electricity Market Development Group in the mid-90s. Susan is also a previous board member of Transpower, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) and chair of the NZ Eco-Labelling Trust.

Will is Director of Principal Investments at investment firm Jarden. He is experienced in direct private capital investments and partnering with global investors and has a longstanding career in the private equity sector. He was previously a non-executive director for Australia’s largest private rail freight business, Pacific National.