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SPARC's nine-member board combines strong recreation, sporting and governance expertise. Nominations for the board are recommended to the Minister for Sport and Recreation by a nominations committee. New appointments are for a term of three years.
Paul Allison (Central Otago) is Chief Executive of the Central Lakes Trust based in Cromwell and has extensive background in the sport sector and the media. He was Chief Executive of Sport Otago from 1994 until 2007 and has over 20 years involvement with radio and television broadcasting. Paul was a former New Zealand marathon representative for eight years and won the Pacific Rim marathon title in 1993. He has been trustee of the Halberg Trust since 2000 and has served on various executive committees including the NZ Master Games and the FIFA Under 17 World championship Southern Region.
Alan Isaac has extensive experience in the field of corporate governance, corporate management and in commercial accounting. He retired as Chair of KPMG New Zealand in March 2006 after 35 years with the company. Mr Isaac is a Fellow of the College of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a member of the Institute of Directors. He is a member of the New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Board and of the Board of Rugby New Zealand 2011 Limited (one of two government appointees to that board), and a trustee of the NZ Community Trust. He is currently a member of the New Zealand Cricket and Golf boards. He will not seek reappointment to the Golf Board and will resign from the NZ Cricket Board at the end of his current term.
Donald Stewart has been Managing Director for Skellerup since 1992, and was Chief Executive of Viking Pacific Holdings from 1999-2002. He previously held a number of management positions within Skellerup. He is also a director of Lyttleton Port Company, and has had close involvement with the Canterbury Rugby Union, providing him with an understanding of both high performance and amateur sport. He was a Director of the Union between 1998 and 1999 including one year as Chairman.
Nicki Turner is Head of the School of Sport at Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland.
Nicki played International Cricket for New Zealand for 10 years and during this time was also the NZWCC Coaching Co-ordinator. She was the Assistant Coaching Director for Canterbury (Mens) Cricket as well as running an extensive private coaching business. Nicki was one of two coaches to start the modified children’s cricket programme, Canta Cricket (later became Kiwi Cricket). In 1998 Nicki was awarded a Queens Honour for services to the community and cricket (MNZM).
Nicki has extensive sports administration, coaching and playing experience.
Updated | 13 Nov 2007.
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