Our governance

Peter Jensen – MBA, CMInstD

Peter Jensen is the Board Chair, having joined the Board of Trustees in April 2018 and then assuming the role of Chair upon Bevan Killick's retirement later that year. Peter has previously held several high-profile Chief Executive roles in complex businesses in the Construction, Insurance and Sports sector. Having chosen to step away from executive roles, he now focuses on governance and works with a number of organisations to assist with strategic planning and growth-focussed business advisory. Peter's current board roles include the Christchurch West Coast Air Rescue Trust, Miles Construction Ltd and the Hagley Group.

Tim Burns – BA, BCA

Tim Burns joined the board in 2016. He brings extensive governance and senior management experience in the health services, social services and the wider community voluntary sector. More recently he has served a term as a member of the Parole Board and is currently a lay member of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.  

Tim Sissons – MBA, LLB, BA

Tim Sissons is an experienced Christchurch-based commercial solicitor with a background in management and business development, Tim has an MBA from John Hopkins University, USA a BA (Political Science and Classical History) and an LLB from the University of Canterbury. Tim holds governance roles on the Christchurch Diocesan Foundation and the NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club. He is currently a Managing Partner of Hill Lee & Scott. His professional experience includes working in product development and innovation at Walgreens Conshohocken, USA; consultant for Esportif International (NZ) Limited and Staff Solicitor/Associate for Saunders Robinson Brown, in Christchurch.

Stella Ward – MHSc, BSLT

Stella Ward is regarded as an advocate for innovation and a leader in digital health systems. She has held a number of executive leadership roles in corporate and public sector agencies, most recently at Hewlett Packard Enterprise NZ. Prior to joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Stella led the All of Government Cloud Programme as the Executive Director within the office of the Government Chief Digital Officer at the Department of Internal Affairs and prior to that she was the Chief Digital Officer at Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards (now Te Whatu Ora), leading a significant data and digital transformation.

Jackie Crampton – CA

Jackie Crampton is a motivated and experienced finance/commercial manager with a Chartered Accountant qualification. She has experience across several sectors and in various roles that have allowed her to gain all round business experience. She is currently employed as the General Manager of Finance at Miles Construction Ltd based in Christchurch and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Her first governance role was at Calcon Ltd as an executive director. During her time there she was involved in the successful negotiation of the sale of Calcon to Higgins Construction Ltd. Jackie has a passion for business and her experience allows her to apply her skills and energy to inspire people and organisations in any sector she works in.

Rebecca Cattermole

Rebecca Cattermole is the Chief Executive Officer of St John of God Accord and was appointed to the St John of God Hauora Trust Board in 2025. She brings almost two decades of executive leadership experience across the disability and community services sector, including senior roles at CareChoice, Yooralla, Nextt Group, and Able Australia. Rebecca has contributed at board level as a Non-Executive Director at Statewide Autistic Services Inc. She began her career as a Senior Scientist with the UK Health Protection Agency and the National Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, but has found her calling in the community services sector. With extensive expertise in operations, strategy, governance, and quality and risk management, Rebecca prides herself on her commitment to genuine client inclusion for people with disability and achieves this through strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and supporting leaders to build high performing teams.

Nigel Ingram – MBA, CMA, MInstD

Nigel Ingram is the Director of Operations at the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono. He has more than twenty years of experience in public sector leadership, operations management, and international business. Prior to his current role, Nigel held senior leadership positions across local and central government, including at the Treasury, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Timaru District Council. He also served at the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei, promoting New Zealand’s trade, economic and cultural interests.