Leadership & governance

Andy has an extensive background in technology leadership including CEO of Logica, a £4bn turnover listed IT services Company, and CEO of BT Global Services, the enterprise arm of British Telecom. In 2020 Andy was awarded Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his contributions to the Information Technology and British Space Industries. His passion to transform the industry to support sustainable water and energy resources is further demonstrated by his roles as the Chair of WaterAid UK and as a UK National Infrastructure Commissioner. Spending time in both Australia and the UK, he contributes both a local presence and global perspective to Gentrack’s customers and shareholders.

Andy is also the Chair of Lowell Group, a Permira backed credit management company, Senior Independent Director at Airtel Africa.

Fiona is an experienced Director and Board Audit Committee Chair. Her current, active board roles include being a Director of Freightways Limited (NZX), Kingfish Limited, Barramundi Limited and Marlin Global Limited and Director and Audit Committee Chair of the First Gas Group companies. Fiona is also a director of New Zealand Water Polo.

Fiona was formerly a Director and Board Audit Committee Chair of Tilt Renewables Limited (NZX/ASX) and BNZ Life Insurance Limited and BNZ Life Services Limited, Chair of Vinta Funds Management Limited, and a Director of Augusta Limited (NZX), Public Trust and the National Provident Fund.

Fiona has Executive level leadership experience in asset management, funds management and private equity, including holding the roles of Chief Operating Officer of BT Funds Management (NZ), Westpac’s investment arm, and General Manager, Wealth Management for AMP NZ. Fiona also managed the Risk and Operations function of AMP’s Sydney and (owned at the time) London based Private Capital division. Fiona has specialist knowledge of investments and the capital markets. Fiona received the New Zealand Shareholders Association Beacon Award in 2021.

Fiona holds degrees in Law and Arts from the University of Auckland and is a qualified Solicitor in New Zealand, New South Wales and England. Prior to her management career, Fiona practiced as a corporate and commercial lawyer at a senior level in Auckland, Sydney and London, specialising in mergers and acquisitions.

Darc is a seasoned enterprise software professional with over 25 years’ experience successfully building and growing Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud based businesses across global markets. Darc has spent his career working and living in Europe, the USA and Asia/Pacific, growing public and private companies including Infor, SAP, IntraPower (Trusted Cloud) and Integrated Research (ASX:IRI).

Darc led the SAP (NYSE:SAP) global CRM line of business, building it from start-up to total annual revenues of US$1.5 billion, establishing SAP as the global leader in the CRM market. He was CEO at Integrated Research and led the company through a whole of business transformation strategy that delivered 70%+ growth in revenue and profits along with a 4x+ growth in the company’s market capitalisation.

During Darc’s tenure as CEO at IR he led the development and execution of a product and go to market strategy that won IR the distinction of Gartner “Cool Vendor” and established the company as the global market leader in the Unified Communications Performance Management market. Darc is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL) and Gentrack (ASX:GTK).

Stewart was appointed CEO of New Zealand mobile challenger 2degrees in August 2013, having served as the company’s Chairman for the previous 4 years, and interim CEO since April 1st, a position he held until he retired in June 2019. He left the Board of 2degrees in June 2022.

Born in Scotland, Stewart began his 44-year career in telecommunications with British Telecom. He left the UK in 1984 to progress an international career, working in 20 countries for various Telcos. Stewart has learned mobile from the ground up, starting as a technician, progressing to a system specialist, field services manager, BSS specialist and senior engineer before entering senior management as Head of Operations for Hong Kong Operator Smartone.

In 1997 he became CTO at mobile pioneer Western Wireless International, with responsibility for IT, Engineering, Marketing, Customer Care and Technical operations. Six years later, Stewart was seconded as CEO of Meteor, Ireland’s third entrant mobile operator. Under his leadership, Meteor became a successful third player challenging Vodafone and O2.

In 2006 he rejoined Western Wireless founders John Stanton and Brad Horwitz at Trilogy International Partners. As CTO he oversaw Trilogy’s operations in Bolivia, Haiti, Dominican Republic and New Zealand.

Prior to chairing 2degrees, Stewart chaired Vega Slovenia, was Vice Chairman of Telering Austria and served on the boards of Vipnet Croatia, Voila Haiti, Neuvatel Bolivia and jNetX USA.

Gary joined Gentrack in October 2020 following an extensive international career in enterprise technology innovation and cloud capabilities, including serving on the leadership team of Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX), a provider of cloud business software and services to the communications industry. At Amdocs he served as Chief Marketing Officer and prior to this role, was Division President and CTO, leading strategy development, building the product portfolio and sales organisation as well as overseeing Amdocs’ digital services, big data and mobile engagement divisions.

He has also founded and successfully scaled several technology companies including jNetX, a next-generation intelligent network platform for communication service providers, prior to its acquisition by Amdocs in 2009.

Gary is based in London.

Gillian is an experienced chair and non-executive director with a portfolio largely concentrated on the energy sector and private equity/investment space across multiple geographies and ownership structures. A strategist with a background in corporate finance, Gillian started her career with Morgan Stanley working on IPOs and M&A, working both internationally and across sectors. She moved into the energy market in the UK with Eastern Group PLC in corporate finance strategy roles. She later joined Endesa SA, the BME-listed integrated energy business with assets across Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and Latin America. Her executive career culminated as CEO of life sciences company, Giltech.

She currently serves on the board of two SMEs in the energy sector that focus on the green transition: she chairs the UK-based EV charging port business, char.gy, and is a non-executive director of renewables power system support business, Statera Energy. She also sits on two listed businesses: BME-listed glass manufacturer, Vidrala SA, and LSE-listed specialty agriculture and engineering company, Carr’s. Gillian leads origination and transaction execution for power and energy businesses at Scottish-headquartered investment bank, Noble & Co, in a part-time capacity. She has an additional non-executive role with DC 25 Investment Fund.

Gillian brings past and present knowledge and connectivity in the global energy sector. With an executive career spanning roles in investment banking, corporate finance, strategy and general management, she brings a breadth of experience and a demonstrable track record of overseeing business growth and change at publicly listed companies.