Our Board & 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 an advisor to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority. 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, and Senior Independent Director at Airtel Africa.

Laurence has more than 30 years’ experience driving transformational growth across global technology companies, including Google Cloud, Microsoft, Oracle and Nokia, as well as private equity-backed scale-up Septeo. She has deep expertise in B2B software, technology services, AI and digital transformation, with a strong track record of delivering growth through operational excellence and strategic initiatives.

Throughout her career, Laurence has championed diversity, equity and inclusion as a core leadership principle. She is actively involved in Women in Tech initiatives across France and EMEA and is committed to leading with authenticity to help teams perform at their best.

Laurence currently serves as a Board Director at Vantiva, a listed international technology company, and on the boards of CentraleSupélec, one of France’s leading engineering schools, and Silver Valley, a non-profit organisation supporting startup innovation for the ageing economy. In 2021, she was awarded the Knight of the French National Order of Merit.

Laurence graduated from the French engineering school CentraleSupélec.

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.

John has extensive experience in the areas of global technology, digital transformation, and business strategy. With a strong executive background in technology, product innovation and business transition, he has led high-growth teams, scaled global businesses and driven strategic change.

John was previously CEO of Invenco, a private company providing self-service payment technology solutions. Under his leadership Invenco was sold to Vontier, an industrial manufacturing company based in the US in late 2022, becoming known as Invenco by GVR.

John is currently executive chair of the board of NZX-listed EROAD (NZX:ERD), chair of the board of AoFrio (NZX:AOF), and chair of Digital Matter, all IoT technology and software solutions companies and he is also chair of hydro foiling electric vessel company, Vessev.

Prior to this, John was an independent director for the digital engineering and software development company asBuilt and was a key executive for Navico Holdings involved in the design and manufacture of integrated systems and products for the marine, RV and industrial markets. In his early career John worked for Navman and the NYSE-listed Brunswick.

John holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Auckland.

Stewart Sherriff, with a successful 44-year career, served as CEO of New Zealand’s 2degrees from August 2013, previously holding the position of Chairman for 4 years. He retired in June 2019 and resigned from the 2degrees Board in June 2022. He began his career with British Telecom and worked in 20 countries for various Telcos, progressing from a technician to senior management as the Head of Operations for the Hong Kong operator,
Smartone.

In 1997 he became CTO at Westen Wireless before being seconded as CEO of Meteor, Ireland’s third entrant mobile operator, where he successfully competed against Vodafone and O2. Additionally, Stewart held significant roles at Trilogy International Partners, overseeing operations in multiple countries. Before chairing 2degrees, he chaired Vega Slovenia, served as Vice Chairman of Telering Austria, and served on the Boards of Vipnet Croatia, Voila Haiti, Neuvatel Bolivia, and jNetX USA.

Trond is a technology executive with deep expertise in enterprise software, industrial technology, energy systems and digital transformation. He has extensive experience leading software businesses through periods of growth, mergers and operational transformation.

Trond is currently a Managing Director at Partners Group AG, where he focuses on technology investments, portfolio value creation and AI transformation initiatives. He also serves on the board of Cloudflight, a European digital transformation and software engineering company, and is Chairman of Green Data Centre Technologies, a company focused on sustainable data centre solutions.

Stewart is an experienced financial and commercial executive with leadership experience across the financial services and telecommunications sectors. His previous roles include Chief Financial Officer of ANZ New Zealand, Chief Executive Officer of ANZ Investments, and Chief Financial Officer of Partners Life.

Stewart is currently Chief Financial Officer of NZX-listed Spark New Zealand, one of New Zealand’s leading telecommunications and digital services companies. He also serves on the board of Ten Peaks, the data centre business in which Spark holds a 25% ownership interest.

Stewart is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA) and holds a degree in Economics from Durham University.

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.