Solid Energy Board appointments

Pip Dunphy has been appointed as Deputy Chair to the board of Solid Energy, and Andy Coupe as an additional director to the Board.

State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall says Pip Dunphy joined the board last December, and she brings to her expanded role substantial experience in financial services, fund management and a range of current and previous governance appointments.

Mr Coupe was appointed to the board with effect from 1 October 2013. He is Deputy Chair of the Takeovers Panel, and is also a member of the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand.

Until recently, he worked as a consultant in investment banking at UBS New Zealand Ltd.