Keith Turner staying on as Transpower chair to May

Keith Turner staying on as Transpower chair to May
Keith Turner says good things take time. (Image; NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
Transpower chair Keith Turner says he will stay in the role until next May to smooth the transition of the state-owned enterprise’s incoming chief executive and see more progress on other issues.Turner said as a long-term infrastructure business it had to ensure there was long-term leadership. His term expired on Oct 31 and the Government recently announced the future of other board members’ terms expiring on that date had been decided. Heather Simpson was not being reappointed and Michele Embling was being reappointed.At the t...

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