Three Mercury execs depart as generation focus tightens

Three Mercury execs depart as generation focus tightens
Gavin Evans
Three of Mercury NZ’s seven-strong executive team will be leaving the business as part of a restructuring aimed at improving the management focus on its generation activities and the country’s broader decarbonisation efforts.Four of the company’s seven general manager roles — retail and digital, hydro/wholesale, geothermal and safety, and corporate affairs — are to go from Feb.2, chief executive Vince Hawksworth said today.They will be replaced with new general manager positions for generation, portfolio, sustainab...

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