Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Downer EDI Limited (Downer) today announced the appointment of Sheridan Broadbent as Non executive Director, effective from 1 October 2023. Ms Broadbent joins Downer as an independent Director.

The Chairman of Downer, Mark Menhinnitt, said Ms Broadbent is an experienced non-executive director and senior executive with experience in business strategy, technology, business development, and health and safety in the utilities and telecommunications sectors. Having worked in both Australia and New Zealand and being based in Auckland, Ms Broadbent brings a deep understanding of the New Zealand market. Downer has a long and important history in New Zealand and this appointment affirms Downer’s enduring commitment to the New Zealand market.
Ms Broadbent is currently a Non-executive Director of Spark New Zealand (ASX:SPK, NZSX:SPK), Manawa Energy (NZSX:MNW), and is the Deputy Chair of the Business Leaders’ Health & Safety Forum in New Zealand. Ms Broadbent has previously served as the Chair of Kordia Group, a Non-executive Director of Transpower, Kaingaroa Timberlands and Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Authority, and as a member of the New Zealand Government’s Cyber Security Advisory Committee.
Ms Broadbent was formerly the Chief Executive of Counties Power and prior to that held several senior executive roles in the energy, telecommunications and engineering sectors, including with Downer in Australia and New Zealand from 2007 to 2011.
Ms Broadbent holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.

Authorised for release by the Board of Directors.

About Downer
Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand and customers are at the heart of everything it does. It exists to create and sustain the modern environment and its promise is to work closely with its customers to help them succeed, using world-leading insights and solutions to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. For more information visit downergroup.com.

For further information please contact:
Media: Mitchell Dale, Group Manager Corporate Affairs +61 448 362 198
Investors: Adam Halmarick, Group Head of Investor Relations and Strategic Planning +61 413 437 487

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