Meet the management team

Greg Skelton
Chief Executive Officer
Greg has been the Chief Executive of Wellington Electricity since April 2009. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Greg was the Chief Executive of Alpine Energy Limited and has held various senior management roles in the electricity industry. Greg has 30 years of experience in the fields of production engineering, electrical engineering and business management. Greg holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Business Administration and is a fellow of the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.

Ray Hardy
General Manager Asset Management
Ray has been the General Manager Asset Management since August 2015. Prior to his appointment as General Manager Asset Management, Ray held a number of senior asset and project management positions with Transpower. This is Ray’s second tenure at Wellington electricity having worked as a distribution engineer and manager in the 1990s. In total, Ray has 27 years of experience working in the electricity transmission and distribution industry. Ray holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.

Clive Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Clive has been the Chief Financial Officer of Wellington Electricity since November 2017. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Clive was Chief Financial Officer at Southern District Health Board and MetService. Clive has 24 years senior financial and management accounting expertise with 12 ½ years being in the energy sector. Clive is a Fellow of Chartered Global Management Accountants, a member of the N.Z. Institute of Directors and has an MBA (Henley Management College) UK.

Ali Sarwar
General Manager Service Delivery
Ali has been the General Manager Service Delivery since July 2021. Ali joined Wellington Electricity in January 2019 as the Delivery Manager with his most recent role being Manager, TOTEX. Before joining Wellington Electricity, Ali worked in the distribution and transmission divisions for Electrix NZ Ltd as Manager-Shared Services & Operations, involved in engineering, operations and project management. Ali has over 15 years’ experience in the electricity industry. Ali holds a Bachelor’s (Honors) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from United Kingdom and is a full member of Engineering New Zealand.
Our Board of Directors
- Richard Pearson (Chairman)
- HL Kam (Alternate: Wendy Tong Barnes )
- Andrew Hunter
- Dominic Chan
- CT Wan
- Charles Tsai
- Duncan Macrae (Alternate: Trena McFarland)
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