PCBL Board of Directors

Greg is a 5th generation New Zealander of mixed Māori (Ngāti Porou) and Scottish heritage. His wife Lallit is a New Zealander of Fiji Indian heritage. In addition to serving on the board of PCBL, Greg consults through his own company Telemedia Consulting. Prior to this Greg completed a 26-year extended tour of duty at Sky Television in New Zealand as Director of Broadcasting and Media. In the latter part of his tenure he was a key sponsor for sporting events including the Rugby World Cup and Olympic and Commonwealth Games for New Zealand. Greg is an industry veteran with a proven results-focused record in television production operations, project delivery and organisational management. He has strong local and international relationships with television industry professionals, media technology suppliers, production companies, programme providers, and specialist media delivery companies.

With over twenty years experience in the advertising and marketing world, Wendy founded specialist social media agency Socialites in 2010 and grew it to be a full service production, media and digital agency working in 69 countries across the globe for clients such as Microsoft and Bupa. Rebranded in early 2023 to Thompson Spencer, her business acumen won her a finalist place in the New Zealand EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021. Wendy brings an extensive knowledge of digital and social media to PCBL and has her finger firmly on the pulse of the future of new media broadcasting. Wendy has a Bachelor of International Business and Marketing and has held governance roles since 2015, including the Well Foundation and the iconic Womens’ Rugby World Cup in Aotearoa 2022.

Prior to her current role as Chief Marketing Officer of Lotto New Zealand, Annemarie was CEO of Aspire2 Business; a part of the of the Aspire2 Group one of hew New Zealand’s largest private education groups. She brings over 25 years of broadcasting industry experience across multiple geographies with roles including senior sales, marketing, and content positions at ITV, Channel Seven, TV3 and TVNZ. Annemarie also worked extensively in the digital sector as Country Manager for SEEK New Zealand and Global Marketing Director for Orion Health. Annemarie holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland and has held industry positions on the Advertising Standards Board, the Marketing and Communications Committee for Digital Switchover, and the Television Commercial Approvals Board.

Caren is a proud Cook Islands Māori who has a governance career that spans nineteen years on Boards in the broadcasting, health, and arts sectors. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Caren’s appointments include Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand (Creative New Zealand) and Pacific Homecare Services; board member of Radio New Zealand, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and Pacific Inc Ltd (trading as Le Va). She is also a Director of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation in Rarotonga. Her service to governance and leadership was recognised in 2016 with the awarding of New Zealander of Year Local Hero Award and again in 2018 with the Linden Estate Hawke’s Bay Business Leader of the Year. Caren was further honoured with an Office of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2018 for services to governance and the Pacific community and in 2021 was made the inaugural Pacific Governance Leader at the Women in Governance awards. She is enthusiastic about supporting her Cook Islands and Pacific communities in New Zealand and the region to achieve their aspirations.

Brent is a professional director and also runs his own consultancy business which works alongside a diverse range of New Zealand corporate clients. Prior to this Brent was Chief Executive Officer at Mediaworks for over 11 years. He is an experienced public and private company director having served previously as either Chair/Director for the New Zealand Rugby Union for 10 years until 2022, SANZAAR, Finzsoft Solutions Limited, Fred Hollows Foundation, Director of Strategy, Ports of Auckland. He is currently a director for Yellow Pages Group, Devon Funds Management Ltd, JMI Wealth Limited, and Chair of Te Korowai o Waiheke (Predator Free 2050 for Waiheke). He previously practised law specialising in media. Brent was part of the consulting team that established PCBL and is excited to be back serving as a director.