Our Board
ANDREW EVANS
CHAIR & INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Andrew Evans has over 35 years’ experience in real estate and asset management, previously holding executive positions in listed and unlisted real estate investment businesses.
He is an experienced chair and director, previously chairing Accessible Properties NZ Ltd and Trust Investment Management Ltd, whilst past directorships have included NZX listed Argosy Property Ltd and Vital Healthcare Ltd, Holmes Group Ltd, Holmes Fire and Safety Ltd and IHC. Andrew sits on the boards of the family offices of Butland Holdings Ltd and Hughes and Cossar Ltd. In addition, Andrew is a past National President of the Property Council of New Zealand, a fellow of the New Zealand Property Institute and a former government appointee to the Land Valuation Tribunal.
Andrew is a chartered fellow of the Institute of Directors, serving on the Auckland Branch Committee and was honoured with the Property Council of New Zealand Member Laureate in 2025, in recognition to his contribution to the property industry.
MARK RUSSELL
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mark Russell is a Partner at Helmores Lawyers and specialises in agribusiness, water, construction, company, trusts, banking, commercial and insolvency law. He is also a director at Cookie Time Limited and Rise and Shine Holdings Limited.
Mark studied at Canterbury and Cambridge Universities before lecturing in company and banking law at the University of Canterbury for four years. Mark went into legal practice in 1985, with Weston Ward & Lascelles, some partners of which left to form Brookman Stock (a boutique commercial firm) in 1986. Brookman Stock merged with Buddle Findlay in 1989 and Mark was a partner in the Christchurch office of Buddle Findlay for 25 years before joining the Bar as a commercial barrister at the beginning of 2015. Mark has been with Helmores Lawyers since 2019.
NIGEL RICHARDS
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Nigel Richards has some 40 years’ experience in the real estate, property development and construction industry across a variety of market sectors and business environments.
With a professional background in civil engineering, his career to date has traversed managerial and governance roles in both the private and public sector within England and New Zealand. His executive responsibilities have included General Manager roles for Lendlease and up until 2018 McConnell Property Ltd. Nigel has considerable experience in corporate advisory roles having completed real estate assignments for clients such as GE, Carter Holt Harvey, AMP, Housing NZ, Solid Energy and Goldman Sachs JB Were. He currently serves as Chair of Yates Property Group, is a member on the Advisory Board for McConnell Property and is on the Fundraising Advisory Committee for the Child Cancer Foundation.
Nigel’s professional affiliations have included leadership roles with the Property Council of New Zealand, Auckland Urban Design Panel and the Green Building Council. He is a current member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and Property Council of NZ.
