Ms Anita Mazzoleni, ONZM, of Cambridge, for services to corporate governance
Anita Mazzoleni has had a career as a lawyer, chartered accountant, independent company director and corporate finance advisor. She was Director and Chair of Audit and Risk and Finance committees for major public companies, non-governmental organisations and iwi businesses. She was a Commerce Commissioner, focusing on telecommunications. She was Corporate Finance Manager for ECNZ and Acting Finance Director and General Counsel for Contact Energy Ltd following its separation from ECNZ. She was on the Board of Civil Aviation Authority and Aviation Security Services and a Director of ACC. Ms Mazzoleni was a director on the Boards of Ngāti Whatua o Orakei Corporate Ltd and Ngāti Whatua o Orakei Whai Maia Ltd and chaired the commercial arm of Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara, also chairing these organisations’ Audit Committees.