Our management

Rob Jamieson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Rob was appointed Orion's chief executive officer in August 2011. He has worked for Orion since 1994 in various capacities, most recently as General Manager Commercial. Rob has extensive electricity industry experience, including an engineering role in the generation sector, a commercial role for a private company, management experience with a rural North Island power company and managing wholesale electricity purchases for Orion's predecessor, Southpower Limited.
David Freeman-Greene  GM COMMERCIAL David leads Orion's commercial team, which manages regulatory matters and compliance, industry relationships, pricing, billing, investment analysis and customer relationships. David has a broad legal, commercial and regulatory background with over 13 years in the telecommunications sector and, prior to that, was in private practice as a lawyer.
Vaughan Hartland  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Vaughan leads Orion’s finance function. He is a chartered accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Vaughan joined Orion in 2017 and has previously held senior finance roles for Invacare Corporation and Dynamic Controls (NZ), BDO Spicers (UK) and Top Oil (Ireland).
Brendan Kearney  GM GOVERNANCE & RISK Brendan leads Orion’s governance and risk framework, and is a director of Connetics Limited. He is a chartered accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a fellow of Governance New Zealand. Brendan joined Orion in 1988 and previously worked for the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and international accounting firm Arthur Young.
Craig Kerr GM INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Craig manages the information solutions function within Orion, which delivers information solutions infrastructure and provides and enhances information systems to support Orion's business processes. Craig has over 20 years' experience in the information technology sector, mostly within the electricity industry.
Steve Macdonald GM INFRASTRUCTURE Steve leads Orion's infrastructure team, which manages the safe construction, maintenance, engineering and operation of Orion's network. He has over 20 years’ experience in different roles within the business, including our subsidiary company, Connetics. Steve is a current member of the Victorian Powerline Bushfire Safety Committee.
Andy Miller GM QHSE Andy leads the Orion quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) team, which provides QHSE governance, advice, support and expertise to the business, our customers and other stakeholders. Andy has a broad engineering and maintenance background along with over 15 years' quality, health, safety and environmental experience primarily gained in the aviation industry.
Adrienne Sykes GM PEOPLE & STRATEGY Adrienne is responsible for facilitating the development, review and renewal of organisational strategy at Orion. She also leads the People function, which provides strategic, tactical and operational support and advice across the Human Resources spectrum, including Payroll. Adrienne has experience in senior and executive HR roles across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, not-for-profit and commercial iwi operations.

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