Chair and Chief Executive Forum

Events 11 November 2026

Date: Wednesday 11 November

Where: Jade room, Cordis Hotel, Auckland

Time

Title

Speaker

8.00am Registration, tea & coffee MC - Tracey Kai, CE, ENA
8.30am Mihi Whakatau
8.40am Welcome and health and safety Nigel Barbour, Chair
ENA

9.00am Political commentator/journalist – election year insights Pattrick Smellie
9.45am Data centres done well Graeme Muller
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am Panel session John Harbord, Chair, EA
Darren Gilchrist, Interim Chair, MEUG
Wayne Eagleson, EECA
12.00pm Lunch
12.45pm Energy Transition Framework: gas system shortage and why it matters to EDBs Nigel Barbour, Chair
ENA
1.15pm Insights from Fonterra Linda Mulvihill, Fonterra
1.55pm Solar on schools Tracy Finlayson, MoE
2.15pm How do we turn all this into action?
Member opportunities and ENA support
Tracey Kai, CE, NEA
3.00pm Reflections, summary and close Nigel Barbour, Chair, ENA