Olivia Martyn (Board Chair)

3-year appointed term started in 2021.

Olivia is originally from Waimea College and has played netball wherever she has been able to in her extensive working career in senior business roles within the South East Asian region based mainly in NZ, Australia and Malaysia. She has helped to establish a new club in Malaysia and worked to become involved with local competitions.

Olivia is coaching a Waimea College team and is the secretary of the Jacks Netball Club committee. She offers the right mix of business acumen, passion and enthusiasm for netball and the community involvement to add considerable value to the board.

Gordon Shaw

3-year appointed term started 2022, entering the start of his 2nd year of term.

Gordon is a highly experienced hands-on business leader with proven governance and senior management success in both private and public sectors and across industries such as, the automotive, vehicle inspection, transport & logistics industries, central and local government.

Gordon holds a number of independent directorships and is  a chartered member of the NZ Institute of Directors and is currently on the IoD’s Nelson Marlborough Branch Committee and is also the Chair of the Māpua & Districts Business Association.

Gordon has led significant organisational culture changes in his previous roles, with focuses on work to role, capability and articulating what good look s like for all staff.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Leanne Cook

Elected at the 2023 AGM, 2-year term.

Leanne was brought up in a family keen on netball, her mum played into her mid 40’s and both sisters have played. Leanne is a Life Member of Jacks Club (the largest non-school in Nelson), contributing as the Club President since 2009, playing in the Premier Team for 19 seasons and filling in for other teams.

Leanne is an Associate Chartered Accountant, works part-time as a Finance Manager and the rest of the time as a mum to her nearly four year old.

Myron Elkington

Co-opted into the elected vacancy 2023

We're proud to announce that Myron has joined the Nelson Netball Centre board! Myron is a National Level umpire and is well connected with New Zealand Netball, and will bring great strength to growing our relationships. A key focus for our centre is to promote inclusiveness, and Myron will bring valuable insights into strategies for Māori inclusiveness​​​​​​​

Lisa Charles

Elected at the 2022 AGM, 3-year term, entering the start of her 2nd year.​​​​​​​

Lisa is a Chartered Accountant with experience in both public and private practice, both in NZ and overseas. This has allowed her the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience in the profession. Lisa is married to Simon and they have two sons, Oliver and Sam. As a family they are actively involved in sport, with all four of them playing a number of summer and winter sports.

Lisa is a New Zealand qualified Netball umpire and umpire coach, and has been a recent member of the Games Officials Committee for the Nelson Netball Centre which supports the development of netball officials.​​​​​​​

Paul Egan

3-year appointed term started 2023.

Working in the Local Government, Paul is a commercially oriented Charted Accountant experienced with a wide range of organisations Boards and Committees, both for profit and non-profit. This includes experience with the Christchurch Netball Centre’s Men’s Netball Sub-Committee, YHA NZ, Nelmac, and civil contracting companies to name a few.

He has hands on experience with Health & Safety in civil contracting companies, has been involved in incident investigations and has put in place organisation wide initiatives to improve Health & Safety outcomes.

A netball husband, and dad, Paul played netball for many years and still occasionally laces up the shoes and gets out on court however most of his time is now spent on the sideline as an umpire at Nelson Netball Centre. 

Jared Lock

Board Secretary, Appointed by the Board.

Jared has been involved in netball for over 20 years as a player, umpire, a small coaching stint and as the previous Centre Manager at Nelson Netball.

Jared is a former NZ Men’s Netball player and still playing for the Nelson Men's Team, netball is his passion. With a professional background in Finance, Accounting and Business Management, he contracts to Nelson Netball Centre as the Business Manager and has been appointed by the board as their Secretary.​​​​​​

Sarah Frost

Co-opted into the appointed vacancy 2023

We are thrilled to welcome Sarah Frost to the Nelson Netball Board! Sarah played netball for Orewa throughout her childhood and continued to play socially as adult in Auckland, Queenstown, and Nelson. Sarah has exceptional experience in leading the ANZ Netball Sponsorship Activations & Promotional Roadshow. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​