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Survey and Spatial New Zealand (S+SNZ) has announced that it has appointed a new board chair, Mike Benning, who takes over from the long-serving Daniel Williams.
Prior to becoming the Chair, Mike was a board member for four years, first joining in 2018. More recently he has also been the chair of the Certification Governance Committee overseeing the Certification Pathways project.
Having started out as a registered surveyor for the Department of Lands & Survey (now LINZ) in Whangarei, he moved to Auckland with his family where he spent a number of years working for a land development company. It was here he continued to develop his cadastral survey experience alongside his civil engineering knowledge and property management skills.
Mike Benning
Mike joined Harrison Grierson in 2000, progressing from technical to management roles. As well as being a member of the executive management team he also built strong governance experience, serving 13 years as an executive director on the Harrison Grierson Holdings Board. In his current role as GM Strategic Initiatives, he leads high performance teams implementing major property projects in both the residential and commercial space.
In related news, S+SNZ has announced a group of new participants in its Emerging Leader’s Program. The program gives young professionals an opportunity to gain direct insight into the inner workings of S+SNZ across a wide range of disciplines or governance committees.
The newly announced participants are:
Jason Zhou — joining the Hydrography Stream
Rebecca Sinclair — joining the Land Development & Urban Design Stream
Nicki Shaw — joining the CSNZ
Genevieve Abrey — joining the Cadastral Stream
Serg Chirila — joining the Land Development & Urban Design Stream
Michael Lister — joining the Positioning & Measurement Stream
Sheldon McGuire — joining the Cadastral Stream
Mitchell Holyoake — joining the Technical Division
Matt Carson — joining the CSNZ
Daniel Wallace — joining the Engineering Surveying Stream
Jeremy Clark — joining the Spatial Stream
Jared Wright — joining the Engineering Surveying Stream
Cameron de Leijer — joining the Positioning & Measurement Stream
Emma Cook — Young Professionals Council member
Adam Musa — S+SNZ Board Member
Cassie Hardie — Women in Spatial Council member
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