Our people

Allan is a global energy market expert with extensive experience in energy regulation, market development, and market operations across multiple jurisdictions. He has held prominent leadership roles, including serving as Chief Executive of the Independent Market Operator (Western Australia) and the Energy Market Company (Singapore).

In the 1990s, Allan was a senior member of the team responsible for development, implementation, and operation of New Zealand's electricity market rules and trading arrangements. He also chaired the Association of Power Exchanges for six years, representing over 50 electricity market operators and regulators globally.

Allan has a strong governance background, having chaired industry governance boards for both electricity and gas markets in Singapore and Western Australia.

Currently, Allan serves as Chair of Arlo Software Ltd (Ed-tech), Connexionz Ltd (a listed transit technology provider) and OnFarm Solutions Ltd (Agri-tech). He is also a board member of Winnow Software Ltd.

Cristiano has a comprehensive background in the international energy sector. He has extensive experience in energy innovation and the adoption of new low-emissions energy solutions.

He is Chief Executive of Ara Ake, New Zealand’s Future Energy Centre, which he has led since August 2020. Prior to that he held senior roles at Vector Limited and UK Power Networks. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester.

Cristiano was appointed to our Board for a five-year term from 1 July 2023.

Lana Stockman is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including seven years on our Board. She also serves as a Commissioner at the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), where she plays a pivotal role in shaping energy policy, overseeing strategic initiatives, and driving market development and reform.

Lana’s career spans a diverse range of governance and regulatory roles across the energy, health, financial services and education sectors. Her expertise lies in wholesale market design, transmission and distribution reform, and delivering better outcomes for consumers. She has successfully navigated complex challenges, particularly during times of industry transformation and disruption.

Before her appointment to the AEMC, Lana was Vice President of Regulation at Aurizon Network, an ASX-listed company delivering freight and infrastructure solutions. She also held senior roles at EnergyAustralia, where she led regulatory compliance and competition policy initiatives, and served as a Board Member of the Electricity Retailers Association of Australia.

Lana holds degrees in engineering and finance, equipping her with a unique blend of technical expertise and commercial acumen. She is recognised for her innovative thinking, strategic leadership, and ability to foster strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.

Erik is an electricity market and energy sector regulatory specialist who has been closely involved in the establishment and ongoing development of electricity market arrangements in several countries. His work has included reviewing market arrangements to ensure that the electricity market delivered the expected benefits to consumers.

Erik was appointed by the Minister of Energy and Resources to act as Specialist Technical Advisor on the investigation into the 9 August 2021 power outages and was a member of the Security and Reliability Council for six years.

Erik has held a number of senior positions within industry participants and large international consulting firms. He is currently an independent consultant.

Erik was appointed to our Board on 16 January 2023 for a five-year term.

Mark leads our Corporate and Market Services. This team is responsible for our service providers who operate the electricity market efficiently and facilitate market development, and for internal functions including procurement, planning and reporting, finance, IT, risk and assurance.

Prior to joining the Electricity Authority, Mark was Group Manager for Markets and Business at Transpower New Zealand, where he led market policy, security of supply, regulation, reporting and change delivery.

Mark has also worked in a variety of leadership roles for the UK’s National Grid across functions including strategy, innovation, and code change. He brings strategic experience, stakeholder management skills and an extensive industry background to the role.

Airihi leads our Legal, Monitoring and Compliance teams.

Alongside other diverse legal roles, Airihi has extensive experience in infrastructure and economic regulation, having worked for both regulators and regulated companies across the electricity, transport and telecommunications sectors. She has previously held senior leadership roles in both the public service and commercial organisations.

Born in Tairāwhiti, Airihi is from Ngāti Porou.

Tim leads our Networking and Systems Change group, responsible for improving price signals for the distribution and transmission segments of the electricity supply chain.

Pricing affects how consumers use electricity, and is a key mechanism for achieving an optimal combination of new technologies, and transmission and network investment in the right places, to service an anticipated substantial increase in load.

Under our low-emissions energy ambitions, Tim is tasked with implementing price signals that facilitate the lowest overall cost to consumers. This includes promoting efficient investment in, and operation of, energy technology and demand-side flexibility.

Previously, Tim held roles at Chorus and Opus and provided technical advice to the Electricity Authority during the development of the Transmission Pricing Methodology guidelines.