Senior leadership team

Council's senior leadership team, contact details and areas of responsibility.

Chief Executive: Waid Crockett

Council's chief executive.

Email: waid.crockett@pncc.govt.nz

Deputy CEO / Executive Director Central Districts Water: Chris Dyhrberg

Council's deputy chief executive.

Email: chris.dyhrberg@pncc.govt.nz

General Manager Corporate Services / Chief Financial Officer: Cameron McKay

Council's chief financial officer.

Email: cameron.mckay@pncc.govt.nz

Functions:

  • Finance
  • Finance strategy
  • Commercial advisory
  • Procurement and contract management
  • Legal (including claims, business assurance, internal audit and risk management)
  • Fleet and supply
  • Governance.

General Manager Customer & Community: Danelle Whakatihi

Council's customer and community general manager.

Email: danelle.whakatihi@pncc.govt.nz

Functions:

  • Library services
  • Community development (including youth services)
  • Venues and events 
  • Communications
  • Marketing (including isite)
  • Customer services
  • Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery.

General Manager Development & Regulatory: Kerry-Lee Probert

Council's development and regulatory general manager.

Email: kerry-lee.probert@pncc.govt.nz

Functions:

  • Planning services
  • Building services
  • Regulatory services (environmental health, alcohol, animal management, licensing)
  • Emergency management.

General Manager Infrastructure (Acting): Glen O'Connor

Council's acting general manager of infrastructure.

Email: glen.oconnor@pncc.govt.nz

Functions:

  • Transport
  • Development engineering
  • Asset management (strategic infrastructure)
  • Capital project management
  • Parks and reserves
  • Three waters
  • Property and resource recovery (including security and forestry).

General Manager People and Capability: Sarah Morris

council's general manager of people and capability

Email: sarah.morris@pncc.govt.nz

Functions:

  • People operations
  • Health, safety and wellbeing
  • Employee experience
  • Digital solutions
  • Change management.

General Manager Strategic Planning: David Murphy

Council's strategic planning general manager.

Email: david.murphy@pncc.govt.nz

Functions:

  • Māori advisory
  • Growth (strategic land use, funding and financing)
  • Long-term plan (including organisation performance)
  • Annual plan
  • Strategy and policy
  • Urban and spatial planning
  • International relations
  • Climate change and sustainability.
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