ARTA Annual Report 2009 - Auckland Transport

Board Profiles
Rabin Rabindran
BOARD CHAIR
Rabin Rabindran is a commercial barrister and international legal
consultant specialising in infrastructure development, construction
and energy. He has worked on major projects in more than
25 countries acting for governments, local authorities and major
corporates. He is a director of Manukau Water Ltd, Tomorrow’s
Manukau Properties Ltd, TMPL (Flat Bush) Ltd and a company with
interests in China. Rabin is also chairman of the Singapore Chapter
of the ASEAN New Zealand Combined Business Council and
a trustee of the Chinese Language Foundation. He was previously
a partner at Simpson Grierson and a director of an Australian
public company.
Adrienne Young Cooper
DEPUTY CHAIR
Adrienne Young Cooper is an independent director and
planning consultant. She is a founding shareholder of Hill Young
Cooper Limited, a major planning and resource management
consultancy based in Wellington and Auckland. She specialises in
urban growth management, and the relationship between transport
and land use.
Adrienne was an inaugural director of Auckland Regional
Transport Network Limited, and took special responsibility for the
commissioning of the Britomart Transport Centre. In addition to
ARTA, she currently sits on the boards of Solid Energy New Zealand
Limited, Maritime New Zealand, Manukau Building Consultants
Limited and the Auckland City Property Enterprise Board.
Adrienne is also a trustee of several charitable organisations.
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