Nor'West News: May 31, 2016

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Tuesday May 31 2016
News
Board opportunities for interns
FOUR NORTH-WEST residents
will work alongside the boards
of established companies on
internships.
Hilary Walton of St Albans,
Matt Russell of Papanui, Analisa
Elstob of St Albans and Ben
Hayward of Shirley are four of
the 12 successful recipients of
director internships throughout
the city.
Ms Walton will sit on the Regenerate
board, Mt Russell will
sit on the Development Christchurch
board, Ms Elstob will sit on
the Enable board and Mr Heyward
will sit on the Christchurch
City Holdings board.
They will be provided mentoring
and a study scholarship to do
an institute of directors course
during the term of the internship.
The appointment is for a term
of 18 months commencing mid-
2016.
Christchurch City Holdings
director Bill Dwyer said there
was an overwhelming response
when seeking interns, but they
had managed to select 12 from
over 150 applicants.
“The recipients are from a
diverse range of ethnic backgrounds,
professions and skill
sets. Being an intern director is
an opportunity for them to gain
an insight into good governance
NEW INTERNS: (Left to right) – Laura Meriluoto, Sina Cotter-
Tait, Karen Cameron, Analisa Elstob, Matt Russell, Melanie
Lynn, Hilary Walton, CCHL director Bill Dwyer, CCHL chairman
Bruce Irvine, Kate Morrison, CCHL chief executive Bob
Lineham, Andrew Nicol, Matt Cameron, Rebecca Hopkins and
Ben Hayward. ​
practice and learn about the
dynamics of sitting on a board,”
Mr Dwyer said.
“We have a good group of
CCHL-owned companies,
together with some other associated
entities with highly performing
commercial boards who
stepped up to be part of this.
“I believe this scheme will offer
worthwhile experience to those
who have
been
selected
and contribute
to
diversity
around
the board table,” Mr Dwyer said.
Christchurch City Holdings
is the infrastructure investment
arm of the city council.
It is the majority shareholder
of Orion New Zealand Ltd,
Christchurch International
Airport Ltd, Lyttelton Port
Company Ltd, Enable Services
Ltd, City Care Ltd, Red Bus Ltd,
EcoCentral Ltd and Develop.
Interns from the north-west
• Regenerate – Hilary Walton, St Albans
• Development – Matt Russell, Papanui
• Enable – Analisa Elstob, St Albans
• Christchurch City Holdings – Ben Hayward, Shirley
Scholarship awarded
BRYNDWR resident Kendra
Roddis was awarded a $6000
Freemasons University
Scholarships in Wellington on
Wednesday.
To qualify for the scholarship,
applicants have to maintain top
grades, completed or be
completing a degree and be
actively involved in their community.
Ms Roddis completed a
Bachelor of Arts last year from
Canterbury University, with a
double major in political science
and Spanish.
She is now gaining an honours
degree in diplomacy and
international relations, furthering
her understanding in the
fields of human rights and development.
Between commencing those
studies, she served in the Royal
New Zealand Navy for four years
as a navigation and warfare officer.
The role entailed being delegated
charge of the warship and
its crew of up to 200 personnel.
While she was on a one-year
study exchange with the Royal
Canadian Navy, the ship she
served on was one of the first deployed
to Haiti in January 2010.
She participated in aid efforts
and disaster relief, including
clearing rubble and building
NOR’WEST NEWS
SPONSORED: Kendra Roddis
shows Freemasons Grand
Master John Litton the
countries she visited during
her naval career.
orphanages.
After leaving the military, she
interned within a non-governmental
organisation in eastern
Europe.
She spent months visiting and
assisting orphanages, humantrafficking
safe houses and slum
outreach projects in Romania
and Moldova.
She was one of 26 scholarship
recipients, with $184,000 handed
out nationwide.
Seven scholars received postgraduate
scholarships of $10,000
each, while 19 scholars received
$6,000 each.
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