Leadership Team

Naomi is Channel Infrastructure’s CEO, a role she previously held for Refining NZ.

Naomi was appointed at the start of 2020, and has led the company through a huge period of change, commencing a comprehensive strategic review when she joined, to determine the best way forward for the business. She has led a major business simplification, enabling the company to continue to operate through extensive periods of low refining margins and COVID impacts on demand, creating time for stakeholder engagement on future plans and negotiation with customers, before a final decision was made to shift to import terminal operations from April 2022.

Over this period Naomi has been committed to ensuring the safe and reliable supply of fuel to New Zealand, and to supporting the Refining NZ workforce to get ready for the future changes.

Prior to joining Refining NZ, Naomi was Executive Vice President at Santos Ltd, one of Australia’s largest independent oil and gas producers, where she was responsible for Santos’ midstream infrastructure assets including oil, gas and LNG processing facilities. Prior to Santos, she held leadership roles in steel and iron ore businesses.

Chris is Channel Infrastructure’s General Counsel and Company Secretary and is responsible for managing the Channel Infrastructure group’s legal affairs and company secretarial functions.

Chris joined Refining NZ in 2020 and has been heavily involved in the preparations for Refining NZ’s transition to Channel Infrastructure, including securing the overwhelming support of shareholders for this change.

Chris has extensive experience in both private practice and in-house legal roles across the energy and heavy industrial sectors in New Zealand, with experience advising on a wide range of commercial matters as well as providing legal support for major corporate and governance matters. Prior to joining Refining NZ, Chris worked for Fletcher Building and for a leading national law firm.

Caz is Chief People Officer at Channel Infrastructure and is responsible for human resources, organisational capability and workforce transition.

Caz joined Refining NZ in 2020 and has had a crucial role to play in supporting our team through the business transition of the past two-years.

Caz has over 25 years’ experience in human resources and general management experience focusing on change management, high performance cultures, staff development and employee engagement. She has held senior management roles in a range of industries including FMCG, construction and financial services.

Jack is GM Operations at Channel Infrastructure and is responsible for operations, maintenance, project works and the delivery of terminal services to our customers.

Jack has worked at Marsden Point for over 20-years, joining the business as a mechanical engineer at the start of his career. He has performed a broad range of leadership roles over the past 20-years, including in the areas of engineering, maintenance, project management, operations, health & safety and environment. Prior to the business transition, Jack was Refining NZ’s Chief Operating Officer, and has led the business through the transition from refinery to terminal operations as Project Director for the Conversion Project.