Institute of Directors Annual General Meeting (AGM) 19 June 2024
Thank you to everyone who attended our 2024 AGM at FMG Stadium Waikato.
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Join us for Wellington Branch’s 35th Annual General Meeting.
The 35th Annual General Meeting of the Wellington Branch of the Institute of Directors will be held at KPMG, Level 6, 44 Bowen Street, Wellington at 5.30pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025. To view the AGM agenda.
Following the AGM, we are delighted to be able to present Dame Diana Crossan and Dame Fran Wilde with their Distinguished Fellow awards.
We’re thrilled to welcome Jennifer Ward-Lealand as our guest speaker to round out the event.
Since training at Auckland’s Theatre Corporate, Jennifer has worked extensively in theatre, film, television, musical and radio as an actor, director and teacher for over 40 years. She is also an accredited Intimacy Coordinator for stage and screen.
Jennifer was a founding board member of the Watershed Theatre and a co-founder of the drama school, The Actors' Program. She is President of Equity New Zealand (since 2007), Patron of Q Theatre, Te Manu Tīoriori Trust, Howick Little Theatre and Theatre New Zealand and serves as a trust board member of the Actors Benevolent Fund and Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori - The Māori Language Commission.
In the 2007 New Year’s Honours List, she was named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to theatre and the community.
In 2018 she was named SPADA Industry Champion and in 2019 New Year’s Honours List, she was named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to theatre, film and television and presented with a Woman of Influence Award (for arts and culture) In 2020, Jennifer was honoured as the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year.
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Jill Dawson
Wellington Branch Manager
+64 27 278 8814
+64 4 470 2673
jill.dawson@iod.org.nz
The Wellington branch acknowledges the generous support of
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The East Coast region also thank |
The Manawatu region also thank |