Northland Netball’s Maxine Shortland has been announced as the newest member of the Netball New Zealand (NNZ) Board at NNZ’s Annual General Meeting in Christchurch.
Her successful nomination, which took place at the 93rd AGM at the Christchurch Town Hall on Saturday, sees her replace Southland’s Debbie Hodges who steps down from her board role after six years.
With 40 years of experience in Netball, Shortland has covered most roles including player, manager, coach, administrator, and parent netball convenor and governance management.
She is currently sitting on the Whangarei Netball Centre in Northland – a region where she was born and bred, and still resides.
Shortland said she was looking forward to joining the Netball New Zealand Board bringing her personal interest in exploring governance and leadership processes.
“What I would like to bring to this role in particular is my governance experience, mostly within the community and emerging/start-up business sectors,” she said.
She is an accomplished community and business leader and brings 25 years of governance and senior management experience from charitable, voluntary, government, non-government organisations and within the Maori management sector.
Shortland remains a board member of the New Zealand National Lotteries Grant Board and Springboard Trust and has experience with Public and Private Sectors.
She was Chief Operating Officer at Ngati Hine Health Trust for five years up to 2017 where she was responsible for ensuring efficient and effective business operations.
Shortland remains a member of Global Women (New Zealand), and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.