Jillian Iti and Steve Soufflot have been appointed to the board of Kerikeri Retirement Village Ltd as independent directors. Both Ms Iti and Mr Soufflot bring significant healthcare expertise to the position, and Ms Iti’s background strengthens the Board’s position in relation to te ao Māori.
Ms Iti has more than 30 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and has spent the past decade in senior roles in both the corporate and not-for-profit spaces. Most recently she served as general manager of RDNS (Royal District Nursing Service) New Zealand, a not-for-profit organization that provides home-based healthcare and support services.
Before this she was the national care service support manager at Te Roopu Taurima, New Zealand’s largest kaupapa Māori disability support provider offering services to people of all ethnicities with intellectual impairments, and national quality manager at Geneva Healthcare Ltd.
Mr Soufflot is the chief executive of Kensington Hospital in Whangārei, Northland’s only comprehensive private surgical hospital. He worked for Medlab Hamilton between 2001 and 2008, initially as human resources manager and subsequently as general manager.
He holds an MBA from the Henley Business School and a diploma in business studies (health management) from Massey University. He is a past vice-president of the NZ Private Surgical Hospital Association and past president of the Northland Branch of Human Resource New Zealand (HRNZ), a not-for-profit membership organisation providing services and support for people who work in HR.
Kerikeri Retirement Village Limited is a Charitable Company. It is owned jointly and equally by the Kerikeri Village Community Trust and charitable social services provider Presbyterian Support North. The board of directors comprises a mix of shareholder representatives and independent directors.
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