Ngā Mema o te Poari - Our Board

Gerry is a partner of Ōtautahi Christchurch law firm Clark Boyce. He is Chairman of Rowing New Zealand and a Life Member of the Canterbury Rowing Association and the Avon Rowing Club. He is a member of the Marian College Foundation, Christchurch Metropolitan Trotting Club and Marist Albion Rugby Club, and is Chairman of the Canterbury Sports Foundation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Melanie Carpinter (Ngāi Tahu) has worked in communications leadership roles in the public and private sectors and for her iwi. She is a trained journalist with experience leading external and internal communications and engagement strategy, including managing reputational risk and media issues and advising executive leaders and boards. Melanie joined the Sport Canterbury board to help grow her leadership skills in a governance capacity and to show manaaki to her local Waitaha Canterbury community. Sport and fitness are important to her and her whānau, and she believes in the power of being active to change lives and bring communities together.

​​​​​​​Nigel has over 30 years of experience in financial services, holding corporate leadership roles across the South Canterbury region. He is the Chief Executive of Venture Timaru, the Economic and Tourism Agency for the Timaru District, and an Economic Development New Zealand board member. He is a member of the Canterbury Regional Skills Leadership Group, the Tactix Management Committee and a trustee of both the Aoraki MRI Trust and Aoraki Sports Persons Trust. Nigel classifies himself as “sports mad” and remains actively involved in mountain biking. He describes the basis of his motivation, considering the depth of his local governance responsibilities, as "giving back to the community that has given me so much".

​​​​​​​With strong national sporting connections and significant governance insight, Selwyn's sport management career follows 30 years in tertiary education, where he began as a scientist before moving into administration. The former Sport Canterbury Chief Executive is the Secretary General of the Oceania Paralympic Committee, Chair of Canterbury Artificial Surfaces Trust, Trustee of Dr Tom Anderson Trust and a Trustee of the University of Canterbury Foundation. Selwyn played hockey for Canterbury and NZ for over 15 years, including three Olympic Games. He coached at club and provincial levels for many years, leading the New Zealand Women's Hockey Team in Sydney, and serving as a Hockey NZ director. He has three Life Memberships in hockey and is an Order of Merit Holder for the NZ Olympic Committee. He cycles, walks and enjoys gardening for personal fitness.

​​​​​Alan brings a strong strategic, engineering and business management background to the Sport Canterbury Board. He was involved with the New Zealand Fire Service from 2002 until 2016, most recently as manager of Strategic Redevelopment for Ōtautahi Christchurch. He serves on the Innovation and Business Improvement Steering Group and oversaw the city’s post-earthquake rebuild of the Justice Precinct. Alan’s passion for sport is evident in his personal history of whitewater kayaking on the international level.

Adam was born and bred in Ōtautahi Christchurch, playing rugby for the Māori All Blacks in 1998 before moving to Japan. He played in Japan for 10 years (Toshiba and NTT Communications) and the Japan national team from 2001-2004. On returning home, Adam coached club rugby, became a qualified personal trainer, owned a boxing gym for a couple of years and worked as the development officer for Linwood Rugby Club for four years. Adam now works as a Community Advisor for the Department of Internal Affairs. In this role, he supports hapū, iwi and the community to achieve their dreams and aspirations.

Madeleine is Canterbury-born and bred and has enjoyed participating and contributing to all things sport and physical activity across Waitaha and Aotearoa New Zealand since a young age. Madeleine has been involved in netball and athletics at a regional and national level during her youth. She's now actively involved in multisport and adventure racing and enjoys exploring the outdoors with her young family. Madeleine brings a strong history of executive experience in the medical device industry and is currently managing the Health Technology Centre to support the growth of early-stage health technology companies. She is committed to improving the lives of others through her work and governance roles.

Kim Sinclair-Morris has been recognised for her netball umpiring achievements and is the Canterbury Clinical Network (CCN) Executive Director. The CCN is an alliance of health system leaders and partners who work together to transform the delivery of health services through a person-centric, clinically-led approach to improving outcomes for Cantabrians. She brings a wealth of experience in strategic partnerships, change leadership and focusing on solutions to deliver to people and systems. Kim enjoys spending time outdoors with her active family and regularly heading home to Te Tai Poutini West Coast.