Connexa governance

CHAIR & INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Catherine Drayton is the chair of Connexa Limited. She is also the chair of Mint Innovation, which extracts gold, silver and copper from e‑waste in an environmentally friendly way.

Other directorships include Southern Cross (both a health insurer which is a friendly society and a chain of private hospitals) and Genesis Energy (a gentailer). Catherine was formerly the chair of Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation and Christchurch International Airport. Prior to governance roles, Catherine was the managing partner for PwC Central & Eastern Europe, specialising in advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions.

Jan joined Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) in 2015 and is a member of its Infrastructure & Natural Resources team. He helps manage Ontario Teachers’ investments across the Asia‑Pacific region, including Spark Infrastructure, Transgrid, the Sydney Desalination Plant in Australia, and Connexa in New Zealand.

He worked on the group’s acquisitions of Connexa in 2022, Spark Infrastructure in 2021, Enwave Energy Corporation in 2021, the National Investment & Infrastructure Fund in 2019, and Atlantic Aqua Farms in 2017. In addition to Connexa, Jan also sits on the board of Transgrid.

Jean-Étienne is responsible for all infrastructure activities in Australia and New Zealand for CDPQ. As head of the region, he also takes an active part in positioning CDPQ as a partner of choice across all asset classes, in promoting CDPQ’s brand image and in representing the organization with the financial and business community, as well as with key stakeholders. The portfolio under his management includes assets in public transportation, water and energy distribution, utilities, toll roads, airports and ports.

Jean-Étienne also sits on the Boards of Directors of the Port of Brisbane, WestConnex (toll roads), Northwest Rapid Transit (Sydney Metro) and Transgrid (the New South Wales electricity transmission network).

Becky has extensive experience in infrastructure and telecommunications, having spent 15 years across a range of strategic and commercial roles at Vodafone in the UK and New Zealand. She also led Humes Pipeline Systems, a manufacturer of concrete pipes and supplier of smart, sustainable infrastructure solutions. Most recently she was CEO of Toitū Envirocare, a leader in carbon emissions measurement.

She has been a non-executive Director of Port Otago since May 2021, where she is founding chair of the Sustainability Committee.

Becky has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Columbia Business School (New York).

Susan joined Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) in 2020 and is a member of the Value Creation team within Infrastructure & Natural Resources. She has led Value Creation activities for the Natural Resources team and Asia-Pacific region. Susan currently serves on the boards of Connexa and Agricola Cran Chile.

Prior to Ontario Teachers’, Susan worked at Rogers Communications, in progressive roles focused on strategy. These roles included Senior Director, Strategy and Planning for Rogers B2B business where she worked with the executive team to consolidate formerly multiple business lines into a cohesive standalone business unit.

Daniel has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications and technology. He currently sits at the boards of Vertical Bridge (the 3rd largest mobile tower infrastructure network in US), Fibrasil (a CDPQ joint venture with Telefonica responsible for the construction and operation of a neutral fiber network in Brazil), TAG (the largest natural gas transportation pipeline in Brazil) and Verene (energy transmission company that operates in Brazil and Uruguay).

Prior to CDPQ, Daniel worked for 12 years at Nokia in several leadership positions, including Global Head of Business Transformation and Restructuring, Head of Services BU for Latin America, Head of Network Implementation BU for Latin America, and CEO of Nokia Services in Brazil. Daniel was also CEO of NEC Brazil, Italtel Brazil and Digicel in Central America.