meet the board
Executive Board
Ian Newey
Board CHAIR
Ian along with his wife Shelley run a large Log Cartage Company based in Ruakaka Northland. They predominantly run Mack Trucks with a couple of others thrown in to increase their diversity. Ian is a strong advocate in the Northland area looking after members interests.
Glen Mackay
DEPUTY CHAIR
Glen Mackay joined the Board of NRC in 2021 after spending 22 running his specialist stock feed transport business, Orion Group, in Morrinsville.
John Baillie
Immediate past chair
John is an owner driver contracted to Foodstuffs running out of Auckland delivering chilled/frozen and fresh produce throughout the Waikato/BOP and Taumarunui region.
John and wife Janet have 3 units contracted to FSNI which keeps them busy however his phone is always on so please do not hesitate to call him if needed.
Calven bonney
Calven bought the family firm, L.W. Bonney and Sons Ltd, in 1984.
Calven was a founder of the Road Transport Forum and has been a board member since its inception. He was the Road Transport Forum Chairman from 2000 to 2002. He has been on the executive committee of National Road Carriers since 1974 and is a past president.
Calven was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017 in recognition of his contribution to the trucking industry and motorsport.
Don Wilson
Don Wilson owns On Road Transport, a specialist rural cartage and livestock transport business. Don grew up in Whangarei surrounded by trucking and moved to Pukekohe in 1989 to manage the Pukekohe branch of United Carriers. In 1994 he joined Balle Bros and set up Balle Bros Livestock Transport.
Pamela Bonney
Pamela joined the family business, L.W. Bonney & Sons in 2018 following a successful international career in corporate communications. Pamela worked for Hewlett Packard in New Zealand, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and the US, prior to moving on to global PR agency Hill in Knowlton in London, followed by Baldwin Boyle Group, Fonterra, and Suncorp in New Zealand.
Corey Burnett
Corey Burnett joined the Board of NRC in 2021, he has spent over 23 years in the transport industry and runs Burnetts Transport, an earthmoving and transport business located in Riverhead, West Auckland.
Adam Norman
Adam Norman joined the family business, Normans Transport, after leaving school aged 15. He spent years working throughout the whole business – from the workshop floor, to servicing and repairing trucks to warehousing and dispatch. Eventually, along with his wife Renee got the opportunity to become a shareholder in the business and take on the role of General Manager.
Bipendra Ram
Bipendra Ram joined the Board of NRC in 2024. Bipendra is a long-term member of NRC with 20 years industry experience. His business, Ram Logistics contracts to key customers such as NZ Post, Foodstuffs, and Goodman Fielder and provides a specialist food and parcel delivery service.
Bipendra believes it is important for NRC to continue to raise the profile of the transport industry and what it contributes. Financial success from the transport sector provides jobs and funding that contributes positively to the entire economy.
meet the advisory group
Advisory Group
Ian Newey
Board CHAIR
Ian along with his wife Shelley run a large Log Cartage Company based in Ruakaka Northland. They predominantly run Mack Trucks with a couple of others thrown in to increase their diversity. Ian is a strong advocate in the Northland area looking after members interests.
Pamela Bonney
customer experience
Pamela joined the family business, L.W. Bonney & Sons in 2018 following a successful international career in corporate communications. Pamela worked for Hewlett Packard in New Zealand, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and the US, prior to moving on to global PR agency Hill in Knowlton in London, followed by Baldwin Boyle Group, Fonterra, and Suncorp in New Zealand.
Justin Tighe-Umbers
Chief executive officer
Justin is Chief Executive of National Road Carriers, joining the team in August 2022.
Prior to joining NRC, Justin was Executive Director at the Board of Airline Representatives NZ, where he helped steer the airline industry through the international border closure during the pandemic, and the jet fuel pipeline outage in 2017. He has extensive experience working on infrastructure of national significance at the government-private sector interface. Before joining the transport industry Justin worked in senior management roles in the telecommunications industry for 13 years, including working on the Telecom demerger and the Chorus ultra-fast broadband project.
Justin is a post-graduate from the University of Auckland business school with a master’s degree in International Business.
Jo Wills
Jo is a business strategy advisor and facilitator with extensive experience working with global and New Zealand corporate clients and advising boards, including holding a general management role with Fonterra for eight years.
She is a co-owner and Director of The Hugo Group, a member of an advisory group to the Business and Advisory Committee of the OECD and recently retired from the board of the EEO Trust and the Committee of The Wellington Club.
Mike Horne
Chief Executive Officer of Fullers Group Mike Horne is a proven leader of large, complex, customer focused organisations. With an extensive record of success in delivering outstanding results across multiple industries including Tourism, Transportation, Event, Marine and Hospitality, in both NZ and Australia.
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