Trustee Workload Analysis

Cross-platform board commitment analysis — charities, NZX companies, and public sector entities.

Linked Trustees

155,504

Current charity officers with cross-platform profiles

3+ Boards

10,002

Moderate workload

5+ Boards

2,316

Multiple commitments may indicate limited availability

8+ Boards

579

Very high workload — governance attention may be stretched

Highest Board Commitments(Top 50 by total positions)

Charity trustees with the most concurrent board and governance positions across charities, NZX-listed companies, and public sector entities.

Name	Total	Charity	NZX	Primary Charity	Role
Public Trust	483	483	0	Alison and Andrew Cochrane Charitable Tr...	Trustee
Perpetual Trust Limited	393	393	0	Aries Charitable Foundation	Trustee
The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited	183	183	0	Estate of Opal June Duncan	Trustee
Council of the University of Canterbury	131	131	0	Templin Bursary	Trustee
Trustees Executors Ltd	117	117	0	Estate Kathleen Agnes Trezise	Trustee
Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland	68	68	0	Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland Fiji ...	Trustee
Perpetual Trust Ltd	51	51	0	E L and J B Sanderson Cerebral Palsy Tru...	Trustee
Matthew Hill	47	46	1	Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust	Trustee
Michael Stephens	43	43	0	Korean Cinerama Trust	Trustee
Richard Judd	43	43	0	PBCC Properties Blenheim Trust	Director of Trustee Company
PBCC Properties (NZ) Limited	43	43	0	PBCC Properties Blenheim Trust	Corporate Trustee
Grant Currie	43	43	0	PBCC Properties Blenheim Trust	Director of Trustee Company
Daniel Lawry	43	43	0	PBCC Properties Blenheim Trust	Director of Trustee Company
Phillip Hunt	42	42	0	Otago Federated Farmers Charitable Trust	Trustee
Billy Hart	42	42	0	PBCC Properties Blenheim Trust	Director of Trustee Company
Rhys Morgan	41	41	0	Geraldine Family and Youth Trust	Trustee
Alison Shepherd	40	40	0	The Order Of St John South Island Region...	Chair (Appointed Member)
Gary Salmon	40	40	0	South Auckland Masonic Properties Limite...	Director
Annette Tiffen	40	40	0	The Rotary Club of Dunedin Harbour Chari...	Trustee
Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin	40	40	0	Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Eccles...	Vicar General
Rishi Sharma	40	40	0	Heart Kids New Zealand Incorporated	board member
Michelle Corkindale	40	40	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
Tracy Simonsen	40	40	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
John Adams	39	39	0	Raroa Marae Trust	Trustee
Glenn Burt	39	39	0	Katikati Veterans Community Trust	Chairman/Trustee
Julie Gillespie	39	39	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
Martin MacKereth	39	39	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
Christopher Blanchfield	39	39	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
Pauline Buchanan	39	39	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
Debra Wilson	39	39	0	St John Dunedin Area Committee	SIRTB Member
Cecilia Abbott	39	39	0	St John Cambridge Area Committee	CRTB Member
Jonathon Holland	39	39	0	St John Cambridge Area Committee	CRTB Member
Richard Hurrell	38	38	0	St John Cambridge Area Committee	CRTB Member
Anthony Ludlow	38	38	0	St John Cambridge Area Committee	CRTB Member
Richard Jefferies	37	37	0	TDL No 2 Limited	Director
The Roman Catholic Bishop Of The Diocese Of Christ	37	37	0	Christchurch Cathedral Of The Blessed Sa...	Trustee
Noel Beavers	37	37	0	St John Cambridge Area Committee	CRTB Member
Nicholas Roberts	36	36	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Member
Pierre Tohe	35	35	0	TDL No 2 Limited	Director
Wayne Leech	34	34	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Member
Kevin Shaw	33	33	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Member
Roman Catholic Bishop of Hamilton	33	33	0	Roman Catholic Bishop Of The Diocese Of ...	Trustee
Barrett Ruakere	32	32	0	Tumanako Hou Trust Whakatane	Trustee
Kevin Simpkin	32	32	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Member
Andrew Zhu	32	32	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Members
Michael Crosbie	32	32	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Member
Grace Atkinson	31	31	0	Order of St John Great Barrier Island	NRTB Member
Andrea Midgen	25	25	0	Foundation Properties Limited	Director
David Brown	25	24	1	Coastguard Wanaka Lakes Incorporated	President
Jean Yern	25	25	0	Intercreate Trust	Co-Chair

Showing 50 of 150 trustees with 2+ board positions

Workload Distribution

How many boards do charity trustees typically serve on? Distribution of total concurrent positions across all entity types.

1 board

126,095

81.1%

2 boards

19,085

12.3%

3 boards

5,554

3.6%

4 boards

2,132

1.4%

5-7 boards

1,737

1.1%

8+ boards

579

0.4%

Sector Summary

Average board commitments per trustee by charity sector. Sectors with higher averages may indicate concentrated governance networks.

Sector	Trustees	Avg Positions	5+ Boards	High Workload %
Unknown	4	3.3	1	25%
Animal Welfare	674	2.2	17	2.5%
Advocacy	562	1.8	17	3%
Community Development	6,515	1.4	106	1.6%
Health	25,491	1.4	452	1.8%
Environment	4,089	1.4	58	1.4%
Social Services	11,669	1.4	218	1.9%
International Aid	1,154	1.4	26	2.3%
Education	37,409	1.3	522	1.4%
Other	16,649	1.3	210	1.3%
Religion	29,130	1.3	388	1.3%
Arts & Culture	21,885	1.3	300	1.4%
Sports & Recreation	273	1.3	1	0.4%

Methodology

Workload scores count all current positions held by each trustee across three entity types: charities (from Charities Services register), NZX-listed companies (from NZX announcements), and public sector entities (Crown entities, Parliament, ministries).

Only charity officers with a linked cross-platform profile are included. Trustees without a linked profile are excluded as their positions across other platforms cannot be verified. Multiple board commitments may indicate limited availability but do not necessarily indicate poor governance.

Data sourced from Charities Services register, NZX announcements, public sector records. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.

Data as at 1 Oct 2026 · refreshed weekly from the Charities Register data we hold