Andrew Reding
Executive
MA (Oxon), MBA (Cranfield SoM)
Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Term of office: Appointed director 22 August 2024.
Andrew is a highly experienced business leader who has held numerous key operational leadership roles in the construction materials and building products sectors over the past 35 years, including 11 years at Fletcher Building. He is an industry veteran who brings a unique combination of skills and experience, and a performance and values mindset.
During his time at Fletcher Building, Andrew held the roles of Chief Executive of Building Products and Steel from 2001 to 2006 and Managing Director of Fletcher Wood Panels from 1997 to 2001. Subsequently, he held senior executive roles with Rank Group Limited, where he was President and CEO of Evergreen Packaging Inc, a global business with US$1.7 billion revenue and CEO of Carter Holt Harvey Pulp, Paper & Packaging with more than NZ$2.3 billion revenue.
Andrew has also held several government industry advisory roles over the past decade. These roles included Chair of the Construction Systems Workgroup as part of MBIE’s Productivity Partnership initiative, Chair of the Building Information Modelling Acceleration Committee and as a member of MBIE’s Building Advisory Panel.
Andrew has more recently been involved in seismic engineering, steel waste repurposing and clean tech start-ups, and was a long serving director and Chair of the New Zealand Shareholders’ Association until August 2024.
Andrew is also a director of Avertana Limited, Hydroxsys Holdings Limited, and Tectonus Limited.