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Trustees
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Viv
Beck, Chair
Viv has a background in communications and leadership. She works in her own business and recently co-authored a successful leadership book for young women. She was Chief Executive of design and print agency Communication Arts from 2001 to 2006. Prior to that, she was General Manager Communications & Stamps and a member of New Zealand Post's senior leadership team. Viv is also a Director of Grow Wellington, the regional economic development agency charged with driving export growth.
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Peter Blades Peter has a wealth of business experience ranging over many industries and has successfully led several organisations through major change. He was involved at a senior level in the initial sale of Telecom NZ Ltd, the privatisation of United Energy and StratusNetworks/Energy 21 (Victoria) and the Capital power merger. In recent years, he has been heavily involved in reform processes in the electricity, gas, information technology, health and telecommunications sectors.
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Quentin Hay
Quentin is a senior commercial lawyer who practises as a commercial barrister, and was formerly a partner at Bell Gully. His practice has included a diverse range of commercial activities, both international and domestic. Quentin has a strong and well-developed interest in the arts including, in particular, the visual arts and the performance arts. He was, for a number of years, the co-chair of the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra. He also has extensive governance experience, as both an advisor and board member. Among others, he is currently a director of the Hurricanes Super 14 Rugby franchise. Quentin is a member of the [Strategy] and Audit and Finance sub-committees of the Board of Trustees.
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Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen has been a Wellingtonian for the whole of his life and has a strong interest in the arts. He was President of the Victoria University of Wellington Students Association in the 1970s and then worked for law firm Bell Gully and Co. He later devoted himself to law reform work and followed that with a lengthy period working for trade unions as their legal advocate. Peter returned to the practice of law in 1990 specialising in employment law, and established Cullen - The Employment Law Firm five years later. He convened the Wellington District Law Societies Employment Law Committee for a number of years and is a member of the Board of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce. Peter has three adult children, is a regular columnist for the Dominion Post and is also a regular media commentator on employment law.
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Hayley Wain
Hayley Wain is 21 years of age and currently the youngest City Councillor in New Zealand. Hayley is the Councils representative on the Wellington Museums Trust. Hayley was elected to the Wellington City Council as an 18 year old, in October 2004 as a councillor for the Northern Ward. She is currently the chairperson of the Grants Sub Committee at Wellington City Council as well as being a member of a number of other committees; she is combining her council work with study towards a BCA at Victoria University.
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Rhonda Paku
Profile to come
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Senior Management
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Wellington Museums Trust
Pat Stuart, Chief Executive
Pat Stuart joined the Trust on 25 March 2008 and brings a wealth of senior management experience gained mainly in the arts and cultural sector. Pat was a founding staff member of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and led the Cultural Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs which provided policy advice and delivered cultural services prior to the establishment of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Pat has spent the last three years at Whitireia Community Polytechnic as Chief Operating Officer, a role that gave her a range of new skills and insights into the tertiary education sector. Pat is a Wellingtonian, having lived in the city all her life, and she describes her role as Chief Executive of the Trust as the perfect role for someone passionate about Wellington and the role that museums and art galleries perform for their communities.
Ph 64 4 471 0919
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Wellington Museums Trust
John McCormick, Finance Manager
John is a Chartered Accountant with 23 years’ experience in accounting positions with Lion Nathan Limited including Company Financial Accountant, Financial Controller – Hotels, and Administration Manager – Wellington Brewery. John joined the Wellington Museums Trust as Finance Manager in 1997.
Ph 64 4 471 0919
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City Gallery Wellington
Paula Savage, Director
Paula is the inaugural director of City Gallery Wellington, which opened in August 1993. Under her leadership, the gallery has become a leading contemporary New Zealand art institution, initiating ground-breaking exhibitions and catalogue publications of New Zealand and international art. Paula was co-project director of the New Zealand Venice biennale project in 2003 with Elizabeth Kerr, Chief Executive of Creative New Zealand.
Ph 64 4 801 3952
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Capital E
Stuart Grant, Director Stuart joined the Capital E team in 1999 in the OnTV Studio and was Creative Technology Manager before being appointed Director of Capital E in 2002. Before coming to Wellington, Stuart headed the arts department at a Hamilton School and also taught in Christchurch, Geneva and Tokoroa. An occasional snowboarder, scuba diver and stage improviser, his leisure time is now filled raising twins.
Ph 64 4 913 3720
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Museum of Wellington City & Sea
Brett Mason, Director
Brett joined the Wellington Museums Trust in 2001, as the Marketing Manager for both the Museum of Wellington City & Sea and Capital E. In 2003 he moved to a fulltime role of Marketing & Public Programmes Manager for the Museum. Brett curated the Museum’s 2006 New Zealand International Arts Festival exhibition Innocents Abroad in collaboration with Te Papa, which has since begun a nationwide tour. Brett is married with two daughters.
Ph 64 4 472 8904
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Wellington Cable Car Museum and Colonial Cottage Museum
Emmanuel Makarios, Manager Emmanuel is a former seafarer and has been involved with museums for the past 18 years. After working as exhibitions officer at the Wellington Maritime Museum (now the Museum of Wellington City & Sea), he was appointed in 2000 to help establish the Wellington Cable Car Museum and is now its Manager. Emmanuel is also a successful author and has written a number of books focusing on New Zealand maritime history, the most recent being The Wahine Disaster: a Tragedy Remembered.
In addition to managing the Wellington Cable Car Museum, Emmanuel Makarios is responsible for the Colonial Cottage Museum, supported by part-time staff and volunteers.
Ph 64 4 475 3578
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New Zealand Cricket Museum
David Mealing, Manager A painter and sculptor with many one-person exhibitions in New Zealand and overseas, David has also lectured at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and tutored in arts and crafts at Wellington Polytechnic. He was appointed Director/Curator of the Petone Settlers Museum in 1984, where he remained until his appointment as the first full-time Manager/Curator of the New Zealand Cricket Museum in August 2003.
Ph 64 4 385 6602
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