Mesh People

  • Passionate about Hamilton and the Arts
  • Connected with the business, art and wider community
  • Dedicated to fulfilling the trusts priorities
  • Committed to making sculpture happen in Hamilton

MESH TRUSTEES

Nancy Caiger – mesh Chair

  • President Waikato Property Investors Association
  • Artist
  • Current and past trusteeships include Hamilton Christian Foodbank Trust (Founding Chair), Hamilton Community Arts Council (Treasurer)

Stuart Anderson – mesh Deputy Chair/Treasurer

  • Shareholder and Client Advisor of Craigs Investment Partners
  • Member of the NZ Institute of Directors

Alison Ewing – mesh Secretary

  • Independent Art Advisor with Kate/Alison

Jon Tanner

  • Shareholder, Branch Manager and Senior Client Advisor – Craigs Investment Partners
  • Member of the NZ Institute of Directors
  • Current and past directorships include – Hockey NZ, Blacksticks Foundation (Chair), Midlands Hockey (Chair), St Pauls Collegiate and various Charitable Trusts and Private Commercial Companies.

Phil Taylor

  • Partner, Tompkins Wake Lawyers, Hamilton
  • Chairman of the Health Journeys Foundation
  • Member of the Establishment Board of the Greenfields Network
  • Member of the NZ Institute of Directors

Dallas Fisher

  • Current Owner and Director of NDA
  • Co-owner and Director Brandish Advertising
  • Independent Chair of Go Bus Ltd
  • Independent Chair Waikato Chiefs Super XV franchise
  • Partner Montana Catering Company

Dr Linda Rademaker

  • Past Medical Director Midlands Health Network
  • Member NZ Institute of Directors

MESH ARTISTIC BOARD

Kate Darrow – Chair

  • Independent Art Advisor with Kate/Alison
  • Previous senior management positions held at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and City Gallery Wellington

Linda Tyler

  • Director Centre for New Zealand Art Research and Discovery, The University of Auckland
  • Director of the Gus Fisher Gallery and Curator of The University of Auckland Art Collection

Tim Croucher

  • Artist
  • Principal Lecturer in Painting and Sculpture, School of Media Arts, Waikato Institute of Technology

Karl Chitham

  • Art Collection Curator, The University of Waikato-Te Whare Wananga o Waikato

MESH PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS

Traci Houpapa – JP, MBA (Waikato, Maniapoto, Taranaki, Tuwharetoa)

  • Director, Land Corp Farming Limited
  • Chair, Federation of Maori Authorities and Tainui Delegate
  • National Advisory Council for Employment of Women
  • Maori Women’s Welfare League

Dr Ann McEwan – Art Historian & Heritage Consultant

  • Principal of Heritage Consultancy Services
  • Visual Arts Adviser to Trust Waikato

Brandish

  • Brand Design and Marketing

Pricewaterhouse Coopers

  • Accounting

Tompkins Wake

  • Legal

Holmes Consulting Group

  • Structural and Civil Engineers

IT Partners

  • Professional IT Support

ChowHill Architects

  • Strategic Planning, Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture

Construct Limited

  • Building and Concrete Construction
    Christine Robinson
  • MA Screen, Media and Human Geography
  • Film co-ordinator