Dean Bracewell

Mr Bracewell has experience in the freight and logistics industry, with the majority of his career spent at Freightways Limited (Freightways) where he held a number of leadership and Executive roles, including most recently as Managing Director from 1999 to 2017. During his over 30-year career at Freightways he led the business through its initial public offering in 2003 and as it diversified its business and extended its geographical footprint into Australia. Dean is a Director of Tainui Group Holdings Limited, Property for Industry Limited, Port of Tauranga Limited and the Halberg Foundation. He was a director of the public policy think tank The New Zealand Initiative and its predecessor the New Zealand Business Roundtable from 2011 to 2015. He is member of People and Diversity Committee and chair of Health, Safety & Security Committee.