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ARTA's Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the functions of ARTA, including the integrated planning, funding and implementation of all modes of transport throughout the Auckland region. All decisions relating to the operation of ARTA are made by or under the authority of the Board in accordance with the Local Government (Auckland) Amendment Act 2004 and the operative annual Statement of Intent.

	Rabin Rabindran CHAIR Rabin Rabindran is a commercial barrister and international legal consultant specialising in infrastructure development, construction and energy. He has worked on major projects in more than 25 countries acting for governments, local authorities and major corporates. He is a director of Manukau Water Ltd, Tomorrow’s Manukau Properties Ltd, TMPL (Flat Bush) Ltd and a company with interests in China. Rabin is also chairman of the Singapore Chapter of the ASEAN New Zealand Combined Business Council and a trustee of the Chinese Language Foundation. Rabin was previously a partner at Simpson Grierson and a director of an Australian public company.
	Adrienne Young-Cooper DEPUTY CHAIR Adrienne Young Cooper is an independent director and planning consultant. She is a founding shareholder of Hill Young Cooper Limited, a major planning and resource management consultancy based in Wellington and Auckland. She specialises in urban growth management and the relationship between transport and land use. Adrienne was an inaugural director of Auckland Regional Transport Networks Limited, and took special responsibility for the commissioning of the Britomart Transport Centre. In addition to ARTA, she currently sits on the boards of Solid Energy New Zealand Limited, Maritime New Zealand, Manukau Building Consultants Limited and the Auckland City Property Enterprise Board. Adrienne is also a trustee of several charitable organisations.
	Gary Taylor Gary Taylor is an experienced company director and environmental policy analyst. He is currently chairman of the Environmental Defence Society, the Climate Change and Business Centre and is also a director of the Hobsonville Land Company.
	Mark Benjamin Mark Benjamin is a Chartered Accountant and experienced executive in the infrastructure and agriculture industries. Prior to that he worked at Price Waterhouse internationally. In addition to his executive roles, Mark provides consulting and director services to small businesses, start-up businesses and not-for-profit entities.
	Professor Peter Brothers Peter Brothers is chief executive of Manukau Institute of Technology. He was previously Dean of Engineering at the University of Auckland, holding that position for nine years. Peter's career began with what was then the DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), later spending 20 years in the United States in both public and private sector infrastructure roles. Peter was formerly a director of Auckland Regional Transport Network Ltd (ARTNL) and of UniServices Ltd, the University of Auckland's intellectual property company, and is currently a director of Metrowater.
	Tony Marks Tony Marks is a director of Zespri International, House of Travel, Redwood Cellars and Polynesian Airlines as well as other companies in food, aviation, and tourism. He previously worked in marketing for major food companies in England, the United States and Venezuela before coming to New Zealand in 1978. Over the next 30 years, he has held senior management positions at Carter Holt Harvey, was General Manager Sales and Marketing at Air New Zealand for 10 years, CEO of Zespri International for four years. Prior to retiring from corporate life in 2006, he was the inaugural CEO of Pacific Blue Airlines, the international arm of Virgin Blue Airlines.
	Mike Williams Mike Williams is a director of Sustainable Power Technology and a trustee of Waitakere Enterprise.
	Andrew Buxton Andrew Buxton is a strategy and supply chain consultant with MH Group Ltd, and a director of Complete Entertainment Services Ltd, a retail category management and distribution business. He has previously held senior executive roles in retail and consulting in NZ, Asia and the UK. Most recently he was the General Manager Supply Chain for The Warehouse Ltd. In addition to his supply chain skills he has experience in customer analysis and managing change. Andrew is also a director for GS1 New Zealand and of Unicef New Zealand.