Stephen Canny

Stephen is a business and strategic projects group manager. He has an extensive background in business and business improvement and project management and has managed the successful completion of a range or large projects in Southland such as Southland’s Regional Energy Strategy, Southland’s Whole Community Broadband Network as well as the successful completion of major civil and mechanical engineering projects including satellite and space ground stations and terrestrial television. He also took a lead in the establishment of the SIT Velodrome.

Stephen is a member of the Institute of Directors of New Zealand and has broad experience as a Trustee and Board member, including chairman of the National Broadband Forum, chairman of Junior Worlds 2012 Limited and president of Cycling New Zealand at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) events, and has presented at numerous international conferences.