Vince Hawksworth
CEO, Mercury

Vince joined Mercury in March 2020. Vince has considerable experience in the energy sector in both New Zealand and Australia. Most recently he was Chief Executive at Trustpower and prior to that, Chief Executive of Hydro Tasmania. He led the demerger of Tilt Renewables from Trustpower and later oversaw the acquisition of Tilt’s New Zealand assets and the Trustpower retail business by Mercury, setting the company up for a significant period of growth. Under his leadership Mercury is integrating the Trustpower retail business into the single Mercury brand and growing it's renewable generation pipeline, including the completing construction, in 2023, of Turitea Wind Farm (New Zealand's largest wind farm) and Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm.

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