Simon Paul Moutter is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

engineer and businessman, and was Managing Director of

Spark New Zealand Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications company providing fixed-line plain old telephone service, telephone services, a mobile phone network, internet service provider, internet access services, and (through its Spark Digi ...

from 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2019.

Early life

Moutter grew up in Palmerston North, New Zealand, He attended Highbury School, Monrad Intermediate and Palmerston North Boys High. He has a BSc Bachelor of Science (Physics) from Massey University, a BE (Hons) Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (Electrical and Electronics) from the University of Canterbury, and a ME Master of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) also from the University of Canterbury.

Career

* 1983–1987: Electrical Engineer, New Plymouth Power Station, Electricity Division, NZ Ministry of Energy * 1987–1990: MD and Founder of Electrotech Consultants Ltd, New Plymouth * 1991–1992: Station Manager, New Plymouth Power Station, Electricorp Production * 1992–1999: Chief Executive,

Powerco Powerco is the second-largest gas and largest electricity distributor in New Zealand. It is one of only two companies to distribute both electricity and natural gas through their network (the other being Vector Limited). Its network delivers el ...

* 1999–2000: General Manager Network Delivery,

Telecom New Zealand Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications company providing fixed-line telephone services, a mobile phone network, internet access services, and (through its Spark Digital division) ICT services to businesses. It was know ...

* 2000–2002: Group General Manager Network & International, Telecom NZ * 2002–2006: Chief Operating Officer, Telecom NZ * 2006–2008: Chief Operating Officer (Business), Telecom NZ * 2008–2012: CEO,

Auckland Airport Auckland Airport is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with over 21 million passengers in the year ended March 2019. The airport is located near Māngere, a residential suburb, and Airport Oaks, a service hub suburb south of th ...

* 2009–2012: member of the New Zealand Racing Board * 2012–2019: CEO and Managing Director of Spark NZ * 2019–present: Operating Partner to Private equity firms in NZ and Australia

Awards

* 1986

IPENZ Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau (ENZ; previously the New Zealand Institution of Engineers – NZIE and then Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand – IPENZ) is a not-for-profit professional body that promotes the integrity a ...

Fulton-Downer Gold Medal * 1989

Evan Parry Award * 2017 Deloitte Top200 NZ CEO of the Year

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