Tait Electronics Limited Appoints New Director
Former Nokia executive Rob Gill has been appointed as a non-executive director of Christchurch-based radio
communications solutions company, Tait Electronics Limited (TEL).
Rob has more than 20 years experience working for international companies, before he established Auckland-based
consulting company Tresco five years ago.
After spending his early career years in the merchant navy, Rob re-trained as a systems analyst and worked with IBM and
Compaq.
Rob then gained nine years experience in the telecommunications industry working for Nokia in a variety of positions
including the first managing director for Nokia NZ and the director of sales and marketing for Nokia Europe’s fixed
networks. He was also Managing Director for Nokia Australia and GM Nokia Telecommunications Pacific Region based in
Sydney.
“What attracts me to Tait is that it is a New Zealand company with an exciting future. Tait is a very successful export
company fulfilling its ambitions of being a successful international company, which has many parallels to Nokia in the
1990s,” Rob says.
“In the next 10 years Tait faces some major challenges and decisions to drive it towards even greater success on the
global stage. I want to be part of that.”
TEL board chairman Peter van Rij says Rob’s background in sales and marketing is a welcome asset to the board.
“Rob has already worked in the telecommunications industry and his time at Nokia will no doubt be an asset to this
company. Also, he knows what it takes to be able to triumph from a base in New Zealand.”
The board of Tait Electronics Limited is:
Chairman
Peter van Rij
Non-executive directors
Rob Gill
Peter Taylor
Executive directors
Michael Chick
Trevor Laughton
David Wade
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