Port of Tauranga Limited Chairman John Parker has announced changes to the company's board following the retirement of Bill Capamagian.

Bill is now retired from the board – effective 17 December 2010.

Port of Tauranga.

Bill joined the board in 1994 and during his 16 years as a director has made a very strong contribution to the outstanding growth that the port has enjoyed over that time.

'While I am sad to see Bill go and we will miss his good sense and wealth of experience, he is a professional who recognises that boards must regularly refresh their thinking by adding new directors,” says John.

As a consequence of the vacancy, the board has appointed Keith Tempest as an independent director with effect from 17 December 2010.

'We are extremely pleased to welcome Keith to the board and believe his knowledge and expertise in growing TrustPower into a multi-billion dollar company will add strength to our board.”

Keith retired in 2009 after being chief executive of TrustPower for eight years.

He is currently a director of NZ Bus Limited, a director of the newly established Crown Fibre Holdings and is independent chair of the retail and consumer advisory group to the Electricity Authority.

He has also been appointed a director of the newly formed UltraFast Broadband Limited.