Lighting Council New Zealand represents the industry on the formulation of regulation, compliance and environmental issues.

LCNZ representatives participate in developing NZS, AS/NZS Standards and IEC and ISO International Standards, ensuring the industry is in step with our trading partners across the world.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the peak body for electrical and lighting product standards. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the peak body for lighting application standards.

LCNZ is a member of the Global Lighting Association (GLA), the international association for lighting industry.  We actively participate to capture ideas and resources that help to bring New Zealand lighting to the forefront of best practice.

Our aims

A commitment to positive transformation

Encourage

LCNZ encourages and communicates industry wide improvements in good practices in lighting

Promote Industry

LCNZ promotes, develops and protects the interests of the lighting industry in New Zealand

Promote Ethics

LCNZ promotes ethical standards within our membership and throughout the industry

Advance

LCNZ educates and communicates to help advance the capabilities and professionalism of members

Represent

LCNZ represents to the government, industry associations and the community, views on residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal lighting in New Zealand

Develop

LCNZ develops unified views on matters of common interest and concern. LCNZ is acutely concerned with avoiding breaches of competition laws, in particular the Commerce Act 1986

Who We Are

Board of Directors – Company leaders from across the industry

Forty years in the lighting industry …. that’s a long time! I started off as an engineering cadet and progressed through lighting designer, product designer, sales engineer, sales manager, training manager, marketing manager, and now as Managing Director with a multi-national Zumtobel Group. In both private and corporate companies in NZ and Australia, my roles have enabled me to travel and experience the international lighting world. I am a representative on NZS and AS/NZS standards committees and am the NZ Head of Delegation for the ISO TC 274 Light and Lighting committee. I am fortunate to have been the Chair of LCNZ since 2014 and was Deputy Chair for three years before that.

I have over twenty years in sales and management in the NZ lighting industry. My primary focus has been on lamps, working with global brands including GE, Osram, Sylvania and Tungsram. My current role is managing the NZ business for Light Source Solutions, the GE licenced partner for ANZ. I first joined LCNZ back in 2004 whilst Country Manager for GE Lighting and have been on the executive committee for more than a decade. It is pleasing to witness the continued passion of the LCNZ team, and to be involved in work which delivers for both the lighting Industry and the broader NZ marketplace.

I am the Managing Director of Halcyon Lighting and have been on the LCNZ board since 2021, taking over the reins from the now retired Royce Everett who was on the LCNZ board for over a decade prior. I am passionate about design and development of lighting products and control gear and Halcyon holds multiple patents for unique luminaire assemblies/components. I studied and worked in graphic design before finding my way into the lighting world in 2013, fortuitous timing as this was the earlier stages of LED adoption with most of the industry still learning the new technology. I have worn many hats in the business, from admin, sales, marketing and design, general manager, and eventually to Managing Director. LCNZ advocates for and represents the fast paced and ever-changing lighting industry in New Zealand and Halcyon is proud to be a long-standing member.

After completing a degree in electrical and electronic engineering at Auckland University, I soon joined lighting component supplier Atco Controls. That was way back in the mid-eighties! Atco Controls transitioned into TridonicAtco and then Tridonic NZ where I was Managing Director until 2015 when I went private, forming Elpower NZ. That’s many more years importing and distributing lighting control equipment and accessories … more years than a young man could admit! In 2003 I founded LCNZ, along with Bryan King and Dean Griffin. Since then, I have been on the executive committee spending some of those years as Chair and Deputy Chair.

I formed Switch Lighting in 2009 and was initially involved in product development, but as the company has grown, my roles have migrated through sales to full time Managing Director. I am still heavily involved in product development, an aspect true to my roots. My career started as a mechanical design engineer and project manager in heavy engineering for mining, materials handling, and timber mills, and I later ran an engineering consultancy for the timber Industry. I have been a member of the Australian Standards committee EL-041 since 2014. My tenure on the LCNZ executive committee started in 2016, and it has been great to see the role of LCNZ increase over these last few years.

I have had 35 years’ experience in the lighting industry and gained an insight into the industry with four years in Hong Kong with a European manufacturer and distributor. Since this time I have worked in the NZ lighting industry within a vertically integrated business model with Lighting Direct, focused on residential lighting. As Managing Director, key areas of focus are team leadership, business strategy, product design, marketing and logistics. I am fortunate to have had extensive world travel with visiting business connections and have gained insights into a truly innovative industry.

I am an experienced general manager with a strong background in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry. My role is NZ Country Leader and Professional Channel GM at Signify. I have a BCom in marketing from Lincoln University and my previous roles have encompassed advertising, marketing strategy, construction management, and business-to-business sales for the commercial construction community in NZ, UK and Australia. In a fast-changing digital world, I lead the Signify team that is at the forefront of developing connected smart lighting solutions for NZ end-users which extend building services into areas well beyond illumination.