Kordia’s Chief Executive Geoff Hunt is pleased to announce the appointment of Shaun Rendell to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Kordia Group.

Shaun Rendell comes to Kordia from Renaissance Corporation, where he was acting CEO for the past year and CFO for the last two years. There, he led a team and was instrumental in the transformation of loss-making subsidiaries into a profitable businesses.

"We are extremely pleased to have Shaun on board," says Hunt. "Our business has transformed dramatically in the past five years and is now strongly telco-orientated. Shaun’s appointment will help us continue to evolve in that direction," he says.

Prior to his tenure at Renaissance, Mr Rendell acquired extensive experience in the telco industry with senior roles in both New Zealand and U.K. telecommunications companies. Before immigrating to New Zealand, he started his career in the communications industry with British Telecom and O2 in the late 1990s.

Mr Rendell starts 3 September, and will replace outgoing executive Roger Jarrold who left the role mid-July to join Downer New Zealand Ltd as its new CFO.