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Robert Ferris

EPECentre Board of Directors
PEET Trustee – Contracting Sector

Robert is General Manager of Electrix and based in Auckland.

Robert’s technical background is based in the supply industry, with 6 years at the Auckland Electric Power Board working as a Test Technician in the Sub Transmission Group. After his time at the Power Board, Robert spent 12 years in the steel industry in a range of maintenance and project related roles, including 2 years in China. Robert spent 5 years based in Asia with BELFOR, at the time of the world’s leading Disaster Recovery Company – 3 years as General Manager of the Singapore operation and 2 years as a consultant growing the North Asia market.
He is on the Board of Directors for Electrix New Zealand, the Electricity Engineers Association (EEA) and the Electric Power Engineering Centre (EPEC).