MEET OUR BOARD

CALLUM MACDONALD
BOARD MEMBER

Callum Macdonald brings a wealth of expertise in governance and strategic advice for business and many years as a chartered accountant, including running several of his own large accounting firms.

Callum is the principal of Consulere Limited, a specialist consulting firm for litigation support and governance, and previously spent 25 years in public practice, both with his own prominent North Shore Chartered Accounting firm and an international Chartered Accounting firm. He has also spent time working in a large District Health Board.   

He splits his time between client advice, directorships, advisory board roles, trusteeships and court expert witness work. He is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Institute of Directors, and a Director of the Drug Detection Agency. Previously, Callum has also been a Trustee of the Auckland Volunteer Coastguard Charitable Trust and Capri Hospital.

BRODY NELSON
BOARD MEMBER

Brody Nelson is a technical founder, with more than twenty years’ experience developing software solutions for mobile and web, creating tools that improve the way people do business, travel and even plan their leisure time.

He co-founded Daylight (formerly Translate Digital), a mobile-first digital production company, is a co-founder of Stickybeak, a market research business, and in 2015, co-founded the award-winning app Parkable, a tool that connects drivers looking for parking with unused car park spaces near their destination.

Brody has extensive experience across SaaS businesses, product management, technical leadership, software development, and cloud architecture.

He also spent a decade as a teacher in New Zealand the UK, and is passionate about creating opportunities and employment for people and mentoring those who work with him to develop their skills.

MATT KERR
BOARD MEMBER

Matt Kerr has more than a decade of experience in the electricity retail sector, and is currently the General Manager of Prime Energy, which became a shareholder in Lightyears in 2024.

Matt has seen many changes in the energy industry over the last decade, including the increasing importance of delivering clean and renewable capacity to the grid, the impact of a changing climate, changes to fuel availability, growing environmental considerations and growing demand. He enjoys being part of a dynamic industry with an ever-changing landscape of influencing metrics, whilst being intrinsically linked to everyday life.

He brings to the board invaluable industry insights, including on the broader market dynamics in which Lightyears will operate and will be able to advise on how unfolding events can impact and shape Lightyears’ strategic direction.