The NZICT has reported a number of additions to its board, including Kordia CEO Geoff Hunt and the recently appointed Microsoft New Zealand Managing Director, Paul Muckleston.

Richard Laverty, Director of Creative, Services and Information and Communication Technology at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Fronde CEO Ian Clarke and SwayTech Director Bob Pinchin also join the board.

Re-elected members are Cisco New Zealand Country Manager Geoff Lawrie, IBM Asia Pacific Senior Manager Daryl French, Gen-i Australasia CEO Chris Quin, Simpl CEO Bennett Medary and Kinetics Group CEO Andrew Hunt.

The NZICT board also has two independent board representatives in Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum CEO David Stone and Westpac General Manager of Customer and Technology Services, David Boyes.

A new Chair will be appointed at the first meeting of the Board in August 2010.

The group says that with exports of around $5 billion, the technology industry has become the third largest export segment market in New Zealand.