Chorus has appointed Aleida White as Head of Investor Relations following an executive search conducted by SEQEL Partners.

Chorus is New Zealand’s leading communications infrastructure company, originally split out from Telecom NZ in late 2011 to participate in the Ultra-Fast Broadband rollout. The business is now in transition from being the great Network Builder, to becoming the great Network Operator with a goal to achieve 80% fibre uptake and retire its copper network. Chorus is dual listed on the NXZ and ASX with a market cap of circa $3.5 billion.

Aleida is a highly experienced investor relations professional with a tenured career in the sector and a background in complex listed environments across New Zealand and the UK. Most recently she was Head of Investor Relations for dual ASX/NSX listed Fletcher Building where she was responsible for leading the function including investor relations strategy, investor targeting, preparing annual reports and managing buy/sell side relationships during a challenging time for the company. Previously, Aleida was Investor Relations Manager for newly listed Tegel Foods and established the full IR function for the business. Prior, she spent time as an IR consultant in Australia and New Zealand and was Group Investor Relations Manager for the financial services firm Old Mutual based in London.

Aleida holds a Bachelor of Commerce in accounting from Lincoln University and a Bachelor of Arts in German language and literature from the University of Canterbury. She commences with Chorus in late July.