Carl returned to New Zealand shores after eight years in Norway, where he helped with the Tesla rollout of charging infrastructure in the Scandinavian region. 

Carl’s family won the St. Petersburg to Monte Carlo Electric Marathon in 2013, with his beautiful wife and three gorgeous young children in tow.  Prince Albert of Monaco has been in Carl’s dark green Tesla Model S, as have thousands of other Electric Vehicle enthusiasts. 

Carl owns the pioneering car sharing company Blue Cars.  Blue cars offer rental and experience packages to Kiwis who are interested in EV ownership.

Steve’s fascination with Electric Vehicles began as a child, inspired by Usborne books painting a future of elegantly simple and efficient personal transportation.  Steve is buoyed by passion and excitement to be living in the future of his dreams. 

A computer programmer by trade, and a passionate armchair electrical engineer, Steve works tirelessly to find innovative and elegant solutions to encourage the uptake of clean, green and economically sound energy and transport options for a Better NZ for everyone.

Steve is also the founder and CEO of ChargeNet NZ Ltd.

Sean is currently the Treasurer of the Better NZ Trust.

Sean is a chairman of DesignerTech, a successful software and computer infrastructure company that has been around for more than 20 years. Having been involved in creating businesses and involved with several corporations during this time he brings a level of experience that is invaluable to the Trust. 

In addition, Sean has been running a photography and fine art printing business to supplement his other official duties. This allows him to combine his technical, problem solving and creative sides.

Sigurd is a huge supporter of electric vehicles and sustainability. 

He owns a fully electric car and compiles a comprehensive guide to New Zealand Electric Cars, regularly updated. 

He provides advice to a number of organisations to boost electric car adoption in New Zealand. Sigurd has 20 years experience in the software sector, and is a co-founder and director of a leading New Zealand software company, SilverStripe.

Sigurd spends his leisure time mountain biking, camping, and doing astronomy, and lives with a young family in Wellington.