Manawa Energy Limited has made two new appointments to its management team with Matt James appointed General Manager Commercial, and Todd Mead appointed as General Manager Generation Operations. Matt joined Trustpower in 2000 as a graduate out of Waikato University. He has held various roles over the past 23 years across retail, commercial contracting, product development and strategic partnerships.

His most recent role was Head of Commercial & Industrial/Market Operations. Todd has more than 25 years of hydro-engineering and project management experience in New Zealand, Australia and North America. He joined Trustpower in 2015 and has held senior generation roles including Engineering Manager and Production Manager.

He has most recently been seconded into the company's new generation team as Head of Development. The new appointments are effective 17 April 2023.