Auckland Airport has announced that its Board has unanimously nominated Dean Hamilton and Tania Simpson to stand for election as independent non-executive directors at its 2018 annual meeting. The nominations follow James Miller and Sir Henry van der Heyden's pending retirement from the Board at the annual meeting in October. Both will have served for nine years. Dr. Patrick Strange will move into the role of Chairman. Dean will bring considerable commercial and financial markets experience. Most recently Dean was the CEO of Silver Fern Farms. Prior to this, Dean held senior roles for over 12 years in Deutsche Bank in both New Zealand and Australia advising clients on a broad range of capital markets and M&A transactions.