Trustpower announced that Catherine Thompson has been appointed to the role of General Manager Regulatory and Risk, reporting to Chief Executive David Prentice. Mr. Prentice says the role is crucial to ensuring the company achieves the growth ambitions and stakeholder focus on which its exit from mass market retail was predicated. Before joining the company, Ms. Thompson held the role of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and General Counsel at Contact Energy, where she led the communications, policy advocacy, legal and company secretarial functions. Ms. Thompson will join Trustpower in early 2022 ? concurrent with the expected completion of the sale of Trustpower's retail business to Mercury, at which time the company's retained generation fleet and commercial and industrial customer base will be renamed Manawa Energy.