Mark Weldon

Member of the Board since 1 October 2025 and a member of the Wine Operations and Sustainability Committee.

Mr Weldon is an independent Director and a New Zealand resident.

Mr Weldon is an accomplished CEO, director, investor and business owner with strong experience in wine, agriculture, capital markets, biotech and technology. Mr Weldon is the owner and founder of Terra Sancta Limited, a winery and cellar door based in Bannockburn, New Zealand. Terra Sancta has been consistently rated in the top 20 New Zealand wineries, specifically with its Rosé and Pinot Noir wines. Mr Weldon’s wine industry experience also includes a term as Chair of the Central Otago Winegrowers Association and as Director of Sileni Estates (a renowned winery located in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand).

As an accomplished business leader, Mr Weldon was CEO of NZX Limited for 10 years from 2002 – 2012. After leading the business from a member owned mutual to a listed entity, Mr Weldon established the NZX as the premier market for listed equities and funds in New Zealand. Under Mr Weldon’s leadership, NZX achieved significant growth and strong return on investment.

A passionate climate advocate, Mr Weldon Co-Chaired the Climate Change Leadership Forum in NZ in 2007 and is a Director of Ruminant Biotech (from 2021), a private biotech business developing technology behind livestock methane mitigation. Initially as Executive Chair of Ruminant Biotech, Mr Weldon led the business through multiple capital raises, patent applications and the appointment of a full-time CEO.

Mr Weldon spent three years as CEO of Mediaworks (2014 – 2016). He is also currently a director of Canterbury Grasslands (from 2016), a large-scale agricultural business with operations in New Zealand and the Unites States. Earlier in his career Mr Weldon was a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company and an M&A attorney at Skadden Arps, both in New York.