A decade together: The Chair and Chief Executive relationship

Panel Discussion

Speaker(s): Paul Moodie, Greg Jolly, Scott Mason
Date: 5:15pm — 6:45pm, 14 October 2026
Venue: Dunedin Club
Location: 33 Melville Street, Dunedin, 9016
Price members: $25.00 incl GST
Price non-members: $40.00 incl GST

Overview

Founded in Lawrence in 1987, Tuapeka Gold Print had already built a strong reputation before entering a transformative period of growth under the leadership of Chair Paul Moodie and Chief Executive Greg Jolly. During their 10-year partnership, turnover grew from $10 million to more than $100 million and the workforce expanded from 48 to over 600 employees. Today, the business is known as TRENDS, following a rebrand that reflects the broader range of products and services the company now offers.

Behind that growth was a close and enduring partnership between Chair Paul Moodie and Chief Executive Greg Jolly. Join Paul and Greg as they reflect on their decade-long working relationship and share insights into the governance and leadership dynamics that supported the company's growth journey.

Chaired by Scott Mason CFInstD, this informal fireside chat will explore the chair-chief executive relationship behind TRENDS' growth journey. Through candid discussion and practical examples, Paul and Greg will share how they built trust, communicated openly, balanced governance and management responsibilities, and worked together to navigate the opportunities and challenges of rapid expansion.

Now that both have stepped away from the business, Paul and Greg are uniquely placed to look back on what worked, what they would do differently, and the lessons they learned along the way. This is a rare opportunity to hear perspectives from both sides of one of the most important relationships in any organisation, with practical takeaways for chairs, chief executives and directors alike.

Paul Moodie

CFInstD, FCA

Paul is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow Chartered Accountant. He recently retired as a Senior Partner at Findex. He continues to hold independent board appointments in both the commercial and not for profit sectors. This includes roles with Tuapeka Gold Print Limited, NZ Plumbing Merchants and Dunstan Hospital. Paul also chairs Warbirds over Wānaka and The Healthcare Otago Charitable Trust.

He is qualified to teach Stephen Coveys “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and has received accreditation from the de Bono Innovation Institute for the use of creative thinking skills.   Paul is also a guest lecturer for the University of Otago MBA program on corporate governance, and has written several articles for the Institute of Directors.

Greg Jolly

Greg recently established The Jolly Way, a business advisory and mentoring company focused on helping organisations and individuals achieve sustainable growth. With more than 40 years of professional experience, Greg is passionate about empowering people, driving success, and building strong business cultures founded on fairness, respect, accountability, honesty, and positive energy.

From 2013 to 2025, Greg served as Chief Executive Officer of Trends (formerly Tuapeka Gold Print), leading the business from a $9.7 million SME to a $125 million enterprise employing more than 480 staff and 110 contractors. During his tenure, he oversaw significant growth, major land acquisitions, forestry and business park developments, business continuity planning, financial hedging, regulatory compliance, and cultural transformation, successfully guiding the organisation through periods of rapid change, including Covid-19.

Prior to this, Greg was General Manager, 3rd Party Logistics at Wickliffe Print from 2001 to 2013, where he managed logistics operations within a $75 million business, secured major government and corporate contracts, and transformed underperforming divisions into profitable operations.

Greg began his career with Mainland Products Ltd, progressing from Database Coordinator to Operations Manager, Cultured Foods. Over a 12-year period, he led operational improvements, implemented MRPII systems, managed South Island distribution, and increased productivity sufficiently to prevent the closure of a plant and preserve 45 jobs.

Scott Mason

CFInstD

Scott is a professional director based in Dunedin.  He has been a specialist tax and commercial advisor to HNWI and owner-managed businesses across many industries for over 30 years, and is a senior partner at Findex.  However, these days Scott spends 80% of his time in governance, again across a wide range of industries mostly in the private sector. He is also the Chairperson of the CA ANZ Tax Advisory Group which advises Government on tax policy matters, as well as being a trained mediator, undertaking expert witness roles, an investor in early-stage companies, and a keen (albeit frequently broken) sportsman.

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