Our People.

"SUPPORTING CURRENT AND PAST CRICKETERS TO THRIVE
DURING AND AFTER THEIR PROFESSIONAL PLAYING CAREERS"

NZCPA is proudly supported by

Principal Partner

Associate Partners

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Our Staff.

Simon Porter

CEO

Simon manages all areas of the operations of the NZCPA and the Professional Cricketing Environment.

Simon has a pivitol role in stakeholder engagement, Master Agreement negotiations, global relations and member representation.

Brad Rodden

Head of Player Services

Brad manages all areas of the Professional Cricketing Environment in accordance with the Master Agreement, driving member feedback and representation.

Adine Wilson

Legal Counsel / Player Services

Adine provides expert, independent advice to support and protect players’ rights. She also assists with collective bargaining, contract and policy development.

Kristy Somerset

Admin and Accounts

Kristy manages our accounts and Board

administration functions.

Glen Sulzberger

Commercial Manager

Glen manages the commercial programme and strategy, NZCPA events programme, as well as the use of Player Property via the Cricket Players Property Trust.

Dennis Katsanos

Communications Lead

Dennis leads the day to day communications across our various platforms creating and producing our video and member content.

Lesley Elvidge

National Personal Development Manager

Lesley manages the national programme and the PD team, and the personal development needs for the following member groups

Blackcaps (south)
White Ferns

Judy Clement

Personal Development Manager

Judy manages the personal development needs for the following member groups

Northern Brave - Men
Northern Brave - Women
Central Hinds

Greg Dawson

Personal Development Manager

Greg manages the personal development needs for the following member groups

Otago Sparks - Women
Otago Volts - Men
Canterbury Kings

Ginny Fail

Personal Development Manager

Ginny manages the personal development needs for the following member groups

Member Transition Manager
Auckland Hearts
Wellington Blaze

Paul Hobbs

Personal Development Manager

Paul manages the personal development needs for the following member groups

Auckland Aces
Blackcaps (north)
Past Players

Jo Murray

Personal Development Manager

Jo manages the personal development needs for the following member groups

Blackcaps (central)
Canterbury Magicians
Wellington Firebirds
Central Stags

Our Board.

Ross Verry (Chair)

Daryl Mitchell

Simon Porter (CEO)

Hannah Rowe

Chris Lee

Maddy Green

Jeet Raval

Jamie How

Allex Evans

Contracted Players.

NZC International Men

Tom Blundell | Wellington

Michael Bracewell | Wellington

Mark Chapman | Auckland

Devon Conway | Wellington

Jacob Duffy | Otago
Zak Foulkes | Canterbury

Mitch Hay | Canterbury

Glenn Phillips | Otago
Rachin Ravindra | Wellington

Mitchell Santner | Northern Districts
Ben Sears | Wellington

Nathan Smith | Wellington

Blair Tickner | Central Districts
Will Young | Central Districts

NZC International Women

Eden Carson | Otago

Flora Devonshire | Central Districts*

Izzy Gaze | Auckland
Maddy Green | Auckland
Brooke Halliday | Auckland

Bree Illing | Auckland
Polly Inglis | Otago

Bella James | Otago
Fran Jonas | Auckland
Jess Kerr | Wellington

Melie Kerr | Wellington
Rosemary Mair | Central Districts

NZC Casual Men

Finn Allen | Auckland

Lockie Ferguson | Auckland

Adam Milne | Wellington

Tim Seifert | Northern Districts

Auckland

Canterbury

Central

Northern

Otago

Wellington

Men
Adithya Ashok
Cam Fletcher
Ryan Harrison

Bevin Jacobs

Simon Keene
Rohit Kumar***

Ben Lister

Jock McKenzie

Jimmy Neesham

Angus Olliver

Dale Phillips
Samrath Singh
Sean Solia

Lachie Stackpole
Luke Watson

*one to be added

Women 2025/26
Olivia Anderson
Bella Armstrong
Elizabeth Buchanan

Prue Catton

Kaitlyn Halliday*

Amie Hucker
Taila Hurley*
Rishika Jaswal

Ayaan Lambat*
Eve Meachen*
Josie Penfold
Jess Smith*
Anika Tauwhare*

Men

Chad Bowes

Matt Boyle

Leo Carter

Sean Davey

Jesse Frew

Lachie Harper*

Scott Janett

Rhys Mariu

Cole McConchie

Angus McKenzie

Cam Paul

Michael Rae

Matt Rowe

Fraser Sheat

Ish Sodhi

*one to be added

Women 2025/26

Kate Anderson

Sarah Asmussen
Missy Banks
Kate Chandler**

Stella Cornelius*

Jodie Dean

Abigale Gerken

Abigail Hotton
Kate Irwin**
Molly Loe**

Darcy Prasad*

Izzy Sharp

Gabby Sullivan

Men

Taylor Bettelheim

Tom Bruce

Sam Cassidy*

Josh Clarkson

Dane Cleaver

Joey Field

Toby Findlay

Dean Foxcroft

Jake Gibson**

Curtis Heaphy

Jayden Lennox

Ajaz Patel

Brett Randell

Brad Schmulian

Ray Toole

*one to be added

Women 2025/26

Aniela Apperley
Georgia Atkinson
Ocean Bartlett
Flora Devonshire
Grace Foreman

Kate Gaging
Claudia Green
Ashtuti Kumar
Emma McLeod

Jess Ogden*
Cate Pedersen**
Kerry Tomlinson

Abby Treder

Men

Xavier Bell

Josh Brown

Joe Carter

Katene Clarke

Kristian Clarke

Henry Cooper

Matthew Fisher

Zak Gibson

Brett Hampton

Nick Kelly**

Scott Kuggeleijn

Robbie O'Donnell

Ben Pomare

Tim Pringle

Snehith Reddy

*one to be added

Women 2025/26

Carol Agafili
Skye Bowden*
Sophie Court**

Marama Downes
Caitlyn Gurrey
Yaz Kareem

Kayley Knight

Marina Lamplough
Nensi Patel

Holly Topp
Tash Wakelin
Jess Watkin
Eve Wolland

Men

Matt Bacon

Jack Boyle

Max Chu

Mason Clarke

Jacob Cumming

Zac Cumming

Danru Ferns

Luke Georgeson

Troy Johnson

Tom Jones*

Ben Lockrose

Jarrod McKay

Thomas O'Connor*

Thorn Parkes

Jamal Todd

*one to be added

Women 2025/26

Emma Black
Caitlin Blakely
Anna Browning

Harriet Cuttance

Chloe Deerness
Olivia Gain
Louisa Kotkamp
Hannah O'Connor*

Isy Parry

Felicity Robertson

Anika Todd**

PJ Watkins

Saffron Wilson

Men

Muhammad Abbas

Liam Dudding

Nick Greenwood
James Hartshorn
Oscar Jackson

Callum McLachlan
Samuel Morgan
Sam Mycock
Tim Robinson
Gareth Severin

Henry Shipley**
Jesse Tashkoff

Logan van Beek

Peter Younghusband
Yahya Zeb

*one to be added

Women 2025/26

Nicole Baird

Rachel Bryant
Rebecca Burns
Natasha Codyre
Hannah Francis

Antonia Hamilton

Xara Jetly

Sam Mackinder*
Jess McFayden
Isla McKenzie*

Hannah Ryan*

Jess Simmons**

Gemma Sims

* new to domestic contract ** moved major association team *** Rohit Kumar (formely Gulati) has updated his playing name to reflect his legal passport name.