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Michael Lynch

Michael is hugely experienced in engineering management. During his career, he has spent 15 years in management positions in operational and research-and-development roles, the last 5 years as part of the senior management team for PDL Electronics Ltd, a member of the Schneider Group of companies. In his last year, Michael led the management team, stepping up from previous senior positions including plant manager and operations manager.

At Wellington's Interlock Group, Michael was a technical services team leader. He was responsible for establishing a number of cross-functional teams and implementing an integrated product development process resulting in a 50% reduction in product development time. He also worked as the information systems team leader and as product design engineer at Interlock where he was awarded a patent for locking telescoping elements.

In his spare time Michael's interests include property investment, soccer, indoor netball, volleyball and skiing.

He coaches a junior soccer team and was a member of the New Zealand mixed dragon boat team that won a bronze medal in the 1995 World Championships in China.