Richard Bentley, CMNZ

Richard has held senior management roles in industry and is now a professional company director, serving on boards in both the private and public sector and chairing many of them. He become involved with the Trust in 1997 and joined the Board in 1998. From July 2002 to June 2009, he held the position of Chair. In June 2009 he was appointed a Guardian.

Stephen Fuller

Stephen has been involved with the Trust since its inception, first as Project Manager and then as General Manager. From November 2002 - June 2009 he sat on the Trust board. He was made a Guardian in June 2009. He currently works for an environmental consultancy firm.

Dr. Colin Miskelly

Colin trained as an ecologist and is now working at Department of Conservation. He was a member of the Trust's original steering committee in 1993-5 and was a Trustee from1999 to 2007. He has published over 70 scientific papers and books on topics including threatened species management, pest eradication and ecological restoration. Colin also organised the Ornithological Society bird counts in the sanctuary. He was appointed a Guardian in June 2009.

Peter Love

Peter is a Manager/Trustee of the Wellington Tenths Trust, who represent the Te Atiawa iwi (mana whenua) of Wellington. In 2000 he joined the board of Trustees, and became a Guardian in June 2009.

Jim Lynch QSM

Jim was the originator of the sanctuary concept and founder of the Trust in the early 1990s. He is a self-employed designer of large scale management systems and training programmes for major organisations and has wide experience of ecology and conservation management at a national level. In 2001 he was awarded the QSM for services to conservation in Wellington. In November 2007 he was appointed Founder Vice Patron of Karori Sanctuary Trust and in June 2009, appointed as a Guardian.

Michael Morris ONZM

Michael is a chartered accountant by profession who has held senior directorship roles in many industries and has served on many boards in the private and community sector, chairing many of them. He was Chairman of the Karori Sanctuary Trust from 1995-2002 and since then has been Vice-Patron. In 1997 Michael received the award of Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his services to business and the community. He was appointed a Guardian in June 2009.

Andy Foster

Andy Foster is a Wellington City Council Councillor, a founding trustee and was a representative for the Wellington City Council on the Karori Sanctuary Trust board for many years. Andy has been an active volunteer of the Trust and has been involved with the Trust since its inception.