Lee Piper
Lee grew up in Dunedin, attending St Paul’s High School and the University of Otago. He began his radio career in 1989 at 4ZB Dunedin before moving to Christchurch. Lee then spent 17 years in Southland as a radio station owner before becoming General Manager of NZME (formerly The Radio Network). Upon returning to Dunedin, he became the General Manager of the South Island for NZME until the end of 2020. After a brief stint at the newly formed SENZ Sports, he joined Stuff in early 2023, where he is now the Director of Commercial for NZ Markets.
Lee has a long history in governance. He was an inaugural Director of the successful Southern Sting board for nine years and then joined the Netball New Zealand board in 2007, serving for nine years, including a period as a Director of the Trans Tasman Netball Board. Lee has also served on both the Otago and Southland Rugby Union boards.
With an extensive commercial background in sales, marketing, and communications, Lee is passionate about commercial strategy and delivering for customers. He believes DVML remains a key asset to the city and is excited about helping deliver amazing content for Dunedin and Otago.
Verity Webber
Verity is an experienced commercial professional with a background in tourism, export and facilities management. Currently an Investment Manager with Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation, she was previously the General Manager Commercial at Ngāi Tahu Tourism and has had roles at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise as well as various other roles in New Zealand and London.
Verity’s governance experience includes serving on the boards of New Zealand Māori Tourism, All Blacks Experience Limited Partnership and Earth and Sky Limited Partnership.
Verity is passionate about business strategy and delivering amazing customer experiences. While she currently resides in Christchurch, Verity has whakapapa links to Ōtākou and is excited to contribute to the success of Dunedin.
Dylan Rushbrook
Dylan grew up in Otago and attended both Otago Boys’ High School and the University of Otago. His career began as a kitchenhand saw him move into senior operational roles and then executive management roles with some of New Zealand’s best known tourism brands. During his time with both SKYCITY Entertainment Group and Heritage & CityLife Hotels, Dylan spent significant time offshore promoting New Zealand as a destination for both leisure travel and business events.
He has long been involved in governance roles at local and national level, currently sitting on the Tourism Export Council of New Zealand. He also acts as an advisor and mentor to tourism start-ups and young professional development programmes.
Dylan now lives in Central Otago with his young family where he is General Manager of Tourism Central Otago and co-founder of Tourism Talent, a talent market place and development platform for the tourism industry in New Zealand and Australia.
Adam La Hood
Adam is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive financial experience both here in New Zealand and Overseas in a diverse range of industries. Along with the financial experience his executive and corporate background brings a skill set in strategy, risk management, health and safety, and internal controls. Adam is the Chief Financial Officer for Cook Brothers Construction and being born and bred here is passionate about Dunedin being a great place to work and live. For that reason Adam sees that DVML is a key asset to the city and wants to see its continued success with the venues it manages.