Chair – Charlotte Chuen
Charlotte is a founding trustee of the One Victoria Trust since August 2013. A commercial lawyer and director at DTI Lawyers Limited, outside of work Charlotte is passionate about the arts and in particular theatre in Hamilton; acting, directing and producing a range of plays and musicals. She is a current trustee of D V Bryant Trust and BOLD Theatre Trust and has also enjoyed previous governance roles with Hamilton Arts Trust, Hamilton Performing Arts Trust, Creative Waikato, Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, Curiously Cut Productions, Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society and Riverlea Theatre & Arts Centre.
Deputy Chair – Tracey Wood
Tracey has a long history with the Meteor having been involved in its creation as a performance space more than 20 years ago when she managed the Hamilton Community Arts Council. During this time, she was also involved in the establishment of the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, FUEL Festival, Indigo Multicultural Festival, redevelopment of the Artspost building, Fringe Festival and the Riff Raff Trust.
She currently works in her ‘happy place’ in events and engagement for Hamilton City Council with community at the heart of her mahi. Outside of work Tracey supports the arts as an avid audience member and when time allows, is backstage in a stage management or producer role.
Tracey notes that none of this would be possible without the support of her family who have been voluntold (like volunteering but less free will) for more events, shows and activities than she can count.
Secretary – Ross MacLeod
Ross MacLeod has been writing, directing and producing theatre in Hamilton for the last decade. While his focus is often smaller scale original works, he has directed productions ranging from musicals to Shakespeare. He has seen The Meteor space come a long way since his first show there in 1999, but a theatre is more than just a building and he is keen to pass on any support he can offer to new writers and performers wishing to use that theatre. He was also a board member of the Hamilton Community Arts Council.
Treasurer – Liam Egan
Dave Smith
Courteney Mayall
Courteney has been involved in the Hamilton theatre scene since 2007. She is a professional creative working in a range of fields both locally and internationally. While performing is her main focus, she also has numerous credits including roles as director, producer, writer, production designer, alongside backstage work in hair and makeup. Courteney has always loved the Meteor Theatre and has been actively involved with the annual July school holiday shows including writing and directing ‘Destination: Earth’ and ‘Kingdom of Night’. In a governance capacity alongside being a trustee on the One Victoria Trust, she is the current Chair of The Place Charitable Trust.
Nick Bourchier
Dave Taylor
Paul Barnett
Paul Barnett joined the Trust in October 2024. A born and bred Hamiltonian he has spent most of his career in the construction industry operating his own Project Management and Property Management company for over 25 years. He has been involved in many organisations helping them to lift their profile and property portfolio.