Mr McCord is a director and shareholder of Tauranga Hardware & Plumbing Ltd, a leading company in the Bay of Plenty region providing plumbing, gas and drainage services. He is a third generation plumber-drain layer and is proud of his career in the plumbing industry. The company has been a shareholder in NZPM since Plumbing World was established in Tauranga during the early 1970s. Mr McCord is community focused and has supported and served on a number of community boards. He has strong governance experience from a range of previous and current roles including being a trustee of Waipuna hospice, two school boards, serving on the Board of Master Plumbers, Gasfitters & Drainlayers NZ Inc, as past president of the BOP Coromandel Master Plumbers. Mr McCord is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc.). Mr McCord is Chair of NZPM’s Membership Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk and Compliance Committees.