Ben Dalton was appointed as the Chair of Tupu Tonu on 5 April 2024. He was recently appointed as the Chief Executive of Waitangi Limited, the operating company of the Waitangi National Trust. He has previously held Deputy Chief Executive roles at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development – Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga, Ministry of Primary Industries and Ministry of Fisheries, as well as being the Chief Operating Officer of Kānoa – the Regional Economic Development and Investment Unit, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust and Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi.