Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd. (WDT), announced that its final board meeting for the 2013 year, announced the retirement of long serving director Dr. Ray Thomson and the appointment of Gottfried Pausch as a non-executive director of WDT. Mr. Pausch is currently CEO at Actronic Technologies and Executive in Residence at The Icehouse, including the roles of Turnaround Manager and CEO Siemens Energy Services New Zealand and Managing Director Siemens New Zealand. Mr. Pausch also serves as an independent director of McKay Ltd. in Whangarei and as Chairman of Aucom Electronics Ltd. in Christchurch.