Governance
Professional Private Company Director and Professional Trustee
* As director of a number of client private companies since 1975 trading in the fields of shipping, land transport, property investment, removal and treatment of chemical waste, and the production of bio-diesel from tallow.
* Also appointed by Auckland Regional Holdings Limited (owned by the former Auckland Regional Council) as a director of Sea+City Projects Limited for the approximately $4 billion redevelopment of the “Tank Farm” on Auckland Harbour.
* Professional chairman of the Dilworth Trust http://www.dilworth.school.nz/dilworth%20(current assets approximately $400 million), and trustee of Melanesian Mission Trust Board (approximately $200 million), and trustee of smaller trusts (on an honorary basis) including the H E Fairey Trust for Disabled Children, the NZSAS Trust for serving and retired SAS members, the Chinese Language Foundation, and the Confucius Institute of New Zealand based at Auckland University.
Appointments – Companies And Trusts
Company/Trust Position Start date End date
Reef Shipping Company Limited Director 1975 1994
(Operates cargo trades in the Pacific)
Dilworth Trust Board Trustee 1975 Present
(Investment portfolio over $400 million Chairman 1995 2000
and operates NZ’s largest 2008 Present
boarding school)
Kristin School Board member 1975 1984
(NZ’s largest co-educational independent Chairman 1982 1984
school)
Melanesian Mission Trust Board Trustee 1988 Present
(Investment portfolio of over $200 million)
Clark & Rogers Limited Director 1990 2000
(Largest transport company in Taranaki)
NZ Advisory Council Board member 1998 Present
(Statutory Board associated with MMTB)
Oil Industries Limited Director 1999 Present
(Property investment company)
Chemwaste Industries Limited Director 1999 2007
(Removal and treatment of chemical wastes)
Convertech Industries Limited Chairman 1999 2005
(Developing commercial use for bio-waste)
BioDiesel Oils Limited Chairman 2002 Present
(Producing bio-diesel from tallow on a
commercial basis)
ChemRecovery Limited Director 2002 2007
(Developing industrial recycling of metals)
H E Fairey Trust for Disabled Children Trustee 2003 Present
Intertech Group (Australia) Director 2004 Present
(Developing a new fuel from chemically
refined coal)
Chinese Language Foundation Chairman 2005 Present
NZSAS Trust Trustee 2005 Present
(Benevolent Trust for serving and retired
SAS members)
Intertech Systems IP Limited (NZ) Director 2006 Present
(Intellectual property holding company)
Confucius Institute of New Zealand Board member 2006 Present
(Joint venture between University of Auckland
and Fudan University of Shanghai)
SEA+CITY Projects Limited Director 2008 2010
(Management company for Auckland
Regional Council, Ports of Auckland and
Auckland City Council to oversee the $4 billion
redevelopment of the “Tank Farm” on Auckland Harbour)