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John Palmer ONZM, B.AGR.SC, FNZID
Chairman
Appointed 29 November 2001
Mr Palmer has considerable experience as a director and chairman of companies in the agricultural and finance sectors. Mr Palmer
is Chairman of Solid Energy New Zealand Limited and Rabobank NZ Limited serves as a Director of AMP Limited, AMP Life Limited
and Rabobank Australia Limited. Since 2001 he has led the board through a successful period of rebuilding Air New Zealand, and was
named as Company Chairman of the Year in 2007 and 2009.
Roger France BCOM, FCA
Deputy Chairman
Appointed 1 October 2001
Mr France is the Chancellor of the University of Auckland, a Director of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited and Chairman
of Tappenden Holdings Limited. He was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and one of its predecessor firms, Coopers & Lybrand,
for over 15 years and was the Chief Financial Officer of two listed companies for 10 years. He was the Managing Partner of Coopers
& Lybrand in Auckland for five years. Following the merger with PricewaterhouseCoopers, he led the firm’s Corporate Value consulting
practice in the Asia Pacific region and served as a member of its New Zealand Governance Board. As Deputy Chairman, Mr France
brings strong financial analysis and business strategy skills to the Board and to his role as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Paul Bingham
Appointed 1 July 2008
Mr Bingham is Managing Director of Black Cat Cruises Limited, an award winning cruise operator based at Banks Peninsula, near
Christchurch. He is Chair of Christchurch and Canterbury Marketing Limited. Prior to his current position, he had a number of senior
marketing roles at Tourism Holdings Limited and Air New Zealand Limited. He was a winner of the PATA Young Tourism Professional
Award in 2003 and under his leadership Black Cat Group has won numerous accolades, including the Supreme Award at the
New Zealand Tourism Awards in 2003 and the SKAL International Eco-tourism Award in 2004.
Antony (Tony) Carter BE (HONS), ME, MPHIL
Appointed 1 December 2010
Mr Carter was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand and attended the University of Canterbury where he studied chemical
engineering, graduating with a Bachelor in Engineering with honours and a Masters in Engineering in 1980. He then went on to study at
Loughborough University of Technology in the United Kingdom and graduated in 1982 with a Master of Philosophy degree.
After leaving University, Mr Carter worked for the family company, Carter Group Limited, in Christchurch until 1986 when he purchased
a Mitre 10 hardware store in Christchurch. He then developed another Mitre 10 store, also serving as a Director of Mitre 10 New
Zealand Limited and becoming Chairman of Mitre 10 New Zealand Limited in 1993.
In 1994 Mr Carter was appointed General Manager and Chief Executive designate of Foodstuffs (South Island) Limited, sold his
interests in the Mitre 10 stores and resigned from the Mitre 10 Board. In 1995 he was appointed Chief Executive of Foodstuffs (South
Island) Limited and served in that role until 2001 when he was then appointed Managing Director of Foodstuffs (Auckland) Limited and
Managing Director of Foodstuffs (New Zealand) Limited until he retired in December 2010. The Foodstuffs Group is New Zealand’s
largest retail organisation and the second largest commercial organisation by revenue in New Zealand, with annual sales in excess of
NZ$8 billion, employing 30,000 staff.
Mr Carter is a Director of a number of New Zealand companies; Fletcher Building Limited, Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Corporation
Limited, ANZ National Bank Limited and Co-Chairman of The New Zealand Initiative Limited.
Janice (Jan) Dawson BCOM, FCA
Appointed 1 April 2011
Ms Dawson is Deputy Chair of Counties-Manukau District Health Board, a Director of Westpac New Zealand Limited, a member of the
University of Auckland Council, the Capital Investment Committee of the National Health Board and a Trustee of the National Maritime
Museum. Ms Dawson has been President of Yachting New Zealand since 2007 and was appointed Chair of the Audit Committee of the
International Sailing Federation in 2009.
Ms Dawson was a partner of KPMG for 30 years, specialising in audit and risk advisory, and the Chair and Chief Executive of KPMG
New Zealand from 2006 until 30 June 2011. She has been a Board Member for KPMG Asia-Pacific Region, a Board Member for KPMG
Australia, KPMG ASPAC and Councillor of KPMG International.
Ms Dawson holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland. She is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered
Accountants, a Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, a Fellow of FINSIA, a Paul Harris Fellow and a North Shore
Business Hall of Fame Laureate (2010). Ms Dawson was named Chartered Accountant of the Year in 2011 by the New Zealand
Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Directors’ Profiles
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