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AIR NEW ZEALAND GROUP
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Antony฀(Tony)฀Carter
BE฀ (HONS),฀ ME,฀ M.PHIL
Chairman
Appointed 1 December 2010
Mr฀ Carter฀ is฀ Chairman฀ of฀ Fisher฀ &฀ Paykel฀ Healthcare฀ Limited,฀ a฀ director฀ of฀ Fletcher฀ Building฀ Limited฀ and฀ ANZ฀ Bank฀ New฀ Zealand฀ Limited฀ and฀
Independent Chairman of Blues LLP.
He฀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.
Mr Carter worked for his family company, Carter Group Limited, in Christchurch until 1986 when he purchased a Mitre 10 hardware store, also
eventually 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. In 1995 he was
appointed Chief Executive of Foodstuffs (South Island) Limited and in 2001 was 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.
Janice฀(Jan)฀Dawson
BCOM, FCA
Deputy฀Chairman
Appointed 1 April 2011
Ms Dawson is a director of AIG Insurance New Zealand Limited, Beca Group Limited, Meridian Energy Limited and Chairman of Westpac New
Zealand฀ Limited.฀ Ms฀ Dawson฀ is฀ 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฀ 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 2011.
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฀ Fellow฀ of฀ the฀ Institute฀ of฀ Directors฀ in฀ New฀ Zealand,฀ 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. Ms Dawson
is Chairman of the Air New Zealand Audit Committee.
Paul฀Bingham
BCOM
Appointed 1 July 2008
Mr Bingham is Director and Chief Operating Officer of Shuttlerock Limited, a software platform which partners with businesses to bring
customer฀ content฀ into฀ their฀ digital฀ channels.฀ He฀ is฀ also฀ Chair฀ of฀ Black฀ Cat฀ Group฀ Limited,฀ a฀ tourism฀ cruise฀ operation฀ based฀ at฀ Banks฀ Peninsula,฀
near Christchurch.
His฀ tourism฀ background฀ includes฀ senior฀ marketing฀ roles฀ at฀ Tourism฀ Holdings฀ Limited฀ and฀ Air฀ New฀ Zealand฀ Limited,฀ and฀ he฀ is฀ a฀ previous฀ director฀
of Tourism New Zealand and Chair of Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism. Mr Bingham was a winner of the PATA Young Professional award.
Across฀ a฀ 23฀ year฀ career฀ he฀ has฀ worked฀ in฀ the฀ UK,฀ USA,฀ Singapore฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ New฀ Zealand.
Dr฀ James฀ (Jim)฀ Fox
BE, M.ENG.SCI, PhD.
Appointed 21 November 2006
Resigned 31 August 2014
Dr฀ Fox฀ has฀ more฀ than฀ 25฀ years฀ experience฀ as฀ a฀ public฀ company฀ director฀ across฀ a฀ range฀ of฀ internationally฀ based฀ businesses.฀ His฀ particular฀ track฀
record is in the building of innovative, technology based companies in competitive international markets. After eight years working around the
world with a large international management consulting company, he started his own technology based product and service company in 1987.
Following the merger of Dr Fox’s company with the then listed Vision Systems Limited in 1993, he took over as the CEO of the combined group.
In December 2006, Dr Fox retired as the CEO of Vision Systems Limited following a heavily competed takeover of the company by a large
USA฀ based฀ corporate฀ which฀ resulted฀ in฀ signicant฀ returns฀ (close฀ to฀ $1฀ billion)฀ to฀ shareholders.฀ Dr฀ Fox฀ is฀ also฀ a฀ director฀ of฀ TTP฀ Group฀ (UK)฀ Plc,฀
Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Limited, Genmark Diagnostics Inc (USA) and BIOTA Pharmaceuticals Inc (USA). Dr Fox was Chairman of
the Air New Zealand Safety Committee until 31 August 2014.
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